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Talks With Mama Tina: Tina Knowles Lawson Wants Us All to Take Pride in Voting
She may have come into our consciousness as the costume and fashion-designing, hairstyling matriarch of the star-laden Knowles clan—now expanded to include the Carter and Lawson surnames—but Tina Knowles Lawson, better known as ”Ms. Tina” to followers, is indisputably a star in her own right. Whether telling “mom jokes” on social media or running mentorship…
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Was Meghan Markle the 'Most Trolled' Person of 2019?
What the world needs now (other than a hard reset) is a healthy dose of empathy, and Saturday’s World Mental Health Day was an opportune moment to focus on exactly that; namely, how can we relate to each other’s emotional challenges and traumas, and let each other know we’re not alone? These are necessary questions…
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It's All Over but the Humping: Cardi B's Birthday Included an Offset Reunion, a Reebok Launch and a Regrettable Lack of Masks
Cardi and Offset, y’all won—we’re once again reporting on your shenanigans, despite your supposedly impending divorce. (What can we say? It’s the 70th month of this pandemic, and we are starved for entertainment and excitement.) Depending on who you ask, Cardi turned 28 on Sunday (or “About 28,” if you’re asking shady-ass Google), and never…
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Veiled, but Not Mandatorily Masked? Despite Strict Protocol Plans, Cynthia Bailey's Weekend Wedding Raised Concerns
Ahh, we love Black love…and white weddings, come to think of it. We’ve also come to stan a thorough safety plan for gathering in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, which is why we’ve heartily applauded the protocol-friendly pivots some betrothed celebs have taken in recent months, whether they be outdoor ceremonies with enforced distancing…
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'Our Ancestors Cannot Be Flattened': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Wanders in Strange Lands With Morgan Jerkins
Her first book may have been her “undoing,” but journalist and author Morgan Jerkins’ second offering, Wandering in Strange Lands (HarperCollins), is a homecoming. Taking a detour from the “hot-takes” upon which she built her career and the provocative personal essays that comprised her bestselling debut, This Will Be My Undoing, Jerkins retraced the steps…
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Wish You Could Snatch Mike Pence's Wig? Well, You Can!
If there’s one thing that really gets under the Trump administration’s craw, it’s humiliation—which might explain the perverse pleasure so many of us derived by seeing a housefly make itself comfortable atop Mike Pence’s otherwise pristine, supremacist-white hair for several minutes during Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate. The fly, indisputably the real winner of the debate,…
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A Sustainable Star: Zendaya to Be Honored as a 'Visionary' at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards
She’s the youngest actress to win an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy—and as it turns out, she’s an ecological winner, too! Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) reports that actress and fashion icon Zendaya will be awarded the 2020 Visionary Award at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards (GCFAs), an Italian-based awards ceremony that will…
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TransGriot Blogger and Advocate Monica Roberts, 'a Pioneer and an Essential North Star' Has Died
A pioneering advocate for the trans community who was instrumental in changing the way much of the media regards and reports on trans lives has died. Houston-based journalist-activist Monica Roberts, founder of the TransGriot blog and host of the TransGriot with Monica Roberts YouTube series, “was called home to glory on Monday,” according to a…
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Mariah Carey's Latest No. 1? Her Bestselling Memoir
She’s the songbird with the voice that gives us butterflies, but Mariah Carey’s latest hit is of the literary variety: Her recently released and much-buzzed-about memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, is No. 1 for nonfiction on the New York’s Times Bestsellers Print Hardcover list. The news broke on Wednesday night (when many of us…
