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Michelle Obama Takes England with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—and Has Advice for Meghan Markle
What happens when the United States’ former forever first lady-turned-bestselling author meets a woman considered one of the greatest writers of our time? The audience at Michelle Obama’s Becoming tour stop in London, England found out when she joined author and acclaimed feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for an hourlong conversation at The Royal Festival Hall…
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Wooowwwww…The Women of Red Table Talk Are on the 1st Digital Cover of Harper's Bazaar!
There’s a famous holiday song called “We Three Kings,” but three queens are featured on Harper’s Bazaar’s first digital cover, namely, Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, the three generations represented on the hit Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk. In fact, to say their series is a hit is a bit of…
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Holidazed? Welcome to Our 12 Days of Gifting—Launched with Luxury
Okay, Glow Up gang: It’s officially December, and if you haven’t already, you need to start shopping for the holidays. Sure, we know not everyone celebrates, but for those who do, we also know not everyone is easy to shop for. For instance, what do you get the person who seemingly already has everything, without…
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Jungle Love: Versace Stages an Animal-Printed, Star-Studded Pre-Fall '19 Show
If you’re not into animal prints, you might want to sit 2019 out since label after label has been proving that nature’s most organic prints aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. The latest to send lions, tigers and bears (okay, zebras) down their runway? Versace, who showed their Pre-Fall 2019 collection at the American Stock Exchange…
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She Wore Every Country in Africa: How Beyoncé Slayed Global Citizen
How do you top a history-making appearance at Coachella, a couture-laden world tour, and a collaboration with Balmain? If you’re Beyoncé, you use a headlining appearance at the 2018 Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 on Sunday to make some major African-inspired fashion statements. Yes, we know the point of the festival this year, which is…
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Black Hair Matters: The Affirmative Power of Politicians Like Ayanna Pressley and Stacey Abrams
When Ayanna Pressley got her Senegalese twists done for the first time about three years ago, it was a moment of affirmation and recognition. “I just really loved it,” she told The Glow Up. “I felt my most authentic and powerful self.” Speaking over the phone this past September, Pressley explained that when she was…
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'I Am Numb': Tarana Burke Gets Real About the Cost of Leading—and Living—#MeToo
“This movement is constantly being called a ‘watershed moment’ or even a reckoning,” Tarana Burke told the audience at TED Women 2018. “But I wake up some days feeling like all evidence points to the contrary. … It’s hard not to feel numb.” It was an unexpected admission from the founder of the Me Too…
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Stephen Curry Continues to Address Gender Disparity—This Time, With a Sneaker
Steph Curry has gone on record in support of gender equality (though we’ve yet to see any of that translate to equal or even higher pay for the WNBA). In fact, in an essay timed to coincide with Women’s Equality Day 2018, he wrote about the impact his mother, wife, and daughters have had upon…
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The Glow Up Grows Up: It’s Our 1st Birthday!
What a difference a year makes! Only 365 days ago, we were celebrating the birth of The Root’s newest baby, a beauty, fashion and women’s empowerment blog coyly titled The Glow Up. A year, one awards season, two Fashion Months (and a Cruise Collection Week) and well over 1,000 posts later, we’re slightly older, hopefully…