Amandla Stenberg stays killin’ it when it comes to starting discussions about cultural appropriation and empowerment of Black girls. The latest on the 16-year-old fierce of nature? She’s co-writing a new comic book with Stranger Comics called NIOBE: She Is Life. NIOBE chronicles the adventures of Niobe, a half-elf/half-human orphaned warrior, on a quest to […]
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You heard right: One of #DemLyonsBoys is on the cover of our fall issue — and just in time for the start of Empire season 2! Check out our interview with Bryshere (AKA Yazz The Greatest), where he raps about his music, his love life, and gives us a sneak peek into what’s coming next for […]
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Growing up Black is different for all of us, but no lie, a mad amount of the tweets associated with that viral hashtag trip down memory lane were just all the way real. Here are some of the ones that gave us life: #GrowingUpBlack when you see your white friends talk back to their parents […]
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The Confederate flag that’s been flying above the South Carolina Statehouse for 50 years was finally removed for good on the morning of July 10, 2015! A symbol of hatred, racism, and white supremacy for centuries, the flag controversy gained even more momentum after nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina were murdered by a white […]
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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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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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Today is the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. Celebratory barbecues and parades on deck! Besides all that, though, there’s really only one thing you absolutely must do today: Promise to #staywoke every day from here on out. Just two nights ago, nine Black people were murdered while attending a prayer service in their Charleston, South Carolina […]
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Remember that unofficial campaign to redesign the $20 bill — this time by ditching the dead prez and replacing his mug with a woman’s? More than 100,000 people voted that that woman should be Harriet Tubman and we were here for all of that. Only problem? That campaign wasn’t actually backed by the government, so […]
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Think about the apps you use every day: Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter … Someone used coding to create them and there’s no reason why you can’t do the same! By L’Oreal Thompson Payton This summer, Black Girls Code (BGC) is traveling coast to coast to give you a crash course in coding with its all-girl […]
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You already know his name. But there’s far more to Trevor Jackson than those 13 letters, that perfect smile/wink combo, and a voice so dope you can’t help but fangirl. In the summer issue of Sesi, he lets us in his feelings and gives all the realness — on his new movie, his new music, […]
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