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Out of the Box: Logan Browning Talks Identity, Colorism and the Problem of Privilege
Identity is no small issue for Dear White People’s Logan Browning. Aside from her leading role as the oft-confused but always outspoken biracial firebrand Samantha White, Browning tells Refinery29 she’s spent her entire life being asked: “What are you?” My first answer is: “My parents are Black.” Part of the reason I say that is…
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Are They Big Enough? Kanye Confronts 'Slidegate'
If you think Kanye West has been trolling us all along, you may be right in at least one respect: when it comes to those too-small Yeezy slides he wore with socks and a suit to 2 Chainz’ recent wedding, he’s got jokes. Big jokes, as it turns out; after initially defending the fashion choice…
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Pretty, Funny: Comedian Janelle James Ain’t No Joke
Fun fact: The first time I saw comedian Janelle James perform, while sitting in the audience of a 2015 taping of Wyatt Cenac’s comedy showcase, “Night Train,” I knew she was someone I wanted to know. The woman was strumming my pain and singing my life, hilariously lamenting the state of once-epic breasts and proposing…
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Making Miss Black America: As the Pageant Turns 50, an Early Contestant Looks Back
When Oprah Winfrey represented her home state of Tennessee in the Miss Black America pageant in 1971, she was part of a pioneering group of young women daring to define beauty on their own terms. In fact, the pageant, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, was launched in protest of the Miss America pageant,…
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Loc’ed Out: In Jamaica, a Battle for Equality Rests on a 5-Year-Old Girl’s Head
Come January, Jamaica’s highest court will hear the case of “Z,” a little girl with dreadlocks who was told she couldn’t attend a prestigious public school unless her hair was cut. Z’s mother, Sherine Virgo, wasn’t having it. As the Washington Post reports, Virgo refused to cut her daughter’s hair, telling the paper that the…
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Our Bodies Are Not Ready: Teyana Taylor Keeps That Same Energy for Agent Provocateur
Forget “Fade”—Teyana Taylor is now taking lingerie to the next level as the star of Agent Provocateur’s Autumn Winter 2018 campaign, titled, “The Power of Provocateur.” In the 90-second spot, wearing nothing but the label’s yellow Anna Padded Plunge Underwired Bra ($215), matching brief ($130), a lavender-tinged, blunt-cut silver bob wig and body chains, Taylor…
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You Had 'One Job': A Mesmerizing Release From Rising Artist TeaMarrr Disrupts the Dollhouse
Hell hath no fury like a doll scorned—that’s the plot of the deliciously innovative video for Haitian-American singer-songwriter TeaMarrr’s debut single “One Job,” which The Glow Up is delighted to exclusively premiere a day ahead of its Friday release. Using black Barbie-like figures—one of which is modeled after TeaMarrr (TEE-mar) herself—“One Job” illustrates an all-too…
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When Harry Met Halle: Did Meghan's Royal Husband Always Have a Type?
The interracial romance and marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is already one for the history books—but was there foreshadowing that the prince of England might have a penchant for biracial actresses? A recently resurfaced picture of Prince Harry’s room at Eton College in 2003 shows the then-18-year-old high-schooler grinning beneath a tapestry affixed…
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Unapologetic: Activist and Author Charlene Carruthers Says Radical Movements Require Radical Honesty
If you ask activist and author Charlene Carruthers whom she hopes will read her new book, she’ll mention teenagers and veteran activists—but first on her list is black women and girls. “My greatest hope is that black women and girls love this book, and appreciate this book. Because if black women and girls like it…