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Dressed for Success? This Charter School’s Policies Are Humiliating Its Female Students
As if puberty isn’t humiliating enough, the award-winning Noble Charter Schools network of Chicago was recently accused of instituting what several former teachers call “dehumanizing” policies to monitor their high school students. In addition to boasting high test scores and graduation rates, the schools, which are located in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods, go above…
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Azealia Banks Hates Bath Bombs but Clearly Loves Glitter Bombs, and We Have Questions
Just when we thought Kanye West was going to cause the most confusion this week, Azealia Banks popped up to give us another dose of her special brand of “Huh?” with an “Over/Under” video for Pitchfork as part of the promotional rounds for her new single and bona fide bop, “Anna Wintour.” Banks, who, like…
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Ahead of the Curve: Curvsi Wants You to Love Your Closet
Fun fact: I’m a former eBay addict. Between my late 20s and early 30s, I was an avid shopper and seller on the auction site, scouring it daily for designer deals and vintage gems alike, and garnering a 100 percent rating and any number of useless pieces of clothing in the process. Another fun fact?…
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Comic Relief: Wash Day Captures the Radical Self-Love in a Hair-Care Ritual
When is your “wash day”? Saturday mornings? Sunday afternoons after church? However a black woman wears her hair, the wash-day ritual is one she undoubtedly knows well, with techniques sometimes preserved since childhood, or honed to perfection after starting her natural-hair journey. A group of young female creatives are paying “tribute to the beauty and…
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Pop Your Melanin, Protect Your Edges and Perfect Yourself With These Tips From a Great Skin Doc
What would you ask Dr. Michelle Henry, a Harvard-trained, board-certified dermatologist, if you were just sitting around kicking it over lunch? The Glow Up caught up with the good doctor you can easily ask anything of, since she’s so approachable, and judging by her smooth-as-glass complexion—you’ll like the outcome of her advice. Henry is the…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Time’s Up Staged a Tribeca Takeover
Saturday was a day of reckoning at the Tribeca Film Festival as voices from the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements brought their message of survival, empowerment and advocacy from Hollywood to New York City. Oscar-winning actresses Julianne Moore and Lupita Nyong’o, Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, actresses Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Ashley Judd, former NFL player Wade…
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So … We Went to the ‘Nerd Prom,’ and It Was As Awkward as It Looked
Sequins and tuxes and smokey eyes made of burnt facts, oh my! On Saturday night, three members of your fearless crew at The Root ventured to Washington, D.C., to attend the “Nerd Prom,” also known as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Even aside from a surprisingly suspenseful debate on what to wear (a process that…
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It’s Not Over Till the Black Lady Sings: Painter Elizabeth Colomba Makes History at the Metropolitan Opera
French painter Elizabeth Colomba is the first black woman to create a film for the New York City Metropolitan Opera’s short-film series. Colomba, a first-time director, joins a list of past artists, including George Condo and Elizabeth Peyton, with her two-minute vignette, which will be shown during the Met’s performance of the classic French fairy…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: Janelle Monáe and Pharrell Got the Juice
We promise, we’re going to stop with the all-Janelle Monáe-everything … just as soon as we listen to Dirty Computer about 200 more times. But seriously: We’ll definitely give you a break next week, but for the second week in a row, the artist occasionally known as Cindi Mayweather has The Glow Up’s hearts—and ears—with…