Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
Before Instagram grids became mood boards and beauty tutorials started racking up millions of views, Black beauty inspiration lived somewhere else entirely: inside CD booklets, record stores and on album covers hanging proudly on bedroom walls. Long before influencers were selling routines and algorithms were deciding what was trending, these images introduced Black audiences to […]
When Olandria Carthen joins our Zoom call, she’s fresh off a whirlwind week in New York and hours away from a long-haul flight to Nigeria. Her calendar is packed—campaign shoots, brand partnership meetings and international trips. Still, she shows up for our conversation with a grounded, calm demeanor, as if she has adjusted to the […]
When Euphoria premiered in 2019, it felt like one of the most honest portrayals of addiction and trauma in adolescence on television. The show’s messy, flawed characters were difficult to watch, but they felt real. By Season 3, however, it felt like we were watching an entirely different series. The series started as an intimate […]
The GOAT is making a comeback! According to ESPN, Serena Williams is returning to tennis after nearly four years away from the sport at 44 years old. In an announcement on Monday June, 1st, Williams revealed that she will be competing in a doubles match at the HSBC Championships, which is a 500-level event held at […]
If you missed the French Open this week, hopefully you were tuned in to Yvonne Orji‘s Instagram for some genuine joy for the Black tennis players dominating this year’s tournament. Recording at 3 a.m. Paris time, still buzzing from a full day courtside at Roland Garros, the Insecure actress and comedian turned her Instagram story […]
Shein’s recent $100 million acquisition of Everlane is raising big questions about the future of fast Fashion: If mass-market fashion continues to grow at this rate, will there be a fashion future at all? Fast fashion is a rapidly growing, largely unregulated industry that has become one of the most contentious topics across multiple sectors. […]
Last month, The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, and the Brown v. Board Anniversary Coalition commemorated 72 years since the ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Under the theme “ensuring our nation’s contract with its constituency serves justice for all”, attendees were able to network and reflect on the […]
Pride season is here and the celebration is in full effect. Pride is an opportunity to respectfully and fully honor people exactly who they are, as they are. If you’ve never attended any Pride festivities, whether it be a major palooza at a metropolitan hub like NYC or a local parade in your city, the […]
When it comes to eras, workout clothes have had several. From the brightly colored French-cut leotards and opaque Lycra tights worn by fitness icons like Jane Fonda to the matching low-rise velour sets that dominated the late ’90s and early 2000s, athletic fashion has reinvented itself more than a few times. The late 2010s and […]
We’ve been waiting for things to heat up, and the TV and streaming shows coming to our screens are making sure the temperature is dialed in. From Strung, the erotic thriller starring Chloe Bailey and the incomparable Lynn Whitfield, which made its world debut at the 30th annual American Black Film Festival in May, to […]