• LaToya Ruby Frazier, Devin Allen And Jamel Shabazz On Gordon Parks’ Legacy And Black Photography Today

    LaToya Ruby Frazier, Devin Allen And Jamel Shabazz On Gordon Parks’ Legacy And Black Photography Today
    By Aramide Tinubu ·Updated November 12, 2021By the time Gordon Parks shot his first photograph for Life Magazine, his mother had died, racism had forced him out of his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas, and he’d worked in brothels, as a singer, and as a professional basketball player. He was not yet 30 when he captured the infamous image titled “American Gothic” and the follow-up sequence of photos of Ella Watson. Watson worked as a cleaner in the Farm Security Administrati
  • Your Body Is Your Business: Where High-Performing Women In NYC Go To Train And Recover

    A young black woman is sitting on the bench in the sauna wearing her bathrobe.By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… As I’ve officially entered week 2 of HYROX training, I’ve figured something out. The hard part isn’t showing up for the workout (don’t get me wrong, when you’re waking up everyday at 6am it can really be hard). It’s what you do after that determines whether you can keep showing up. An
  • Teyana Taylor Is Everything She Thinks She Is

    Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… While most of us have long known Teyana Taylor has always been that girl, this year feels like a true breakout moment to many. She has fully stepped into her own lane with standout roles in One Battle After Another, All’s Fair, and Straw, all while delivering red carpet moments worth obsessing over. Most recently, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) named her the official host of this year’s ceremony.Beyond her impact in
  • The Perfect Self-Care Gifts For Each Astrological Element

    By Samantha Mims ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… “Truth is…” allows readers to get esthetician-backed advice without having to step foot into an office. In each article, certified skin therapist Samantha Mims shares her do’s and don’ts, product recommendations, and more to help you along your skin care journey.There’s a lot to be grateful for during the holiday season. In other words, it’s the perfect t
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  • The Supreme Court Is Deciding On A Case About Executions Of Offenders With Disabilities. It Could Have Ramifications For All Of Us

    TOPSHOT – A protestor is seen outside of the US Supreme Court on the first day of a new term in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2024. The US Supreme Court returns from its summer recess on Monday with regulation of “ghost guns” — firearms made from kits — and medical care for transgender youth on a docket that risks being gate-crashed in the event of a contested presidential election. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)By Andrea Bossi
  • Op-Ed: Janice Combs Isn’t Responsible For The Man Diddy Turned Out To Be

    Janice Combs and Diddy attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Photo Credit: Dia Dipasupil / FilmMagicBy Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Everyone has been discussing and dissecting the documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning.Executive produced by fellow hip-hop mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the highly anticipated doc which chronicled the rise and fall of Combs recently debuted on Netflix. It has already lande
  • Beyoncé Returns To The Met Gala As Chair After 10-Year Hiatus

    Michael Buckner/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images; Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images; Dennis Van Tine/PA Images via Getty Images; arry Busacca/Getty ImagesBy Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The last time Queen B ascended the famed steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala was in 2016, when she stunned in a custom Givenchy Haute Couture creation by Riccardo Tisci. The unforgettable latex gown, adorned with delicate beadwork,
  • FUNDAO: Where Nature and Craft Take Flight

    By Skylar Mitchell ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… On a crisp winter evening high above the Manhattan skyline, FUNDAO—Thailand’s emerging leather goods house—made a New York debut. Hosted by advertising and marketing agency WHAT DO YOU WANT NY (WDYW) in collaboration with Velvet Co., the launch unfolded on the 38th floor of Virgin Hotels, where The Summit Room glowed with candlelight and panoramic views of the Empire State Buil
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  • Black Beauty Stole The Show At The Annual Critics Choice Association Celebration

    By India Espy-Jones ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Last night, Black beauty owned the red carpet. The Critics Choice Association hosted their 8th annual celebration of Black Cinema and Television at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. There, celebrities flocked to the IMDb portrait studio to get up close and personal with their award-ready glam.And, beauty came in pairs. Teyana Taylor arrived in a pin-curled bob, which she wore to Chanel las
  • Black Student Magazine At University of Alabama Shut Down Amid Trump’s Anti-DEI Policies

    (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)By Tevon Blair ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… One month after the release of the student-run magazine, Nineteen Fifty-Six, the University of Alabama (UA) permanently cuts its funding, suspending the magazine and claiming its mission to amplify Black voices violates federal guidelines on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The university also suspended
  • WeLoveUs.Shop Partner NaturAll Is Elevating Everyday Ingredients Into Must-Have Haircare

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… NaturAll began with a simple frustration many Black women know all too well: shelves >natural hair dry or damaged due to harsh chemicals. Founder Muhga Eltigani experienced this firsthand during her own hair journey. After noticing the toll traditional products were taking on her curls, she retreated to her kitchen in search of a solution. Blending real, food-grade ingredients like avocado,
  • Inside Adidas’ Community Archives Zine And The Black Woman Who Helped Shape It

    By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… There’s a difference between brands that talk about community and brands that actually build with them. Ayesha Martin knows this intimately.As Senior Director of adidas Purpose Marketing, she’s spent the last five years building an actual ecosystem of change inside a global corporation. And if you know anything about navigating corporate life as a Black woman, you know it’s
  • How Hurricane Katrina Sparked A Career In Engineering And An Inspiring Children’s Book Series

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When New Orleans native and entrepreneur Courtney Kelly was growing up, she dreamt of one day becoming a veterinarian. But when Hurricane Katrina ravaged her hometown, the storm altered the course of her life in a way she never expected. Witnessing the devastation and rebuilding of her hometown planted a seed for a deeper calling: strengthening communities through engineering.In pursuit of her
  • Why ‘Bel-Air’ Knew When To Bow Out

    Photo Credit: PEACOCKBy Okla Jones ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… “Life goes by fast, man. Just try to enjoy the ride.”In the final episode of Peacock’s Bel-Air, things end exactly where they began: Will (Jabari Banks) staring off into the Los Angeles skyline, trying to make sense of his next move. Only this time, he’s not alone. Standing beside him is him—the older, wiser version of himself, played in an absolutely
  • The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: I Arrived In Maine Weary—But I Left Whole

    The post The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: I Arrived In Maine Weary—But I Left Whole appeared first on Essence.
  • The Absurdity And Quiet Respectability Politics In USDOT’s Push To Make Travelers ‘Dress With Respect’

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 29: People walk through Terminal 5 at JFK Airport on August 29, 2025 in New York, New York. The Port Authority says about 2.4 million people are expected to travel through the region’s major airports in Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia during the Labor Day holiday travel period, setting a new record. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)By Andrea Bossi ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The U.S. Department of T
  • Netflix Unveils Teaser For Final Season Of ‘The Upshaws’

    The Upshaws. Photo Credit: Lisa Rose/Netflix © 2025By Okla Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Today, Netflix dropped the official teaser for Part 7 of The Upshaws, marking the beginning of the beloved sitcom’s final chapter. The long-running family comedy returns on January 15, 2026, with 12 new episodes leading into what promises to be an unforgettable series finale.The teaser offers a quick, heartfelt reminder of why the Upshaws be
  • WeLoveUs.Shop Partner Brittney Adams Creates Functional, Fly Frames With Focus & Frame Eyewear

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When Brittney Adams launched Focus & Frame Eyewear, it wasn’t just to sell glasses. She set out to shift the narrative around eyewear entirely. As a longtime wearer of prescription and non-prescription glasses, she built the company around the belief that eyewear shouldn’t force you to choose between function and self-expression. Adams also wanted tosrc="https://www.essence.com/w
  • 7 Political Books By Black Women Authors To Read Now

    By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The news cycle is increasingly intense, and most of us can barely keep up these days. A huge part of what is dominating our news content, from television screens to phones, is politics. One day, we’re learning about significant negativeThe post 7 Political Books By Black Women Authors To Read Now appeared first on Essence.
  • The True Price of Imitation: How Copying Brands Like Fe Noel Undermines Culture, Craft, And Creative Labor

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When an original design is copied, people often call it flattery. However, in reality, for independent Black-owned brands such as Fe Noel, imitation is not admiration. Fe Noel has spoken out about the harmful impact of being replicated by fast-fashion brands, but the issue extends far beyond their experience. Countless small businesses suffer similar losses when their work is copied.Unlicensed versio
  • ICYMI: A$AP Rocky And Rihanna Stop By The Ray-Ban Clubhouse, GLD Teams Up With Bloody Osiris, And More. 

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This week in fashion delivered several standout moments. A$AP Rocky, Creative Director of Ray-Ban, and Rihanna visited the brand’s installation at the Carl Fisher House during Miami Art Week. GLD also teamed up with Bloody Osiris to debut a striking jewelry capsule collection. Meanwhile, the CFDA announced a ban on fur in all New York Fashion Week presentations.Art Week brought more excitement
  • A$AP Rocky And Rihanna Stop By The Ray-Ban Clubhouse, GLD Teams Up With Bloody Osiris, And More. 

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This week in fashion delivered several standout moments. A$AP Rocky, Creative Director of Ray-Ban, and Rihanna visited the brand’s installation at the Carl Fisher House during Miami Art Week. GLD also teamed up with Bloody Osiris to debut a striking jewelry capsule collection. Meanwhile, the CFDA announced a ban on fur in all New York Fashion Week presentations.Art Week brought more excitement
  • WeLoveUs.Shop Partner And Celeb MUA Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks Made A Beauty Brand For Every Face

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks has always been surrounded by beauty. Growing up in Spanish Harlem, Kendricks’ mother was a singer, her aunt a model, and her sister a hairstylist. Watching the women in her family move through the world with a sense of creativity and >Taraji P. Henson are just a few notable celebs attached to her resume. The makeup expert’s work on the hit show 
  • From Rap Icon To Mogul: How 50 Cent Became One Of Hollywood’s Most Strategic Power Players

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 30: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson visits “Fox & Friends” to discuss his new Fox Nation show “50 Ways to Catch a Killer” at Fox News Channel Studios on September 30, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated December 8, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This may be an extremely unpopular opinion, but I’ll just go out on a limb and say it: I’v
  • This Is The “Little Secret” To Porsha Williams’ RHOA Beauty

    By India Espy-Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… TV stars are known for having no bad angles. But, while Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams has the best of the best glam teams at her fingertips, they’re not always the reason she Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer. Other than her everyday lip, deciding what to do with the rest of her look is entirely dependent on her hair. “When I wake up, I first decide which G
  • The Case For Cruising This Christmas: Why Disney’s New Heroes-And-Villains–Themed Ship Is The Perfect Gift

    By Victoria Uwumarogie ·The post The Case For Cruising This Christmas: Why Disney’s New Heroes-And-Villains–Themed Ship Is The Perfect Gift appeared first on Essence.
  • The 10 Best Films Of 2025

    By Okla Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… After a month of major awards nominations, one thing is clear: Black cinema is having a banner year. And not only in terms of the films themselves, but in the artists, storytellers, performers, and craftspeople pushing the work forward. The slate of 2025 releases reflects a filmmaking landscape that is more ambitious than ever, and several projects didn’t just speak to Black culture; they shaped
  • Winnie Harlow And Incyte Partner To Empower The Vitiligo Community

    By Larry Stansbury ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… World-renowned supermodel and beauty entrepreneur Winnie Harlow has long been celebrated for her ability to redefine what beauty looks like. As one of the most recognizable people living with vitiligo, she is continuing to >Incyte. Together, they’re launching a campaign with two short films that explore her journey while offering tangible tools, education, and community support for those
  • Miss Jamaica Suffered Brain Bleed After Frightening Fall, Family And Miss Universe Organization Reveal

    Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry walks on stage during the 2025 Miss Universe national costume presentation in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok, on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… As we recently shared with you, public concern over the health and well-being of Gabrielle Henry, MD, The post Miss Jamaica Suffered Brain Bleed Afte
  • What Kandi Burruss’ Divorce Teaches Black Women About Prenups, Power, And Protecting Their Money

    Upset depressed African American woman covering face with hands and crying, sad frustrated teen girl sitting on floor near bed at home, having problems. Teenagers and mental health conceptBy Kara Stevens ·Updated December 7, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Black women are expected to survive everything—broken homes, broken systems, and when love leaves, broken marriages—without flinching. We’re told to push through, pray through, and piece ourselves

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