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11 YouTube Stars Every Black Girl Needs To Know

By Kennadi HarrisFeeling like you need to step up your hair and makeup game? Maybe you need beauty tips to make your skin glow and your fro grow? Stress no more because we’ve got a list of the best melanin-rich YouTubers who always keep it cute — and can help you keep it cute, as […]

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Beauty & Fashion, Celebs

The Fiercest Looks From the 2015 BET Awards

Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson weren’t the only ones killin’ it at the 15th Annual BET Awards tonight — that opening sequence, tho — your favorite celebs were doin’ their own thing out on the red carpet, too. Peep our favorite looks below:   Justine Skye Justine rips the red carpet like a boss […]

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Black History, Yaaaaas

This Confederate Flag Takedown is Life!

Bree Newsome, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, freedom fighter, and all around symbol of Black girl magic just did the dang thang. Early this morning, decked out in professional climbing gear, Bree scaled the 30-foot flagpole on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, grabbed the flag, and before descending, held it up triumphantly and called out: “You come […]

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Features

#LoveWins Again: Same-Sex Marriage is Legal Everywhere!

It’s been a pretty amazing week: On Monday, the governor of South Carolina, along with supporters around the country, called for the Confederate flag to (finally) be taken down from the Statehouse grounds and today — June 26, 2015 — the Supreme Court officially made it legal for same-sex couples to get married all over […]

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