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We Love Ciara—but Are We the Only Ones Who Find Her Latest Cover Look Weirdly Triggering?
It’s a new year, y’all. That said, 13 days in, the only new developments, unfortunately, seem to be an escalation in all of the worst aspects of 2020—including an even more contagious variation of the still-rampant coronavirus. This might be why we find Self magazine’s first cover of the year oddly…triggering. It’s not its cover…
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Naomi Osaka Is Louis Vuitton's Newest Global Ambassador
She’s known for her serve, but don’t sleep on Naomi Osaka’s style—or her rising empire. The Grand Slam champion is also the leader in earnings, becoming the highest-paid female athlete in 2020 with well over $30 million dollars in endorsements. Now, Osaka is also the new house ambassador of Louis Vuitton, a win announced Tuesday…
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With a $2 Million Gift, Spelman Will Launch the First-Ever HBCU Queer Studies Chair in Honor of Audre Lorde
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid,” wrote activist, poet, author and feminist icon Audre Lorde, who in life and legacy has become a beacon for subsequent generations on the intersections of race, gender and…
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Anna Wintour Addresses Kamala Harris Cover Controversy, Says It Was Chosen to 'Reflect This Tragic Moment in Global History'
We asked what Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour was thinking when she chose what was widely panned as a dreadful choice for Kamala Harris’ first cover of the famed fashion magazine—and she has answered, claiming to have had only the best intentions. The response to the cover was overwhelmingly negative when it was leaked on Saturday…
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After Writing a New Chapter for Georgia, Stacey Abrams Is Publishing a New Legal Thriller
One of the most fun facts about Stacey Abrams, the attorney, political powerhouse, voting rights activist and former (and possibly future) gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, is that she’s also a prolific author. In fact, over the past two decades, she’s quietly written eight popular romance novels under the pseudonym “Selena Montgomery” in addition to her…
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Making 'Megxit' Official, Meghan Markle Has Reportedly 'Abandoned Plans' to Apply for UK Citizenship
Filed under “Things we didn’t know were still a thing” is the news that almost a year after making her “Megxit” with husband Prince Harry from the United Kingdom and senior royal status, Meghan Markle, also known as the Duchess of Sussex, has “abandoned plans to become a UK citizen,” reports British news publication the…
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Skee-Why? Kamala Harris' 1st Vogue Cover Sparks a Slew of Questions—Namely, What Was Anna Wintour Thinking? [Updated]
The ongoing pandemic has forced some necessary pivots for all of us—the ways we work, play, communicate, and create have all dramatically changed in the past year, for better or for worse. The fashion industry has been among those forced to get especially creative, finding new ways to pare down typically lavish, personnel-heavy shoots in…
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The Sheepskin Trenches: André Leon Talley Is Ugg's Newest Ambassador
You may consider them “Ugg-ly” (sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves), but André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor-at-large turned bestselling author of 2020’s The Chiffon Trenches considers his “wardrobes upon wardrobes of Ugg” footwear “comfort food for [his] feet,” according to a press release announcing him as the new face of the brand (h/t Page Six).…
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Giant Steps: Nike Invests $500,000 in New Partnership With Black Girl Ventures
“Just do it” is Nike’s legendary motto, and when it comes to supporting Black lives and initiatives, frankly, we prefer action to black boxes. The athleticwear giant announced on Friday that it’s doing just that, adding Black Girl Ventures to its existing social and racial justice partnerships. Nike kicked off the new alliance with a…
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'Suddenly, You See the Story More Clearly': The Root Presents: It's Lit Talks Transcendent Writing With Yaa Gyasi
“I always say, writing a first novel, you feel like you’re writing in the dark, unsure of whether or not your book will ever see the light of day,” says author Yaa Gyasi, who has written not one but two bestsellers since 2016, when her debut novel Homegoing was published by Penguin Random House. An…
