vogue
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Lupita Back on the Cover of Vogue Is All the ‘New Year, New You’ We Need
In #Faves news: She’s beautiful, she’s black, and this January, she’s back on the cover of American Vogue! Lupita Nyong’o is ushering us into 2018 with Little Mermaid-after-she-made-the-trade realness (The Root staff has been lobbying for her to star in a live-action remake of the animated classic, and we won’t let it go). This marks…
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Rihanna, Queen of the Red Carpet, Will Host the 2018 Met Gala
Vogue’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, has tapped the undisputed champion of the red carpet, Rihanna, to host the 2018 Met Gala. The announcement came from Vogue this morning. The theme for next year’s star-studded event (officially known as the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) will be “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion…
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Did Vogue Use a Brown-Paper-Bag Test for Its New Group Cover?
For those unfamiliar, the “paper-bag test” was a tactic used by certain African-American social organizations, fraternities and even churches to keep dark-skinned people out. The saying is that if you were darker than a brown paper bag, then you had no place in said organization. As has been the case for some time, lighter skin…
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How "Braids," Lupita Nyong'o's Vogue Short, Captures Peak Black Woman Awesomeness
I’ve taken great pains to avoid spending extensive amounts of time on Facebook. There are not enough crispy-chicken wraps in the world to help me bounce back from the deluge of unintentionally inaccurate Black history facts, passively racist status updates from college acquaintances, and awkward selfies from my uncle’s second ex-wife. I can even feel…
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The 25 Best Booties Not Named On The Original List Of The 25 Best Booties
Like Vogue, the New York Times has apparently caught booty fever. They think booty is their ally. But, while they merely adapted to booty fever, we were born in it. Molded by it. Again, we’ve always appreciated booty. We’ve been in booty’s corner for as long as booty existed. To us, there’s no better place…
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Dear Vogue: A Big Booty Is Not A Fashion Trend
Let me get this out first: WE CAN’T HAVE SHIT. *woosahs and le sighs* Patricia Garcia, Vogue writer, hipped me to something new in her essay, “We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty.” First, let’s start with the title. We’re “officially” embracing big butts, huh? Says who? Fashion designers? Pop culture experts? Mark…