body positivity
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Lizzo’s Revelation About Her Mental Health to Fans at a Los Angeles Concert Will Break Your Heart
The "Truth Hurts" singer decided to speak her own truth during a recent performance.
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Social Media Convinced Lizzo’s ‘Body Positivity’ Movement Was a Hoax All Along, But It’s More Complicated…
The pop star has been flaunting a slimmer figure lately.
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Truth Hurts: Lizzo Reminds Us 'Fashion Is So Indebted to Black Women’s Culture'
James Baldwin famously said in 1961: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time.” We know that to be true, but when it comes to the fashion and beauty industries, to be Black and fat is to…
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Lizzo Talks Black Lives, Why Voting Matters and Why Body Positivity Isn't Enough for Vogue's October Cover
She’s bumped up the “Tempo,” brought the “Juice,” and keeps us feeling “Good as Hell” even when the “Truth Hurts.” Now, Lizzo is bringing her luscious brand of self-love where few if any Black women over a size 6 have gone before: to the cover of Vogue’s October issue. None other than veteran video and…
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Bittersweet! Stranger Things Kids Paid Far More Than Orange Is The New Black Breakout Danielle Brooks Was for Seven Seasons of Hit Netflix Show
As if black women didn’t have it hard enough. Imagine playing a major part in the success of a powerful entertainment media brand to later find out you’re being paid far less than someone more than half your age. That’s the story of Danielle Brooks, the breakout actress from Netflix’s breakthrough drama Orange Is The…
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Lizzo The Great: TikTok Restores Swimsuit Video of Grammy Winner After She Exposes Them for Possible Bias
With her body positivity movement and unabashed performance style, Lizzo can be considered many things. But this week, the recent Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, flutist, rapper, Vodka spokesperson, Billboard chart-topper, NAACP Image Award-receiving plus-sized beauty icon has a new title: an agent of change. Earlier this week, the “Juice” powerhouse put TikTok on blast…
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Beyoncé’s Blind Spot? Ivy Park’s Relaunch Was Exceptional—But to Some, Still Exclusionary
The orange boxes have dropped, the orders have been placed, and Beyoncé offered the rare Instagram caption on Monday, thanking fans, followers and faithful shoppers for making her Adidas x Ivy Park launch an unequivocal success, writing: I want to say a huge thank you to all of the incredible human beings who stood in…
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Clearly Unaware That Shutting Up Has Zero Calories, Celebrity Trainer Jillian Michaels Weighs in on Lizzo’s Body
Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels, known for any number of infomercials after being one of the original taskmasters on The Biggest Loser, appeared on Buzzfeed’s morning show AM2DM Wednesday morning to hawk her fitness app, during which she managed to prove that the biggest loser may actually be the one with the biggest mouth. Asked by host…
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Today In Hotep Foolishness: Boyce Watkins Comes for Lizzo
It is undeniable that Lizzo has had one hell of a year. Her 2017 song “Truth Hurts,” hit No. 1 on the charts, she was the musical guest for Eddie Murphy’s acclaimed SNL return and she scored eight Grammy nominations, proving that she is indeed 100% that bitch. Yet because she is a black woman…