body image
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Kerry Washington Opens Up About The Source of Her Struggles With Body Image
In a conversation with Gabrielle Union, the Scandal actress gets real about the standards of beauty she saw growing up.
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Kerry Washington Opens Up About Her Past Eating Disorder
She will be revealing more details about the disorder in her upcoming memoir.
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'We Still Doing This?' The Online Abuse of Rapper and Calvin Klein Model Chika Proves We Have Intimacy Issues
No, she’s not your average girl in an intimate apparel campaign —and thank God, since last time I checked, most of us—of all sizes and shapes—buy and wear underwear. But Montgomery, Ala.-born, Nigerian-American rapper-on-the-rise Chika—who first rose to fame last year with a “Jesus Walks”-backed freestyle calling out Kanye’s MAGA metamorphosis—has already been proven a…
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No Bra? Not Your Business: Singer Tanerélle Claps Back at Breast-Shamers
Singer-songwriter Tanerélle would like you to know that her breasts—and how they hang—are none of your business, thankyouverymuch. The musical artist joined fellow entertainers on the BET Awards blue carpet on Sunday, wearing a block-printed, open-backed, low-cut dress by Batani Khalfani that displayed her cleavage with no assistance from underwires or artificial lifting. It was…
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Worship Her: Lizzo Makes Her Playboy Debut
She’s kind of a big deal, y’all. We’ve been singing the praises of Lizzo since we launched The Glow Up—even earlier this month, in fact. But now it seems the multi-hyphenate entertainer’s fandom is finally reaching critical mass as she continues to break down barriers. This week’s barriers? Joining the likes of Jorja Smith, Travis…
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'If You Can Love Me, You Can Love Yourself': Lizzo Won't Shrink to Fit—and Says You Shouldn't, Either
She’s got a big personality, even bigger talent, and has never shied away from being a big girl in an industry that often prioritizes thin women with equally thin voices. But the rapper-flutist-singer-songwriter-bold and bodied badass-beauty icon Lizzo is finally beginning to get the recognition she deserves; this month as the star of Allure’s first…
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Profile in Courage: Serena Williams Covers Allure’s ‘Body & Mind’ Issue
Will we ever tire of seeing Serena Williams atop magazine covers? Don’t bet on it. We love that Williams—already the most powerful woman in sports—is also having the power of her beauty recognized, again and again. Her latest grand slam? Allure magazine’s “Body & Mind” issue, where she recreates the pose from her iconic nude…
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PSA of the Day: Stop Asking Women If They’re Pregnant (Because Sometimes, It’s Just a Food Baby)
You know what’s really dope? When you’re out here, living your best new-monied life, getting your step-and-repeat and twirl on in a Michael Kors gown (that you could easily pay for, but were instead loaned) on a Golden Globes afterparty red carpet where you’re nobody’s plus-one. The paparazzi knows your name and is screaming it…