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  • Make Money Moves: Some of the World’s Most Successful Women Want You to Know Your Worth

    Seventy-nine cents on the dollar: That’s the number we’ve become accustomed to hearing when discussing the gender wage gap. But grim as it is, further research has revealed that that number applies only to the wage discrepancy for white women. Despite now being the most educated population in America, black women earn a meager 63…

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  • Wild Thoughts: What Would a Lingerie Line From Rihanna Look Like?

    Rihanna always keeps us guessing, so when we heard whispers that the “Love on the Brain” singer recently inked a deal for a lingerie deal with fast-fashion design firm TechStyle Fashion Group (formerly JustFab Inc.), we were seriously intrigued. Spokespeople for both Rihanna and TechStyle have yet to comment—or disclose a potential launch date. But…

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  • Girl. Pharrell Might Launch a Women’s Fashion Line, and All We Can Envision Is Bathrobes & Beaucoup Hats 

    Another day, another rumored celebrity fashion endeavor. This week, rumblings have been afoot (thanks to TMZ) that our favorite crooning nerd, Pharrell Williams, has trademarked “Girl” for use in a future fashion venture. Hmmm… Of course, this wouldn’t be entirely new territory for the producer, composer and erstwhile crooner-rapper; his collaboration with Adidas Originals has…

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  • Made-to-Measure Makeup: Lancôme Shows Off Its Custom-Foundation Skills at SXSW

    Are you old enough to remember getting “color printed” at your local department store makeup counter? Cosmetics brand Prescriptives, founded in 1979, rose to prominence in the 1990s with its custom-blended foundations, allowing customers to incorporate their chosen finish and coverage into their custom-matched foundation shade, blended specifically for them. It was, at the time,…

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  • A Wrinkle in Time’s European Premiere Made Us Wonder if Everything’s Better With a British Accent

    OK, it’s time to take to a long-overdue trip across the pond, because they clearly know how to throw a better party than we do. Fresh off its strong opening weekend here in the U.S., A Wrinkle in Time took a transatlantic trip for its European premiere in London, and we now officially envy the…

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  • Can We Be Oprah Book Club-Smart With a Fraction of the Books?

    Oprah is the type of anomaly that is an eternal source of inspiration: black, female, plus-size, from humble origins, and a beloved household name and self-made billionaire (three times over, at last estimate). Few of us can even hope to meet Oprah, let alone aspire to reach Oprah levels of success. In fact, most of…

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  • Not A Wrinkle in Time: Ava DuVernay Proves That #BlackGirlMagic Is Eternal

    So here we were, minding our business on an otherwise tepid Tuesday, skimming the Twitter, when we stumbled upon the most adorable—and strangely recognizable—little face on the Toronto International Film Festival’s feed. It was a baby Ava DuVernay, giving #BlackGirlMagic in braids and barrettes, and reminding us that every great person was once just a…

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  • Red-Carpet Roundup: It’s All Love at the iHeartRadio Awards (With a Healthy Dose of Cardi B)

    Working in digital media as a middle-aged person can be challenging. After all, there’s a constant need to know what the kids are into these days, and without kids of my own, it can be tough. Thankfully, we’ve got the annual iHeartRadio Awards to tell us old heads who’s hot and who’s on the come…

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  • Find 100 Ways: Wondering How to Help Women? Broadly Built Us a Whole List

    Each year on March 8—including last Thursday—the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The holiday dates back to 1911 and is the origin of Women’s History Month, which we also celebrate in March and which The Root is celebrating in tandem with our sister site Jezebel. But like the all-too-fleeting Black History Month, both International Women’s…

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  • Lisa Bonet Just Showed Us What We Want Our Summer to Look Like

    There are a few women in the world who possess a preternatural mystique: We’re talking women like Nefertiti, Eartha Kitt, Sade, the supermodel Iman and, of course, Lisa Bonet. If you were of TV-watching age in the mid-’80s to early ’90s, chances are Bonet’s Denise Huxtable was either one of of your style icons or…

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Maiysha Kai is former managing editor of The Glow Up and host of The Root Presents: It’s Lit!, and your average Grammy-nominated goddess next door. May I borrow some sugar?


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