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Keeping It 100: Essence Announces Its 3rd Annual 'Woke 100'
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the wokest of them all? We kid, we kid—no one wants to play the Woke Olympics. But just like us, Essence has some ideas about who the most influential, inspiring folks of 2019 are—femme folks, in this instance—with its third annual Woke 100 List. Framed as a “salute to…
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All We Want This Halloween Is to Age Like Missy Elliott
Yeah, yeah…we know there’s no such thing as Halloween wishes (or the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown), but if we could cash in all the fun-sized candy for one wish this spooky holiday, it’d be to age as effortlessly as Missy Elliott seems to be doing (or Gabrielle Union, but we digress). The legendary rapper and…
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California Love: Gabrielle Union's Costumed Birthday Bash Took Us to Our Happy Place
California knows how to party—and when your birthday falls two days before Halloween, it’s bound to be a costume party. In celebration of her family’s recent relocation of their primary residence to Los Angeles, Gabrielle Union jumped in the way-back machine to bring us back to a happier time and place, California-style. Yes, we know…
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All Bets on Pink: With Its 2019 Gala, Susan G. Komen Chicago Put the Focus on Black Women’s Survival
It was a gamble for good at Chicago’s historic Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel on Saturday night, where local luminaries, socialites, breast cancer survivors and advocates gathered in support of Susan G. Komen Chicago at its annual Breast Cancer Action Month Gala, themed “All Bets on Pink.” Harkening back to the Roaring Twenties—a golden era…
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The Johnsons, Untethered: Black-ish Is Putting a Terrifying Twist on Halloween 2019
No, we don’t mean a reprisal of their genius Jackson 5 family costume (above). This year, the fictional family we know and love as the Johnsons are taking an eerily familiar approach to the group costume, revisiting perhaps the most terrifying film of the year—and one of the blackest. That’s right: the Black-ish clan is…
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Bish, I Be Running Week 9: Crying? There's No Crying in Training
During last week’s long run, I cried. For those who are unaware, I’m a sensitive person, but I’m tough. As “tough as nails,” per my mother. Abrasion (like, within people) doesn’t really bother me—I can dish it out and take it. I have a high threshold for pain—menstrual cramps have nothing on me. As a…
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Polish & Purpose: With a New Studio, Pear Nova Nails the Perfect Beauty Day—and Creates a Safe Space for Survivors
“She’s a Sagittarius,” jokes Rachel James when speaking about Pear Nova, the award-winning, cruelty-free, cult-favorite nail polish brand she created in 2012. The Chicago-based CEO, creative director, mom and Black Ink Chicago alum refers to her nearly 7-year-old brand as her baby—that is, of course, after her two sons. We’re sitting in James’ new home…
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Doing the Work: Ava DuVernay and Yara Shahidi Are Among Glamour's 2019 Women of the Year Honorees
A passion for justice unites the black and brown women honored by Glamour as their 2019 Women of the Year, as Ava DuVernay and Yara Shahidi join the Women of the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) on a list that includes Megan Rapinoe, Charlize Theron, Margaret Atwood, Tory Burch, and…
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Halloween, but Make It Igor: Tyler, The Creator Gets Into the Costume Game
It’s no secret that Tyler, The Creator likes to play dress-up; after all, the musician is also a designer, as evidenced by his subversively preppy GOLF label. And earlier this year, Tyler took it to the next level with the introduction of alter ego Igor, the platinum-bobbed crooner he debuted in May’s “Earfquake” video. Since…
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Simone Biles Has Apparently Bodied Baseball, Too
Real talk? I’ve never quite understood the appeal of America’s favorite pastime (*ducks*). Right around the fourth inning, I’m generally starting to doze. (No, really, that actually happened once at a Twins game in their last World Series-winning year). But leave it to Simone Biles to make baseball a little less boring for us non-believers;…