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Luna Legend Meeting Misty Copeland Is the Feel-Good Moment We All Need This Monday
In a world full of uncertainty (and impeachment hearings, and climate change, and presidential campaigning, and voter suppression, and…) there is something we can always depend on, other than staying black, death and taxes: Monday will inevitably always be the most challenging day of the week. That’s why we welcomed the adorable reprieve provided by…
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Doin' Big Thangs: The Root's Michael Harriot Inks a Two-Book Publishing Deal; Will Bring 'Wypipology' to the Masses
He has clapped back at our hate mail weekly; regularly educates us on the inextricable links between American history and racism; has called out Pete Buttigieg on the biases and policies that most affect black America (prompting a sit-down with the presidential hopeful himself); and just this past weekend, The Root’s Michael Harriot broke Black…
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Forbes Just Published Its List of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women—With the Glaring Omission of Michelle Obama
“In 2019, women around the globe took action, claiming leadership positions in government, business, philanthropy and media,” writes Forbes in the introduction to its 2019 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, published Thursday. “These trailblazers are not to be messed with,” they add. Many of the names are familiar—for instance, German Chancellor Angela…
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Because #TheChickening Knows No Bounds, Popeyes’ Chicken Sandwich Jumps the Shark—Onto an Ugly Christmas Sweater
‘Tis the season to be eatin’—and wearing hideous sweaters to holiday gatherings. Now, the chicken sandwich that kept America in its clutches has yet again put its indelible stamp on the culture, lending its image to the ugly Christmas sweater craze, now available at—no, not Popeyes—but the aptly named UglyChristmasSweater.com. “The knit runs $44.95, roughly…
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Double Vision: Lupita and Zendaya Are Stunning in a Joint Lancôme Ad
Martin Luther King Day is still a month away, but here at The Glow Up, we dream of a world in which little dark-skinned girls and little light-skinned girls can see themselves represented equally—and beautifully—in mainstream advertising. That’s why we have to give kudos to legacy cosmetics brand Lancôme, which paired its two black brand…
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New Jersey Just Became the Third State to Vote to End Hair Discrimination [Corrected]
A mere week after presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation that would ban hair discrimination nationwide, his home state of New Jersey is making it official, passing a bill that prohibits discrimination against a person due to their hairstyle, an issue that disproportionately affects black people who choose to wear their hair in…
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’Tis the Savage: Rihanna Teases Us in Lingerie and Launches Her First Fenty Maison Collab, and Now We Want All the Things
Don’t say Rihanna never gave you nothin’…’tis the season of giving, and since the bad gal is nothing if not a giver, she gifted her followers with a playful live-action campaign shoot for her Savage X Fenty lingerie line on Tuesday, showing us exactly how a savage celebrates the holiday season. (If you’re wondering, it’s…
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The Glow Up's Guide to Giving: The Biggest, Blackest, Most Beautiful Reads of the Year
“Coffee is the color,” sang Roy Ayers—and the lyric proves true on the gorgeous crop of coffee table-worthy tomes published this year. From fashion icons to iconic works of art, black representation was strong in the publishing world this year, leaving us with books that are as powerful as they are pretty to look at.…
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They Grow Up So Fast: Michelle Obama Talks About Taking Sasha to College, Says ‘We Didn’t Want to Embarrass Her’
I don’t know about you, but when I think of Sasha Obama, the immediate image that springs to mind is always a grinning seven-year-old, waving onstage at Chicago’s Grant Park after her daddy was announced President of the United States in November of 2008. And yes, as a country, we’ve obviously watched her grow in…
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But Wait, There’s Yet Another Black Beauty Queen to Celebrate This Year!
This year has been a groundbreaking one for black women in the world of beauty pageants—a forum that sparks understandable and ongoing debate about its enduring relevance and impact on beauty standards. Nevertheless, the pageant world’s definition of beauty has been visibly expanding, as evidenced by the crowning of four black women in internationally recognized…
