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Cuffing Season Is Almost Over, so Get Your Vibrators Ready
The days are about to get longer and warmer, which signals the official end of cuffing season, ladies. The cuddle buddies we had for the winter can be turned loose, and we can get back to being fabulously single and ready to mingle. Of course, that doesn’t mean we won’t need some amount of satisfaction…
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Queer Black Woman Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll
What we know as rock ’n’ roll did not exist before her. She came before Elvis and Johnny Cash. She preceded Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
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Watch: Shirley Chisholm for President
Shirley Chisholm is a history-making black woman.Chisholm first made history in 1968 when she became the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, representing the 12th Congressional District of Brooklyn in New York City. Chisholm was also a founding member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Women’s Caucus.Chisholm had…
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Florida Killer Not in White-Power Group After All
How Supremacist Trolls Spread Rumors to Media Modern-Day Redlining Found in 61 Metro Areas AP’s Holland Shares in ‘Black Panther’ Phenomenon FCC Watchdog Investigates Chairman’s Sinclair Ties NBC Insists on Own Pronunciation of ‘Pyeongchang’ UNC’s Invitation to Tucker Carlson Draws Scorn Laura Ingraham to LeBron: ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ Columnist Says Black History Month Has…
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5 Things I Learned After Signing Up for a Tinder Account
I will admit that I am late to the game when it comes to Tinder. I heard about it when it first popped on the scene, and I have friends who have had some success using the dating app, but I was still hesitant to use it for myself. Some people had told me that…
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Judge of Characters: It’s a Woman’s World
We all know it’s a white man’s world, but through our magic, women of color manage to make this world ours. From Black Panther being an ode to black women, to women of color taking over the 2018 Winter Games, it’s hard to deny the power of women right now. One of the most powerful…
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Watch: Black Panther Cast Explains Why Black Superheroes Matter
The Black Panther character is more than the namesake of a movie that’s breaking the box office. He’s a culture. Marvel Comics has introduced the world to a diverse roster of superheroes since its launch in 1939, but the most notable has got to be Black Panther, who made his first appearance in Fantastic Four,…
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Watch: These Future Attorneys Are Skipping Law School
Many industries lack racial and gender diversity, but the legal profession arguably ranks as one of the worst. About 85 percent of lawyers are white, according to the American Bar Association (pdf), and the majority are male (pdf). Crippling debt (pdf) and shrinking numbers of job prospects can make the idea of law school feel…
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Watch: How to Play a Villain With Black Lightning’s Marvin Jones
When it comes to playing a villain, some of us have got it—and, well, some of us don’t. Actor Marvin “Krondon” Jones III? Yep, he’s got it. Jones is Tobias Whale on the CW’s Black Lightning. He’s an ex-politician-turned-underworld boss of the fictional city of Freeland, and his gang is the 100. “We all have…