Essence Magazine

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Does working from home change the terms of what’s “not safe for work”? With her latest tease for Savage X Fenty,…

Another week, another Zendaya cover? Well actually, there are, in total, four versions of Zendaya’s December-January…

The essence of Essence Magazine is coming to your television screens!

It’s been a difficult year for all of us—and as a statement published in Essence magazine Tuesday night revealed,…

The saga that began with a bold public plea to #TakeBackEssence seemed one step closer to ending as of Tuesday, as…

After a barrage of accusations and threats to publish incriminating evidence to support their claims, the group of…

It’s unfortunate that in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary, Essence has also been implicated in a rising…

This past weekend was intended to be a landmark one for Essence. The beloved Black legacy publication celebrated its…

The leading voice in America’s leading publication for black women is making way for new leadership. On Monday,…

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” wrote William Shakespeare, and the phrase proves equally true for fellow…

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the wokest of them all? We kid, we kid—no one wants to play the Woke Olympics. But…

Starting next year, Essence magazine will move from a monthly to a bimonthly publishing schedule, signaling the end…

As a people, we’ve been known to make it out on top in some of the most unfortunate circumstances. With all that we…

What makes a great party? No, I mean a really great party; the kind people look forward to, year after year. This…

With the sometimes troubling narratives spun about Chicago, it can be easy to forget that America’s third largest …

June is Black Music Month, so it’s fitting that 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys is covering Essence’s June issue…

Here at The Glow Up, we are firm believers in taking downtime when and wherever we can get it. But this weekend has…

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