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'My Choice': With a Series of All Black, All Hijabi April Covers, Vogue Arabia Demystifies Muslim Modesty
“I think it’s important to remember that wearing a hijab is a woman’s personal choice. It doesn’t make her any better or worse than another Muslim woman. To me, it symbolizes modesty and gives me a sense of power,” supermodel Halima Aden tells Vogue Arabia. Aden, a groundbreaking Muslim model who has become a well-known…
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Check on It: Beyoncé and Adidas Just Announced a New Partnership!
While we were were buzzing about possible new music, Netflix specials and leaks of her beautiful kids, it looks like Beyoncé had another big drop on the brain. Thursday morning, it was announced that the megastar has signed with Adidas as its new creative partner. In a move that Page Six quipped makes Bey “the…
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We Deserve: 4C Textures Get the Luxe Treatment with a New Launch by Oribe
When hairstyling legend Oribe Canales died late last year, we had no idea that the luxury haircare line bearing his name had a new product offering in the works—with natural hair in mind. Today, the celebrity-favored and always silicon-free Oribe makes its own entry into the natural hair market with the launch of their Highly…
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Nude News: Whatever Skin You're In, Rihanna's Got You Covered This Season (and Covers Brandy & Monica?)
No, we don’t have a sponsorship deal going with Rihanna (though that sounds lucrative AF—and fun), but when we see something great that might appeal to our Bad Gal-loving, multi-hued demographic here at The Glow Up, we feel compelled to let them know (and the rest of you will deal). This Friday, the multi-hyphenate mogul…
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A Legacy of Artistry: Ruth E. Carter, Tyler Mitchell and More Celebrate the Enduring Impact of Kwame Brathwaite
What best befits a celebration of iconic artistry? Being recognized by icons in the making. On Thursday, April 11 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther), fashion designer Mimi Plange and Tyler Mitchell, who made history last year as the first black photographer to cover Vogue,…
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Queer Eye on Capitol Hill? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May Get the Best Makeover Ever [Updated]
File this under: Please make this happen. Political dynamo Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.-N.Y.) has taken more than her share of criticism about her aesthetics; how much she pays for her clothing; where and how she can afford to live; her penchant for red lipstick; and even a need for occasional self-care have been welcome fodder…
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Stretching the Exquisite: Why Hearing Black Women’s Voices in Theater Is a Revolutionary Act
Big things were bubbling in Brooklyn two years ago. The year 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the first community development entity established in the United States. The nonprofit outfit has provided housing, employment, training and culture to residents of Bed-Stuy since 1967; 2017 was also the year the Restoration’s Billie Holiday…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Thank God It's April
You know what I hate? April Fool’s Day. What use have I for a day full of deliberately fake news and nonsensical pranks that rarely land properly? You know what else I hate? Equal Pay Day, because I don’t need a reminder of how women—women of color, in particular—are undervalued and under-compensated for their labor.…
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Sussex Royal Watch Goes Live: Meghan and Harry Are Now on the 'Gram!
Yeah, yeah, we know. You don’t understand all this fascination with Meghan Markle marrying into the British royal family, and she’s biracial and therefore somehow not worthy of The Root’s blackety-black attention, and elitism, and colonialism, and…You can go now and let people enjoy things, like seeing whether or not her first child is a…
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It's Equal Pay Day. Do You Know Where Your Paycheck Is?
Good news, ladies! We’ve finally caught up! That is, if you consider working until this date to earn the average amount our white, non-Hispanic male peers did in 2018 “catching up.” And while according to 2016 data from the Pew Research Center, white women still out-earn most men of color, if you happen to be…