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Zaya Wade Made Her Red Carpet Debut With Support From Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union
The Truth Awards were created to celebrate the accomplishments of the black LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and on Saturday night, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s show of support for their child Zaya Wade was a parade-worthy act, in and of itself. At the 6th annual celebration, 12-year-old Zaya Wade made her red carpet debut…
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Black Lives Matter Founders Grace Cover of Time 100 Women of The Year Issue
Today is International Women’s Day and to commemorate the occasion, TIME magazine has released a special double issue featuring 100 covers of women who defined a century, choosing one woman per year from 1920 through 2019. The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement are on the list, which include political heavyweights, celebrity notables, dignitaries…
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Common Believes That Black Women Are a Gift
It’s both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, which means it’s a perfect time to remind you all that the world would be lost without black women. Black women are the gift this world does not deserve and rapper/actor Common agrees with that fact. Common says black women are the “givers and creators of…
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Virginia Becomes the Latest State to Ban Hair Discrimination: 'It Is Not What We Stand For'
File this under the exceedingly slim folder labeled “Good News in 2020″: Virginia has become the first Southern state to ban hair discrimination, a law that disproportionately impacts black people and their ability to wear their hair as they please. As CNN reports, the Commonwealth is now the fourth state in the country to pass…
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The Fit In: How Ife Obi Is Diversifying Fitness in Gentrified Brooklyn
When I walk around the enclave known as Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn, N.Y., I can’t help but notice a trend—a trend that has no doubt accompanied the rapid whirlwind of gentrification that’s transforming every block in my neighborhood. Bed-Stuy, which was once a “fitness desert,” is now turning into a boutique fitness haven. It seems like…
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Watch: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Delivers Rousing Speech in Defense of Reproductive Rights as Roe v. Wade Faces Its Biggest Challenge Yet
Standing outside the Supreme Court Monday morning, Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley drew attention to her outfit, a long-sleeved leather dress: “I don’t know if y’all can see but I’m rocking my ‘resistance leather,’” Pressley quipped in front of a gathering of protesters. “I came dressed for battle because we’re still in one.” The rally was…
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Here's a Secret—Serena Williams and Swin Cash Know They’re Not the First to Make History, and They Don’t Want to be the Last
March 3 marks International Women’s Day and Secret Deodorant is celebrating remarkable women in the sports industry like tennis icon Serena Williams and Olympic Gold Medalist and NBA New Orleans Pelicans executive Swin Cash in its latest short film titled, “Not the First.” Speaking of “firsts,” Secret is the first antiperspirant brand designed specifically for…
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Great Moments in Black Her-story: 10 Books That Celebrate the Presence, Power, and Legacies of Black Women
Black History Month may be over, but for black women (and those who love them), the party’s only half-over, because March is Women’s History Month—and ain’t I a woman? Nestled at the intersection of blackness and womanhood, we know black women’s histories are rich and varied; we may not be anyone’s mules, but we are…
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White People Are Annoyingly Insufferable and That’s Why ‘Honey Pot’ Is Trending Right Now
It must really hurt to be a white person. Seriously. White people’s skin is so thin, it has to be physically painful just to exist in a world where even with all the advantages they have through white privilege and white supremacy, they still find a way to be upset and offended whenever something happens…
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For Black People, Roe Is Imperfect. We Still Need the Supreme Court to Protect It
This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a crucial case that could decide the future of abortion access in this country. It could pave the way for states to effectively ban abortion without ever overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that affirmed safe and legal abortion as a constitutional right. Even…