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As Usual, Sailor J Says What We’re All Thinking
Here at The Glow Up, we’ve already extolled the virtues of vlogger Sailor J, whose hilarious video tutorials and social commentary consistently keep us in stitches. But this week, she took tutorial to a new level when she subversively addressed the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Fla.—as well as the many similarly horrifying events that…
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She’s Your Queen-to-Be: @Krissychula Stays Saying What We’re All Thinking
Fun fact—or, in this case, funny fact, for a beauty vertical: I first fell for YouTuber @krissychula on a bad hair day in 2012. It was a really bad hair day, to hear her tell it: Since being “pissed off” at her hair (and who here can’t relate?), @krissychula, also known as Krystal, has elevated…
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YouTuber PewDiePie Uses Racial Slur During Live Video Game Streaming
Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg may be YouTube’s highest-grossing user, but he’s also back in the limelight for his use of a racial slur. But it’s not his first time at the racist rodeo. On Sunday afternoon, Kjellberg, 27, was streaming and playing “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” when he went on a rant, and let the n-word “slip” through:…
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Natural-Hair Sensation, YouTube Star Meechy Monroe Dead at 32
Sad news for the natural-hair community and everyone else touched by her work: Meechy Monroe, who became well-known via her YouTube tutorials for natural hairstyles, died at the age of 32 at a nursing home in Westmont, Ill., on June 27. Her mother, Patricia Moore, told the New York Times that the cause of death…
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8-Year-Old Uses YouTube for Driving Lessons and Drives to McDonald’s
YouTube is a cornucopia of tutorial videos. You can learn everything from how to change the brakes on your car (I did once) to how to contour your nose with makeup. I’ve never heard of anyone using a tutorial to learn how to drive, but apparently an 8-year-old boy from Ohio did, just so he…
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Giants: A YouTube Series That Tackles Mental Health and Masculinity in the Black Community
Issa Rae’s YouTube channel recently launched Giants, a new series written and directed by James Bland and starring Vanessa Baden, William Catlett and Bland himself. The series is about “three millennials determined to live life on their own terms, no matter the cost, [who] quickly learn that when life starts to kick your ass, you…
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How Not to Do a Twist-Out on ‘Caucasian’ Hair
As someone with naturally curly hair, when it’s not locked, I never had the need for a twist-out to achieve curls, and never want to spend more than 30 minutes doing my own hair. But understandably, there are those women out there who’ll spend countless hours to get the perfect twist-out. For those not familiar…
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Chicago Resident Pokes Fun at Couple Who Fled City After a Day Because of Crime
A young couple from Arizona haven’t been having an easy time since posting a video to YouTube about a “traumatic experience” that occurred a day after they moved into their Chicago apartment, prompting them to flee back to Arizona. In response, one self-proclaimed resident of Edgewater—the neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side where they briefly lived—Kevin Fergus,…
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12 of the Best and Brightest Black YouTubers at VidCon 2016
VidCon is the mecca of all things digital video. It’s literally what it sounds like: a conference for video. It took place in sunny Anaheim, Calif.—yes, home of Disneyland—and it was obvious that Mickey Mouse had to move over and make way for a whole new kind of celebrity: internet stars. The best and the…