On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 22-year-old Harvard University grad Amanda Gorman — who was also the first national youth poet laureate — became the youngest poet ever to deliver an inaugural poem.
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These Black Women are Leading the Charge Against Insurrection
Immediately following last Wednesday’s (January 6, 2021) domestic terror attack on the U.S. Capitol — and our very democracy — Black women began calling for the second impeachment of 45 and the swift expulsion of every member of Congress who helped incite this insurrection.
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Here’s to New Year’s Self-Revelations
In a world that tells us our skin, our hair, and our selves aren’t good enough, that “new year, new me” mantra often becomes a vehicle for unrealistic goal-setting that separates us from who we really are. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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“The Chi” Star Genesis Hale is Our Winter Cover Girl!
Turning the page on who and what doesn’t serve her, Genesis Hale, who plays Maisha on The Chi and Sabrina in the new Candyman (out next year), continues to come out on top.
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Baby Phat Beauty is About to be Your Next Obsession
When Baby Phat first hit the scene more than 20 years ago, its founder Kimora Lee Simmons set out to bless the runways (and our closets) with high-fashion streetwear. Now, the iconic brand is being reintroduced to a new generation with the launch of Baby Phat Beauty — a collab with her daughters Ming Lee (20) and Aoki Lee (18).
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Yara Shahidi is Tinker Bell in New Live-Action Remake “Peter Pan and Wendy”
By Andréa Butler In her new role as Tinker Bell in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake Peter Pan and Wendy, Yara Shahidi is bringing that #BlackGirlMagic to the pixie dust-wielding character for the first time ever. The latest grown-ish star to land such a role (last year, it was announced Halle Bailey would play Ariel in […]
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Riley Burruss Feels You on What It’s Like Starting College in the Middle of a Pandemic
By Anissa Gabbara Before beginning her freshman year at New York University, The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Riley Burruss low-key thought college would be like it is in the movies, which tbh, is high-key relatable. But IRL, with the coronavirus pandemic still raging, online classes and a socially distanced social life is what 2020 is […]
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The Baby-Sitter’s Club Star Anais Lee is Our Fall Cover Girl!
Before landing her latest role as junior club member Jessi Ramsey on Netflix’s summer hit The Baby-Sitters Club, 13-year-old Anais Lee was already comin’ through with the receipts. She played the younger version of Yara Shahidi’s Natasha in The Sun is Also a Star and appeared in the movie Blood Ties and TV shows, such […]
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Coco Jones Spills the Tea on What Really Went Down with Her Career
By Andréa Butler Let It Shine should have been Coco Jones‘s big break — and she high-key thought it was. As our spring 2015 cover girl, the then 17-year-old even let us in on her upcoming post-high school graduation plans to leave her hometown in Tennessee and head to L.A. “I’ll get a lot more […]
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How You Can Fight for Democracy This Election Year, No Matter How Old You Are
Even if you’re not old enough to vote, you can still educate yourself on the basics; encourage your friends and family to vote; write, post, share + more!
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