On the last day of #BHM2016, TIME magazine reporter Maya Rhodan sat down with Misty Copeland and POTUS, where they kept it all the way 100 on everything from racism to beauty standards to empowerment. Misty, the first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre — and collaborator on the President’s advisory Council of […]
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People have truly been out here doin’ the most trying to tell Black girls how to wear their hair, how their lips shouldn’t look, and how they’re magic isn’t so “magic,” after all. But, on the real, they can miss us with all that noise. In a recent video for PBS NewsHour, NYC-based poet, Mahogany […]
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THIS. The cutest thing you’ll see all day. New YouTuber, Laila Cheyenne — who’s only 8 years old, BTW — recently shared her own “Formation” remake video. From the white dress and parasol combo to the “I like my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils” hallway dance to the new addition, an homage to Bey’s […]
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“Ok, ladies now let’s get in formation.” Beyoncé isn’t here for anybody’s mess and the rest of us shouldn’t be either. She straight up says she didn’t come to play, she came to slay. This is a call to action if we’ve ever seen one — and we are so here for all of it. […]
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It’s official. As of today, January 12, 2016, ABC Family will be known as FreeForm to better match its shows, which are really more for teens and YA than families. With the name change comes a few other changes as well, like new faves to look out for — one of which will be all […]
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Live and direct from The White House comes the most EPIC collab of the year: Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharaoh and First Lady Michelle Obama. Their new music video, which just dropped today on CollegeHumor, begins with Jay droppin’ knowledge on two high schoolers who plan to just “hang out” when high school ends. He […]
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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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As video of her now famous pitching skills played in the background, Mo’ne Davis took the stage to accept her win as Best Breakthrough Athlete at last night’s 2015 ESPY Awards. “Oh my goodness,” she began, clearly surprised. “First I wanna say congrats to all the other nominees, and I just wanna thank my parents, […]
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Today, June 30, 2015, Misty Copeland was promoted from soloist to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Even though the Theatre has been around for 75 years, Misty is the FIRST Black girl to ever claim this title, the highest one you can get in the ABT! During the announcement, she was feeling all […]
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