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Please Don’t Ever Call A Black Woman’s Outfit A “Costume”

At a Vanity Fair Oscars party on Sunday, a red carpet reporter referred to actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish’s designer gown as a “costume.” The clip, filmed for Entertainment Tonight, has since gone viral.  After the reporter, Lauren Zima, asks Haddish if she’s had “a little costume change,” Haddish doesn’t […]

Simone Ashley & Charithra Chandran On How Bridgerton Subverted Hollywood’s Problematic Tokenism

Simone Ashley & Charithra Chandran On How Bridgerton Subverted Hollywood’s Problematic Tokenism

While the first season of Bridgerton sent viewers into a spin over its titillating sex scenes and devilishly handsome Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), the second instalment in the Netflix series has the world talking for different reasons. Focusing on Viscount Anthony Bridgerton’s (Jonathan Bailey) quest to find a wife, Season […]

I’m Asexual & Partners Always Think I’ll Change My Mind About Sex

I’m Asexual & Partners Always Think I’ll Change My Mind About Sex

I started using dating apps for the same reason most people do. I wanted to find the one — my one, a person who would be by my side through the difficulties of life. And while dating apps are notoriously superficial, in that respect, they had an advantage: They allowed me […]

Why One Bridgerton Season 2 Song Cover Had Me Gasping For Air

Why One Bridgerton Season 2 Song Cover Had Me Gasping For Air

Bridgerton. (L to R) Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, Shelley Conn as Mary Sharma, Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in episode 201 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2021 Spoilers ahead. The second season of Bridgerton, Netflix’s hit Regency-era show, has a lot of shocking […]

The Sharma Sisters Are The Real Love Story In Bridgerton

The Sharma Sisters Are The Real Love Story In Bridgerton

Bridgerton. (L to R) Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma in episode 201 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022 Spoilers ahead. In the final episode of Bridgerton’s newest season comes the show’s most heartfelt — and romantic — moment. Sisters Edwina and Kate Sharma (played […]

Was Will Smith’s Oscar Slap In Solidarity With Black Women Or An Egregious Assault?

Was Will Smith’s Oscar Slap In Solidarity With Black Women Or An Egregious Assault?

THE OSCARS® – The 94th Oscars® aired live Sunday March 27, from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT on ABC in more than 200 territories worldwide. (ABC) WILL SMITH Just when we thought that the Oscars couldn’t get wilder than the infamous  2017 Best […]

We’re “Raving” Over The Always Pan’s New Spring Colourway

We’re “Raving” Over The Always Pan’s New Spring Colourway

Not to be dramatic, but we thought Teslas would fly before we used “acid trip” and “the Always Pan” in the same sentence. But if the past two years taught us one lesson it’s that anything can happen. And, “happen” it definitely did. Just this morning, Our Place — the […]

The Weight Of Hair Loss: How I Live With Alopecia

I’ve been in the bathroom for over half an hour, pinning, tying, brushing, curling and straightening my limp, chin-length hair, trying to sculpt something normal out of a patchy dry-shampooed mess. I glance at my phone; there’s no time to fix the unfixable. I only have 10 more minutes before […]

Business Casual & Plenty Of Sparkle: All The Best Looks From The 2022 Oscars

Business Casual & Plenty Of Sparkle: All The Best Looks From The 2022 Oscars

The 94th annual Academy Awards are officially here. As Hollywood veterans and fresh, emerging talent gather to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate a year of great film-making, our eyes are firmly planted on what the red carpet has to offer.  Where the Emmys is know to be […]

Salary Story: I Got A 24k Pay Rise By Networking

Salary Story: I Got A 24k Pay Rise By Networking

In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]