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Unbothered
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Black History Month 2024
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When the artificial intelligence-generated track “Heart On My Sleeve”, featuring Drake and The Weeknd’s voices — without their consent — went vi
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Bob Marley: One Love
Is The Nuanced Representation Jamaic...
Bob Marley: One Love is a remarkable cultural centerpiece that charmingly bridges a gap between past and present, music and memory, culture and community,
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Unbothered
The Queen’s Gone Country — What We Know About Beyoncé’s
Renais...
There’s a popular saying that we all have the same 24 hours in a day as Beyoncé, but the way the global phenom works nonstop, that adage can’t be accu
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
From Anderson. Paak To Usher & Janelle Monae, Inside Super Bowl L...
The Super Bowl is, hands down, one of the biggest nights in entertainment of the year. It’s a Sunday in February when the timeline comes together to watc
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Usher, King of R&B, Is The Undisputed Super Bowl LVIII Champion
In what many salty NFL fans are calling a “scripted win,” the Kansas City Chiefs walked away with the championship at the 2024 Super Bowl. But the real
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Ineye Komonibo
Black History Month 2024
Can Hollywood Be Trusted To Put People First In Its AI Expansion?
Artificial intelligence is sweeping almost every industry, and the never ending discourse about it highlights conflicted feelings of fear and excitement fo
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
For Us, By Us: 21 Businesses Owned By Black Women & Nonbinary Folx
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Stephanie Long
Unbothered
Is It Time Beyoncé & Jay-Z Stopped “Showing Up” To The Grammys?
How many times? How many times are we going to do this? Time and time again, The Recording Academy tells us exactly what kind of institution it is. We shou
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Kathleen Newman-B...
Unbothered
Victoria Monét’s
Been
A Star — Now She’s A Gra...
Whenever awards season rolls around, it’s easy to become disillusioned as we watch, year after year, as the voting bodies and powers that be recognize th
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Ineye Komonibo
Living
This Black-Owned Bakery Is A Vegan Fan Favorite — & About To Be E...
In 2018, husband and wife Marcus and Cara Pitts watched “What the Health,” a documentary exploring the connection between diet and chronic disease, and
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Anuska Dhar
Black History Month 2024
Is Artificial Intelligence
Really
Racist? It’s Time To Con...
The first articles that come up when you Google “artificial intelligence” and “Black people” are concerning to say the least. The New York Times as
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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This Awards Season, Where’s The Outrage For
Origin’s
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Unbothered
I Felt Lonely At Work Until I Received The “Black Girl Smile”
“You looked like you were drowning in the whiteness, girl.” This astute observation came from my new co-worker, a fellow Black girl, who I had only kno
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Kedean Smith
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Unbothered
The Rap Girls Are Fighting (Again) — But Is There Such A Thing As...
Another day, another rap beef that has the internet divided. And this time, it’s a battle of the heavyweights in a match-up that’s only beginning: the
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Ineye Komonibo
GG Good Game
How My First Black Sim Became A Love Letter To My Inner Child
I never said: “I want to be white.” Never dreamed of it nor wished for it, actually. I grew up in a Black neighborhood with a proud Black family who ta
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Let Keith Lee Eat
When former MMA fighter and influencer Keith Lee initially started reviewing local restaurants in 2023, he probably had no idea of the impact he would have
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Unbothered
Introducing Jay Will, Sundance’s Breakout Star Of
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Unbothered
In The “Hygiene Olympics” Black Folks Always Win — But Aren’t We ...
“Enough with the hygiene Olympics, okay! We get it you’re clean!” urged TikTok creator Ciearra Tati last month. “Why do I have to take seven shower
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Jennifer Hudson Just Hard Launched Her Relationship With Common &...
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Isn’t As Bad As Th...
Minor spoilers ahead. “How is it that Black people have these powers but they use them for the benefit of white people?” Spike Lee asked a grou
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Gloria Alamrew
Accessories
Venus Williams Just Gave Bombas’ Bestselling Socks Her R...
At Refinery29, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the ed
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Black Women Won Big At The Emmys — But It’s Embarrassing Award Sh...
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards was a genuinely fun, surprisingly sincere celebration of television. You could tell that the production team behind the show
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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I’ve Always Played It Safe In Dating, Now I’m Living ...
My friend gasps and looks up at me as I take a long sip of my drink, teasing her. I’ve just given her the latest update on my love life and a look of bew
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Beauty Dhlamini
Unbothered
Jonathan Majors’ ABC News Sit-Down Was A Mess (& Why Is Coretta S...
In March 2023, Jonathan Majors was arrested on charges of assault and aggravated harassment following an incident with his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari. T
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Ineye Komonibo
Unbothered
The Golden Globes Was Missing One Thing: A Backbone
There is a long history of performers using their platforms at awards ceremonies to uplift social issues, to cause a bit of political commotion, or to try
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Kathleen Newman-B...
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