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Halle Berry's Latest Character Finds Redemption In The Fighting Ring In Upcoming Netflix Sports-Drama "Bruised" ...
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(Movies)
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... “Why not a Black woman? It's an old genre; there's so many great fight films that have been made,” Berry told Variety. “I made the point why it would be worth retelling an age-old story with this new twist.” ...
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Created on 21 October 2021
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Feeling Spiritual? Get Self-Reflective With These 13 Tarot and Oracle Decks Designed By Women
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(Living)
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... goddess energy waiting to be unleashed. Each card is adorned with the portrait of a different African goddess. Abrams’ deck is designed to reinforce the spiritual traditions that have elevated many Black ...
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Created on 15 October 2021
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Meet the Women Who Seek Out (and Find) "Happy-Ending" Massages ...
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(Sex)
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... their rules of engagement might surprise you.
It was 2003, and Vance Black, a masseur in his early 20s, was working on a 40-something client’s hip while she lay face down on the table. It was his first ...
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Created on 15 October 2021
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The New "Karen" Halloween Costume Has Many Questioning The Meme-ifying Of Everyday Racis
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(General)
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... white women who thrive off racist microaggressions. If you’ve ever seen a white mom steer her kid away as a Black man walks past, then you probably know the type.
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Created on 07 October 2021
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6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
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(Movies)
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... to unravel his past life in Cabrini-Green, as the Candyman is revealed to be a symbolic reminder of the Black men who were wrongfully killed in racially targeted crimes. Under the direction of Nia DaCosta ...
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Created on 01 October 2021
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Plus-Size Stylist Kelly Augustine Shares Her Fall Fashion Wishlist
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(Style)
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New York-based fashion stylist Kelly Augustine believes fashion can be liberating. "People treat fashion like it’s very frivolous, and it’s not," she says. "How I’m treated as a Black person very much ...
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Created on 01 October 2021
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Neko Case Talks Tour, New Album, and Writing: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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... thoughts on black flies, environmental justice, and everything in between. Here, Case discusses her connection with the forest, her thoughts on heading out on tour, and what her next musical moves might ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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Stylist Challenges Fashion Barriers to Plus-Sized Black Women With Her Bold, Eclectic Style
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(Style)
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... not. My sneakers are Adidas x IvyPark. My earrings are from a beauty supply store in Harlem. And my ring is from LeyeLesi. In everything I do, I try to include Black and independent designers. And, being ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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Lil Nas X Turns Dolly Parton's "Jolene" Into Haunting and Soulful Tale of Queer Heartbreak, and We're Here For ...
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(Music)
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... as a gay Black man. The lyric “I'm begging of you please don't take my man” is given powerful new meaning in the context of Lil Nas’ own experiences with homophobia and marginalization.
Lil Nas’ version ...
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Created on 23 September 2021
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Hashing It Out: #MeToo Trailblazer Tarana Burke Opens Up About Her Message of Solidarity and Writing Her Remarkable New Memoir, Unbound
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(Feminism)
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... Milano credited her on Twitter. “It’s not about a viral campaign for me,” Burke—whose activism has always centered Black people—said at the time. “It’s about a movement.”
Due to #MeToo’s introduction ...
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Created on 14 September 2021
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Josephine Baker, First Black Superstar of the Silver Screen, Makes Her Criterion Channel Debut In Featured Collection
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(Movies)
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... the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture. Tropics is included in the collection along with Baker’s first talkie, Zou Zou (1934), a backstage musical surrounding a Black woman (Baker’s) unrequited ...
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Created on 13 September 2021
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The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
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(Movies)
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... Black places,” she recalls. “We weren’t allowed to go to any white places, they wouldn’t serve him. They wouldn’t serve me, either. It was really bad. We’d have to hide.” This was at a time when studios ...
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Created on 08 September 2021
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Bridget Regan To Play Toxic Temptress Poison Ivy on Season 3 of the CW's Batwoman ...
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(TV)
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... of Prey, which saw a scorned Harley Quinn fight Gotham’s reigning crime lord with a posse of femme fatales. Now, Harley’s motorcycle-riding, karate-kicking friend, Black Canary, is getting her own feature ...
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Created on 02 September 2021
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St. Vincent, Tarana Burke, Courtney Stodden, Hailie Sahar, Women Who Get "Happy Endings", and more, in BUST's New Fall 2021 Issue, Out toda
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(Entertainment)
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... woman Neko Case!
Movies: Birds of Paradise took Language Lessons for Dating & New York.
Books Reviews; plus lit chat with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.
SEX FILES ...
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Created on 31 August 2021
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Black Canary Spinoff in the Pipeline with Jurnee Smollett Reprising Role in the DC Films Sequel. Misha Green of Lovecraft Country Set to Write
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(Movies)
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“Guess the Carney is out of the cage!” exclaimed Birds of Prey actor Jurnee Smollett. The actor, who starred as Black Canary in the 2020 Harley Quinn vehicle, confirmed that her character will be ...
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Created on 23 August 2021
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Time of the Season for Loving: Diverse Romance Titles To Heat Up Your Summer
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(Books)
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Julie Murphy’s adult romance debut—the first in her new series of fairy tale retellings—is billed as an all-grown-up take on Cinderella. But even though this novel has glamour, secrets, and shoes, ...
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Created on 23 August 2021
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How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
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(Feminism)
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In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form:
Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman ...
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Created on 20 August 2021
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We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea
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(TV)
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... Via HBO Max
Other diversity points aside, the reboot really missed an opportunity to cast either a brown skinned or dark skinned actress in a leading role. The show explicitly makes Zoya fully Black ...
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Created on 17 August 2021
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UPDATE: These Lady Motorcyclists Rule New Orleans, and Are Now the Faces of Rihanna's Latest Savage X Fenty Collection ...
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(Feminism)
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Rihanna’s latest Savage X Fenty collection is out, and the music mogul and recent billionaire has enlisted a group of fierce, curvy Black women to model the 100+ piece collection. The Caramel Curves ...
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Created on 05 August 2021
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No One Knows Who Michaela Coel Has Been Cast As in The Black Panther Sequel, But Twitter Has Some Theories
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(Movies)
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Michaela Coel joins the Black Panther family as… well, we don’t know who yet. What we do know is that Variety reported Coel is on set at Atlanta Pinewood Studios filming the sequel Black Panther: Wakanda ...
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Created on 22 July 2021
