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Elle, You Just Don’t Understand #BlackGirlMagic
On Wednesday, Elle published an essay by Linda Chavers lamenting the use of the popular phrase “Black Girl Magic.” Chavers’ essay was prompted by Essence magazine’s use of the catchphrase for female black excellence on its February-issue covers. “There’s something else that rubs me the wrong way about the phrase ‘black girl magic,’” writes Chavers.…
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Do You Think Spanking Is an Acceptable Part of Our Culture, or Is It a Form of Child Abuse?
Aliya’s turn: Like many with mothers in my mom’s generation, my older brother, younger sister and I were spanked more than once. The offenses were usually one or more of the big three: lying, cheating and stealing. My parents just did not stand for any of it, and there would be corporal punishment, by hand…
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Black Girls Matter in Brownsville, Too
On Monday, prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y., charged four teenage boys with first-degree rape after the sexual assault of an 18-year-old black girl at a park late last week. The name of the victim hasn’t been released. Police have revealed the identities of the alleged perpetrators, however: Ethan Phillip, 15; Denzel Murray, 14; Shaquell Cooper, 15; and Onandi Brown,…
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Sylvester Stallone Tweets This Apology to Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan
Sylvester Stallone apparently ran back onstage at the 2016 Golden Globes and thanked Creed director Ryan Coogler and the film’s lead actor, Michael B. Jordan, after forgetting to do so during his acceptance speech. Stallone caught a lot of backlash, especially by those who felt it was particularly important to acknowledge the two black men who…
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I’m Raising My Boyfriend’s Kids and He Refuses to Help in Any Way
I am 31 with two children. Two-and-a-half years ago, I started dating a guy I knew in high school. He has custody of his three kids, but ultimately, I am raising them without his company. He is a business owner, and all he seems to care about is money! Of course, I hate it! He…
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Kat Graham Will Play Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac Shakur Biopic
Kat Graham has booked the role of Jada Pinkett Smith in the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, Variety reports. Both ladies certainly favor each other. But aside from looks, Pinkett Smith was such an important person in Shakur’s development as a teen. We’re sure Graham is going to bring it in her portrayal of…
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Watch: Taraji P. Henson and Tyrese’s Audition Tape for Baby Boy
You see Taraji P. Henson gracing the covers of magazines and recently winning a Golden Globe for her work as Cookie on the hit TV show Empire, but behind every success story are years and years of hard work. Nothing is more demonstrative of Henson’s journey than an audition tape that recently surfaced, showing her…
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Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson Slay in Elle Magazine’s Women in TV Issue
Elle magazine shone a light on five badass actresses in television who are slaying dragons and taking prisoners in the process. So of course, Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson were included in that mix. Priyanka Chopra, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Olivia Wilde are the other women featured. Each actress spoke a bit about her…
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Michelle Obama’s $2,095 State of the Union Dress Sells Out Fast
It seems that a bunch of women hopped on their laptops the minute they saw first lady Michelle Obama come sashaying through the Capitol for the State of the Union address Tuesday night, wearing a body-conscious dress that was absolutely stunning. It was a marigold Narciso Rodriguez “sleeveless banded-bodice midi dress” that retailed for $2,095…
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How David Bowie Inspired—and Was Inspired by—Black Artists
David Bowie was an iconic figure whose genius, vision and artistic versatility inspired—and was inspired by—generations of black musicians and artists. Bowie was an outspoken champion for diversity in the entertainment industry, and he was widely known to embrace black artists and their work. In his recent retrospective touring exhibition, David Bowie Is, he…
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