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In Logo's LGBTQ State of the Union, Billy Porter Delivers the Truth the World Will Never Hear From Trump
Tonight, Donald Trump will face the nation and do what he does best: lie, exaggerate, and self-aggrandize…with the added boost of an almost sure acquittal by his sycophant Republican Senate. It’s pretty much guaranteed to be a shitshow, so if you’re planning to watch, buckle up, Buttercup. But if like me, you haven’t got time…
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PSA of the Day: Black Women—and Megan Thee Stallion, Specifically—Are Not Avatars for Your Sexual Fantasies and Insecurities
Yesterday, Black Twitter lost its entire and collective mind after hearing that a beautiful, accomplished, and S-I-N-G-L-E 24-year-old black woman spent a weekend partying in Miami, in which she casually tolerated being worshipped by a visibly enamored white guy. If you don’t spend as much time on Twitter as I and other masochists do (and…
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The 2020 #BAFTAsSoWhite, but We Were Still Rooting for Everybody Black on the Red Carpet
Oh, Awards Season 2020. You have been, for the most part, a sadly predictable parade of white talent celebrating other white talents and, well, as Joaquin Phoenix noted while accepting his award at the 73rd annual British Academy of Film and Television Awards (better known as the BAFTAs), that’s on y’all. But like Maya Angelou…
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The Big Payback: Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Matthew Cherry Give Hair Love to Student Told to Cut Dreadlocks to Walk at Graduation
Texas high schooler Deandre Arnold may not be walking with his graduating class at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, this year, but he will be walking the red carpet on Oscars night, thanks to Hair Love director Matthew Cherry, producers Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, and personal care brand Dove. Deandre, a…
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In Her First House Appearance Since Her Radical Reveal, Ayanna Pressley Was Bald and Beautiful
In the midst of an impeachment trial that is fraught with obfuscation, transparency in politics is a rare and beautiful thing. So, too, is the bravery it took for Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) to trust The Root with the recent disclosure that she has alopecia and had been wearing wigs to hide her bald head…
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Stick to Sandwiches: No One Asked for It, but Popeyes Has an Ivy Park-Inspired Clothing Line (That’s Selling Out Fast)
There are hits, there are misses, and there are “nobody asked for this-es.” But since creating the world’s most beloved sandwich wasn’t enough, Popeyes is attempting to take their zeitgeist moment one step further by capitalizing on another recent pop-cultural phenomenon. That’s right; after noticing that Beyoncé’s premiere Adidas x Ivy Park collection was created…
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Black to the Future: Target’s Black History Month Line Is in Stores, and We Want All the Things
As someone who finds herself inside of a Target at least once a week on average (what can I say? It’s my happy place), I consider myself pretty familiar with their affordable-yet-fashionable clothing lines—and in addition to a long history as a model for the juggernaut in my pre-Root life, I’ve been known to surprise…
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‘Our Struggles Matter’: Ayanna Pressley Lends Her Voice to a Collection of Essays by Sexual Assault Survivors
“As a survivor, I struggled for years to tell my own story,” writes Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), “and I know how it feels to be a survivor in a country where believing and supporting survivors has become a partisan issue, where survivors are made to feel marginalized and ostracized. I tell my story both because…
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Taraji P. Henson Wants to Be the ‘Fenty’ of Haircare
Howard University, aka “The Mecca,” has been known to produce greatness, and one of those products is none other than Taraji P. Henson. The multi-hyphenated talent is adding another notch to her belt with her new haircare line, TPH by Taraji. “I want to be the Fenty of hair,” Henson joked at her “Hair Dare…