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  • 'The Challenge Is Permanent': Naomi Campbell Reveals 'Revolting' Racist Incident at a French Hotel

    'The Challenge Is Permanent': Naomi Campbell Reveals 'Revolting' Racist Incident at a French Hotel

    Naomi Campbell is perhaps the most enduring and recognizable supermodel in the world, but as she revealed in an interview with Paris Match (translated from French via Google), her stardom is still no safeguard from racism. Saying “the challenge is permanent,” the model recounted an incident during the Cannes Film Festival—well-trod territory for the catwalk…

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  • Paying Tribute to a Fashion Pioneer: Remembering Designer Arthur McGee

    Paying Tribute to a Fashion Pioneer: Remembering Designer Arthur McGee

    Here at The Glow Up, we regularly celebrate the current trailblazers in the fashion industry, but less often do we honor the dwindling number of pioneers who broke ground for those trails to be blazed. One of those groundbreakers was designer Arthur McGee, who we recently learned died on July 1 in New York City,…

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  • 'I Panicked': The Terrible, Twisted Tale of the Model Who Lied About Being Transgender

    'I Panicked': The Terrible, Twisted Tale of the Model Who Lied About Being Transgender

    What a tangled web we weave when transphobia leads us to deceive! In what is easily one of the fashion world’s most disturbing and confusing narratives of late (and there have been many), last week, a rising model falsely claimed to be trans—to mitigate the fallout after a slew of recent transphobic statements came to…

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  • Like a Mother: With a New Column and Coast, Writer-Activist Jamilah Lemieux Talks Progressive Parenting

    Jamilah Lemieux is a millennial working mother—emphasis on working. The acclaimed journalist, activist, cultural critic, communications expert and “fixer” is one of the leading voices of her generation on issues of race, gender and sexuality, putting her imprint on everything from the 2012 rebranding of Ebony magazine to Cynthia Nixon’s recent gubernatorial run, where Lemieux…

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  • 'Forces for Change': Meghan Markle Guest Edits British Vogue's September Issue

    'Forces for Change': Meghan Markle Guest Edits British Vogue's September Issue

    “I am thrilled to reveal the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue— and to introduce you to the bold, brilliant and inspirational woman who has guest edited it with me: HRH The Duchess of Sussex,” wrote Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful on Instagram, announcing Meghan Markle as the first co-editor of a September issue…

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  • Ladies…You're Going to Want to Own This Reproductive Rights-Affirming T-Shirt by Pyer Moss

    Ladies, how much unsolicited advice do you think we receive on any given day? How many intrusions, corrections, interruptions and outright dismissals do you think we contend with within a 24-hour period—so many that the vast majority don’t even register anymore? How often are we told we don’t even know our own minds or experiences,…

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  • It's a Great Weekend to Go Natural: CurlFest Kicks Off Another Year!

    It's a Great Weekend to Go Natural: CurlFest Kicks Off Another Year!

    Kinks, curls, coils, fros, locs, twists, braids and all things natural hair will be out in abundance this weekend, as CurlFest, the world’s largest natural beauty festival, makes its annual return to New York City—this time, relocating from its old home in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and bringing the party uptown to Randall’s Island on Saturday,…

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  • Amid the Ongoing Battle Over Her Body, Caster Semenya Covers Out Magazine's Body Issue

    “As long as I remember, it was all about being free,” Caster Semenya tells Out magazine, reflecting on the passion that drives her world-class athletic career. “When I do sports is when I feel happy. I feel free.” And yet, the sports world has also been a fraught one for Semenya, who has endured scrutiny…

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  • Got 22 Days? Beyoncé and Her Trainer Have Your New Eating Plan

    We all saw it—the grueling journey from postnatal (with twins!) ‘Yoncé to Homecoming cutoffs ‘Yoncé—and frankly, I, for one, instantly decided I didn’t have the stamina (seriously, the woman is damn near supernatural). But to hear it straight from the Queen’s mouth in the promo for her newest venture, 22 Days Nutrition, “getting the weight…

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  • FAMU Alum Karamo Brown Just Gave the HBCU a Queer Eye Makeover

    FAMU Alum Karamo Brown Just Gave the HBCU a Queer Eye Makeover

    “More than a makeover” is the tagline of Queer Eye, Netflix’s hit reboot featuring the talents of the “Fab Five,” experts in fashion, beauty, interior design, food and culture who revitalize the lives of their subjects, with often tearjerking results. If you’re anything like me, you binge-watch each new season almost as soon as it…

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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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