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HBO'S ‘THE GILDED AGE’ ACTUALLY DEPICTS THE 19th-CENTURY BLACK ELITE WITH HISTORICAL ACCURACY (WE STAN!)
There's an episode in Season 1 of HBO's The Gilded Age , a period drama set in late 19th-century New York, where the young, new to New...
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MICHAELA COEL'S 'I MAY DESTROY YOU' STILL DESTROYS ME FIVE YEARS LATER
A radical act of self-possession.
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IN DEFENSE OF TYLER PERRY'S 'SHE THE PEOPLE'
Struggles to find its voice, but not without one entirely.
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'FOREVER' IS A MASTER CLASS IN REIMAGINING A CLASSIC WITHOUT LOSING ITS ESSENCE
'To All the Boys' walked so 'Forever' could run.
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INSERT BLOODY GOOD VAMPIRE PUN [HERE] CAUSE I JUST WATCHED RYAN COOGLER'S 'SINNERS'
Devilish fun (with a side of social commentary).
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SO, DOES MEGHAN MARKLE'S NEW LIFESTYLE SHOW ACTUALLY ADD ANYTHING NEW TO THE GENRE?
Unremarkable, unrelatable, and undeniably delightful.
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'WICKED'S' PAUL TAZEWELL MAKES OSCARS HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN BEST COSTUME
Dressing for Emerald City.
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NON-FICTION BOOKS THAT LITERALLY CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY. PROBABLY.
Because the truth is often stranger—and more fascinating—than fiction.
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BLACK WOMEN IN FOOD GET THEIR DUE THANKS TO KLANCY MILLER'S COOKBOOK 'FOR THE CULTURE'
A loving solute to the architects of cuisine: Black women chefs.
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'THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE' AND OTHER INNOVATIVE, TERRIFYING BLACK HORROR FICTION
The Black girl survives, but the real question is how.
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HOW BELL HOOKS TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRACTICE RADICAL LOVE
We do not have to love. We choose to.
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Live in the Moment.
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