Growing up, I found it difficult to escape the overwhelming, picture perfect, Instagram-filtered beauty standards that drowned out any semblance of reality. Add to that the dubious use of targeted ads and it’s no wonder many of us invented new ways to hate our bodies. Besides noses, lips and wrinkles, […]
Nearly half (48%) of young women aged 18 to 24 have received a sexual photo they didn’t ask for in the last year. New research by Bumble suggests the UK’s cyberflashing problem has worsened since 2018, when a YouGov poll found that 41% of millennial women had received an unsolicited […]
Spoilers ahead. Angelina Jolie has said she is “proud” of Marvel for refusing to cut Eternals scenes showing a main character in a same-sex relationship. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the eagerly-anticipated superhero movie from Nomadland director Chloé Zhao will not be released in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Qatar because […]
DashDividers_1_500x100 On this episode of Dear, Black Love we watch newly married couple, Brea and Mariah, share their modern love story. From meeting their freshman year at Yale, they fell in love after graduation. After overcoming challenges from religious families and a long distance relationship this episode truly shows you […]
DashDividers_1_500x100 Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic — or not, in hindsight — scenes in Black film and TV history. Brown Sugar is a film that, like a good hip-hop song, hits differently depending on what […]
There are many ways to lean into Scorpio season and none of them involve spending time with people or projects for someone else’s benefit. It’s a challenge and a pleasure to recognise the difference between what you do for others and what you do for yourself, to note all the […]
There’s one person in every office who’s totally on it when it comes to booking holidays. Come the 2nd of January, they’ll be ready to earmark their days off for the whole year so they can make the most of their annual leave. Some of us, however, aren’t quite so […]
It’s no secret that getting on the property ladder is incredibly difficult without help from the bank of mum and dad. Forever renting is fast becoming the new normal as house prices continue to rise. In fact, the average house price in the UK has just reached £250,000 for the […]
Finding love on reality TV has exploded in popularity within the last decade, leading to a wave of new dating shows. Though the formats for attaining a partner on these shows are decidedly different — weeding out assholes to find Mr. Right (Fckboy Island), abstaining from sex to inspire emotional […]
On 19th October, YouTube creator Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, currently the most-watched female streamer, announced the launch of RFLCT, a skin-care line designed to protect against blue-light pollution from the screen. The line was quickly met with criticism and concern, however, from her fans, fellow creators, and Reddit users alike regarding […]
