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Big Beauty Tuesday: Mikki Taylor Is a Force of Beauty
If you grew up a Black girl in America in the last half-century, thereâs a good chance you grew up in tandem with Essence magazine, the pioneering publication for Black women which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020. For over 40 0f those years, Mikki Taylor has been part of that storied legacy, helping to…
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When They Go Royal, We Go High? Michelle Obama Weighs In on Meghan and Harry, Says She's Praying for 'Forgiveness' [Updated]
It probably goes without saying that Michelle Obama, while one of the realest to ever assume the role of first lady, is perhaps also the most gracious. Granted, though sheâs our big sister in our heads, we donât know Obama personally, but in the face of any number of challenges, undeserved insults, and indignities, she…
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Because There Couldn't Possibly Be Any More Pressing Scandals in the Monarchy, Buckingham Palace Launches an Investigation Into Meghan's Alleged Bullying
At this point in world history, it really shouldnât come as any surprise the lengths to which whitenessâas an institution and colonialist mentalityâwill go to prove itself right, even when it is so far beyond wrong the hypocrisy is just leaping out. Case in point: There are well- and multiply documented allegations of sexual predation…
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2021 Grammys Fashion Affirmed What We Already Knew: Black Women Are Superheroes
If you watched the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, you mightâve sensed a theme. In a ceremony full of diverse and necessarily distanced performances, it may have been unintentional on the part of the showâs producers, but it certainly didnât escape the notice of The Rootâs Staff Entertainment Writer Tonja Stidhum: The night…
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The Fenty Effect May Soon Go to Our Heads: Rihanna Has Reportedly Filed a Trademark for 'Fenty Hair'
Never let it be said The Glow Up canât spot an emerging trend. Back in January 2019, as Rihanna was debuting her first Valentineâs Day collection for Savage x Fenty, we wrote about the bad galâs growing fashion and lifestyle empire, writing: Weâre just waiting for her to slap her name and visage on a…
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He Got Dap: For His 60th Birthday, the Ken Doll Gets a New Wardrobe by Dapper Dan
Some things get better with age…like the now 76-year-old designer and renaissance man Dapper Dan of Harlem, N.Y. (also the inaugural recipient of The Glow Up 50’s âDap Award,â a lifetime achievement honor we named for the fashion legend). But another male cultural icon recently hit a major milestoneâMattelâs Ken doll. The Stedman to Barbieâs…
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'There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel': Michelle Obama Talks Mental Health and Quarantine Coping Mechanisms
Michelle Obamaâs new show Waffles + Mochi drops next Tuesday on Netflix, and as she promotes her new gig, the mom-in-chief also gave some insight into the Obamasâ quarantine coping mechanisms during an exclusive video interview for the newest issue of People magazine. âThese have been challenging times. Many people have struggled: jobs lost, people…
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'We Are the Daughters': The Root Presents It's Lit! and Salamishah Tillet Go In Search of The Color Purple
They say never meet your heroes…but given the chance to meet Alice Walker, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, weâd wager most of the writers weâve featured on The Root Presents: Itâs Lit! would choose to meet her. Since we launched last September, Walker has been the most influential writer cited by…
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'Iâm Ready to Talk': As CBS Drops Another Tease of Meghan and Oprah's Conversation, the UK Goes on the Offensive
Where will you be on Sunday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET? I, an unabashed royal watcher (by profession and proclivity) will be tuned into CBS, to see what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have to say about their experience in the British royal family. You know, where people stop being politeâand start getting…
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The Gospel According to AndrĂ©: Amid an Eviction Dispute, the Fashion Legend Says He Is 'Healthy in Mind and Spirit'âand Doesn't Need Crowdfunding
Ahh, fashion…one day youâre in, the next day youâre outâbut for those concerned about AndrĂ© Leon Talley being thrown out of his longtime home in White Plains, N.Y., the icon assures us heâs just fine, thankyouverymuch. To recap, Itâs been just over a week since we reported that Talleyâs âgentlemanâs agreementâ with former friend and…
