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No Bond Set for White Supremacist Chris Cantwell
On Wednesday, white supremacist Chris Cantwell surrendered to authorities in Albemarle County, Va., after being charged with using illegal tear gas and malicious bodily injury during the “alt-right” Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., two weeks ago. Cantwell, who cried on a YouTube video and appeared in a Vice documentary, did not receive a…
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Refinery29 Short Cuts Gets Dragged for Its 4C Hair Tutorial Video
If you were ever to ask black women with natural hair what’s the most underrepresented texture when it comes to hair tutorials and available styling products, many would probably say 4c hair. For those unfamiliar with the 4c category of hair, it’s typically described as tightly coiled hair. If you happen to wander down the…
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Amy Schumer Is Delusional if She Thinks She’s in the Same League as Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock
Amy Schumer has a vagina. Amy Schumer talks about her vagina a lot. Amy Schumer also talks about her vagina smelling like farm animals. Amy Schumer talks about binge drinking and passing out. These are all of the things I learned while watching Schumer’s The Leather Special on Netflix. Schumer is also a white woman…
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Firefighters Eat Piglets Saved From Farm Fire
In today’s “Out of the fire, into the frying pan” news, a group of firefighters in England are now enjoying the fruits of their labor, in the form of sausage, after rescuing piglets from a fire. In February, a fire ripped through a farm in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, but firefighters were able to rescue 18…
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Issa Rae, Maxine Waters, Solange and More Honored at Black Girls Rock!
Melanin was poppin’ during Tuesday night’s airing of Black Girls Rock! on BET. U.S Rep. Auntie Maxine Waters, Issa Rae, Solange Knowles and Yara Shahidi were among the women celebrated for their achievements at the annual award show created by Beverly Bond. Waters, being the showstopper that she is, delivered a standing-ovation-causing speech after she…
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Bill Cosby Retrial Postponed Until 2018
After a revamping of his defense team, Bill Cosby’s sexual assault and drugging retrial has been postponed until the spring. Cosby, who recently hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer Tom Mesereau, was supposed to head back to court Nov. 6, but the judge has postponed jury selection until mid-March, according to ABC News. Cosby’s June trial…
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Mented Cosmetics Has the Perfect Lip Gloss for Women of Color
Earlier this summer, The Root highlighted New York City-based Mented Cosmetics and its endeavors to create nude lipsticks for women of color. The black-woman-owned company now has a new lip-gloss line that’s sure to rival its lipsticks. Harvard Business School grads K.J. Miller and Amanda E. Johnson are the women behind Mented, and in a…
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Lil’ Kim Uses Hollywood Medium to Contact Biggie: Would He Even Recognize His ‘Soul Mate’?
We all have that one person from our past whom we probably consider a “soul mate.” That one person you thought you were meant to be with. The one person with whom you thought you shared a bond tighter than superglue. That one person who verbally and physically abused you so bad that you went…
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Watch This Baby Run From an Elmo Doll
Last week, we took a mental-health break and squealed over a bunch of cute little babies. From their fat cheeks to their ever-present thigh creases, babies are the gifts that keep on giving. But babies also run fast as hell. Twitter user @popularPHILL thought he was being a good godfather by giving his goddaughter an…
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Va. Issues 4 Warrants Against Christopher ‘Nazi Crybaby’ Cantwell
If he was crying last week over assuming he had warrants, neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell is definitely shedding some big racist tears this week. Cantwell, who was infamously featured in a Vice documentary and attended this month’s racist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., now has four arrest warrants issued by Albemarle County (Va.) Commonwealth’s…
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