#BlackGirlsMatter Because… It’s been quite a year to be a Black girl! Misty Copeland was the first Black woman to become principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. Director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay wowed the world with Selma (and later became immortalized as a Barbie doll!). And don’t even get us started on Shondaland (shout-out […]
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And we don’t just mean in the fashion department. Scream Queens has no shortage of one-liners, but when it comes to delivering the best — whether it’s a classic Kappa clapback or a plain observation, ya’ girl Zayday slays more than the Red Devil him (and/or her) self. (No spoilers here!) While you adjust to […]
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Last night’s live production of The Wiz had our timelines lit! Everyone was getting their life and beaming with pride just watching all that #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackExcellence dance across the stage in real time. (Of course, there were some people who, for reasons we’ll never understand, just didn’t get it, but anywayz… *gives a thousand […]
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Peep these present picks that’ll help you score major props with everyone on your list! (Plus all the brands featured are #BlackOwned!) By Princess Gabbara 1. Made In T-shirt, $30, madeintee.com 2. Cocotique Beauty Box Subscription, $20 per month, cocotique.com 3. Ginger + Liz nail lacquer in Turn It Up, $12, Ulta 4. Because of […]
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We want to know what you think about our fall issue, featuring Bryshere Gray on the cover. Just take this quick survey, and to thank you, you’ll be entered in our giveaway for a chance to win a Zandra Beauty gift set, packed with three exfoliating, natural sugar scrubs! Were you feelin’ our back-to-school outfit […]
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Besides filming season 6 of Dance Moms (the rumors that she’d chucked deuces to the show = untrue!), Nia Frazier is busy turning herself into a triple threat. She’s got her eyes on the bright lights of Broadway, after all, plus goals of starring on both the big and small screens. In the winter 2015 […]
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Earlier this week, college students at the University of Missouri successfully protested the mishandling of racial incidents on campus, leading to the resignation of the then president. But, before they could really celebrate, violent threats against minority students on that campus were unleashed all over social media. According to The Washington Post, the menacing messages […]
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Recently TIME magazine released it’s annual list of “The 30 Most Influential Teens” — and this year, three of your faves made the cut: 1. Amandla Stenberg, 17 From speaking out against the Columbusing of our culture to calling out Kylie Jenner on her own cultural appropriation to co-writing a new comic book about a […]
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Obviously, Scream Queens, being one of the hottest shows on TV right now, is Halloween inspo for every fan, and a quick Google search will pull up a ton of costume tutorials for the Chanels. We even found some for Grace, Hester, Gigi — and a glam Red Devil. Who gets no love tho? Zayday. […]
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Making gifs (or as Instagram prefers to call them, “mini videos”) of you and your friends to post on IG just got easier. Yesterday, Insta launched its newest app: Boomerang. Obviously, we downloaded it to our phones immediately because who can resist turning your selfies into hilariously cute one-second videos or recording your crush walking […]
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