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Stiff Where?! Blue Ivy Has Never Seen a Ceiling In Her Whole Life—Which Is Why She's So Icy Park
What’s better than a brown skin girl simply being the best thing in the world? A brown skin girl who won’t hesitate to let you know she’s the best thing in the world. Cue Blue Ivy, the illustrious daughter of Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. Naturally, the 9-year-old has appeared in an ad…
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Ruth E. Carter to Receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 25
Ruth E. Carter made history in 2019 as the first Black person (and Black woman) to win an Academy Award for Costume Design—a feat made even more special for the fact that the film that earned her the award was 2018’s Black Panther. This month, the legendary costume designer—whose extensive list of credits also includes…
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'I Am Battle-Tested': Va. Gubernatorial Candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy Says Her Commitment to Black Maternal Health Is Personal
Former Democratic Virginia delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy almost didn’t live to become a gubernatorial candidate. As she shared with Elle on Monday, she almost died giving birth to her twin boys three years ago, “because, as is the case for many Black women, white doctors and nurses downplayed and dismissed her excruciating postpartum pain.” The…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: How Brother Vellies' Aurora James Is Helping Retailers Make a Giant Step for Black Businesses
As a new year dawned in January, so did a staggering statistic: 140,000 jobs had been lost in December, all of them by women. Actually, it was worse, reported Fortune magazine: “Technically, women accounted for more than 111% of jobs lost…the U.S. economy lost a net 140,000 jobs in December…But women lost 156,000 jobs overall…
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Rashida Jones, Naomi Wadler and. Rep. Ayanna Pressley Kick Off Inaugural Black Girl Freedom Week
February is a month to celebrate Black History—and to make a push on advocacy for Black girls. The Black Girl Freedom Fund launched in September 2020 to do just that, with a mission to raise $1 billion to invest in Black girls and young women over the next 10 years. Launched by Dr. Monique W.…
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Tessica Brown Says She Has NOT Made Any Plans to Sue Gorilla Glue…But Summa Y'all Still Gon' Hate Anyway
It’s been a long and wild journey for Tessica “Gorilla Glue Girl” Brown since she posted a Tik Tok video earlier this month explaining that she had run out of Got2B Glued Blasting Freeze Spray to slick down her hair and used Gorilla Glue spray instead. First, it was funny AF, then it became a…
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Ready for the (Virtual) Runway? The Black Fashion Lover's Guide to New York Fashion Week This February
Black History Month. Valentine’s Day. President’s Day. New York Fashion Week. Mardi Gras. The Golden Globes… For the shortest month of the year, February 2021 sure is jam-packed. While many of us are still living life in our sweatsuits with no major style moments immediately in sight, the fashion industry is still planning ahead and…
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Announce Their Second Pregnancy, Sparking Joy and Love This Valentine’s Day
It has been a week full of joy and love for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. On Sunday, February 14, the couple announced their second pregnancy… and they’re having a girl! This past Thursday, February 11, Meghan Markle won the first step in her legal battle against tabloid newspapers that violated her privacy by…
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Love for the Long Haul: AphroChic's Founders Talk Partnership, Marriage and Surviving COVID-19
“For better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish; till death do us part.” The vows are familiar, but for many, after a year of the in-tandem epidemics of COVID-19 and a resulting economic crisis, they have been put to the test. It’s Valentine’s Day tradition…
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Meghan Markle Wins the First Legal Battle in Her Lawsuit Against Tabloid Publisher
Black History Month is all about joy at The Root and our Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has reason to be joyous today as she won the first step in her lawsuit against the Daily Mail on Sunday and Associated Newspapers for violating her privacy. The British tabloid published parts of a personal letter she…