A record number of African American women graduated from the prestigious West Point military academy on Saturday: Of the 200 female cadets graduating, 34 were black—and they’re part of making the class of 2019 the most diverse class in the mostly white, mostly male, military academy’s 217-year history. “I just showed myself and those who…
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It’s hard to believe it’s been six years since we first entered Litchfield Penitentiary alongside Taylor Schilling’s Piper Chapman and met the diverse array of women inside. In 2013, Orange Is the New Black helped put Netflix on the map as a place to find incredible original content, and it was one of the OG…
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Netflix dropped the first trailer for Black Mirror season five last week, and it featured Miley Cyrus wearing a purple wig. That was the only thing we could 100 percent understand from that confusing teaser—the rest was a total mystery. Check it out for yourself here: [embedded content] But now we have a little more…
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I was raised to dress up when attending a wedding. And no matter the venue or time of day, a black dress—just like white—was never an option as a guest. I’m happy to say times have changed: These days, you can pretty much always wear black to a wedding, unless being told explicitly not to…
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For the 14 years I spent competing in pageants, the preparation leading up to a competition weekend was always the same: Go to the hairdresser to get my sewn-in weave uninstalled, my hairline relaxed, and then the weave sewn right back in. The routine took anywhere from six to eight hours and cost hundreds of…
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On all fours in an inflatable pool in my living room, I could feel my baby’s head crowning. I reached down to touch him, stunned at the quiet instinctiveness my body seemed to possess. Before I could even think about what to do next, my body summoned one last great push, safely delivering my son…
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