Beauty & Fashion

12 Fashion Hacks Every Black Girl Should Know

1. Remove deodorant stains from your clothing with baby wipes, dryer sheets, or by rubbing them off with a piece of denim. We all know those “clear stick” deodorants only show up clear on the “white” part of your skin (under your hands and feet), so an appearance of the infamous residue will def happen […]

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Cover Stars

Yara Shahidi is Our Winter 2014 Cover Girl!

You probably know her best from her roles as the young Olivia Pope on Scandal, and most recently, as Zoey Johnson on the new show, Black-ish (for which she just received an NAACP Image Award nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series). And in our winter 2014 issue, you can get to know […]

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Celebs, Ya' Heard?

Trevor Jackson Premieres New Christmas Song!

Christmas has come early this year — in the form of a brand-new Trevor Jackson joint! Just in time for the holidays, Trevor drops the seasonal single, “I’ll Be Who You Love (This Christmas),” guaranteed to be on replay in your house well into the new year. Obsessed yet? Download this song now on iTunes! […]

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Stereotyping and Racism

Black Lives Matter. Yesterday, Today, Always.

By now, you’ve probably heard about the Grand Jury’s decision to not indict Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed Black teen, Michael Brown. You’re probably feeling sick, sad, hate, anger, heartache, and a bunch of other things that are hard to even give a name to. Your feelings are very valid. We’re feeling exactly […]

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Movies

Lifetime’s Aaliyah Movie Does Not Make it Back in One Piece

By Andréa Butler Like the rest of y’all, we were watching Lifetime’s new biopic, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B last night. We were hoping for some serious slayage, but it turns out, our hopes were too high. For real, though, a big-screen film with a much bigger budget, not to mention family approval and collaboration, would […]

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Celebs, Ya' Heard?

Is it the End of 106 & Park?

It’s been your go-to music video/pop-culture news show for 14 years — and after December 19, it will be no more. At least, not on TV. That’s right, your favorite on-air hangout is leaving cable to build a new, permanent home on BET.com. There will, however, still be 106 TV specials like its annual New […]

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