Hellobeautiful Featured Video CLOSE The women of Team U.S.A. united to show their support for each other as they prepared for the upcoming Olympics in Paris, and fans were thrilled by the surge of “girl power” showcased in the energetic video. The Instagram clip, posted on July 25, featured the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team—Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, and Hezly Rivera—playing an upbeat version of the viral TikTok game “pass the phone.” In the popular game, a person films themselves saying “I’m passing the phone to” before revealing something funny or embarrassing about the person they…
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Source: Pacific Press / Getty Here’s a simple truth: Black women can’t exist in the world of politics without consistently being forced to grapple against a mountain of misogynoir throughout their careers and lives. It doesn’t matter how much they’ve accomplished in their professional and educational lives. It doesn’t matter how deep their resumes are. The second a Black woman in the political arena—or any position of power and influence, for that matter—says or does anything that rubs the white conservative MAGA world the wrong way, she is immediately reduced to every stereotype associated with her race and gender. It…
Over the weekend, NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis reportedly had what looked eerily similar to an incident of traveling while Black when he was handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight right in front of his wife and children. Source: Diamond Images / Getty Terrell told CBS Mornings that the airline put him and his family through a “disgusting display of injustice” that he still hasn’t gotten over, all because a flight attendant mistook a tap on the shoulder for a physical threat, or at least that’s what the former Denver Broncos running back thought prompted the altercation. According…
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @aldreday courtesy of @hiphopwired / A.L. Dre | iOne Digital The spirit of competition has always fed the beast that is Hip-Hop. Not just anyone could set up a sound system, plug into a streetlight and DJ for the block party. The streets had to be with you (or else, you’d be risking robbery or bodily harm). Same goes for the rappers who would soon enough come to the forefront. Sure, you might have been friends with the DJ, but the crowd would expeditiouslymake it clear if that alley-oop was either adept curation or “you…
Source: Westend61 / Getty The NCAA announced that Division I athletes will no longer be tested for cannabis during championships. The new rule is effective immediately and reframes cannabis in corporate culture. Read more about the announcement and how changes could reflect in other industries across corporate America. On June 25, the new Division I rule took place effective immediately. Athletes will no longer test for cannabis during the championship games. Penalties currently being served by student-athletes who previously tested positive for cannabis were also discontinued. “The NCAA drug testing program is intended to focus on integrity of competition, and…
Source: Courtesy / Mind Less Kyrie Irving and his sister Asia Irving have joined forces to launch a new brand, Mind Less. The collaborative effort aims to promote self-focus and inner listening. Read more about their new movement inside. The Irving sibling duo are no strangers to the limelight. Professional basketball player and activist Kyrie Irving continues to dominate the sport with the Dallas Mavericks. While his sister Asia has created a name for herself as a force in fashion. She started as a men’s wardrobe stylist, personal shopper, and designer in 2015. Now, the two have embarked on a…
1. theMIND – Gina Source:theMIND theMIND has crafted a lively track featuring angelic vocals layered in the intro, light percussion, and rich chord strums, creating a quirky melody in collaboration with Mamii and prodxvzn. Delving into the complexities of love, theMIND shares, “When writing this song, I aimed to encapsulate a profoundly universal experience – the dynamics of ‘mean girls.’ The world imposes these labels, leading women to develop defense mechanisms as a response. Through “GINA,” I wanted to convey that I refuse to be swayed by societal judgments. I acknowledge those external influences and how they shaped your demeanor,…
MadameNoire Featured Video A Massachusetts teen was tragically killed after being shot only a few hours before her middle school graduation. Ahliana Dickey’s 21-year-old boyfriend has been arrested for the fatal shooting on Jun 14. Dickey was found dead in a first-floor bedroom of her home in Lowell, Massachusetts. According to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, she had visible gunshot wounds on her body. The 15-year-old girl was set to attend her middle school graduation later that day but did not show up. After she never arrived, her family grew concerned about her absence, they went home to search…
A recent study from Pew Research Center, which found that “most Black Americans believe U.S. institutions were designed to hold Black people back,” has gotten some backlash this past week. Although the report has since been revised to acknowledge its misstep, it originally used the term “racial conspiracy theories” to describe how Black Americans perceive bias.This triggered me. Yes, most of us recognize systemic racism enough to call it out when asked — but its existence is a fact, not a “belief.”The findings, which shared new data about the Black experience in America, are an extension of a series that…
A groundbreaking artist feted by the Obama White House has hit back at ‘unhinged’ allegations of sexual assault with screenshots of friendly messages from his accuser sent after the alleged attack.Kehinde Wiley, whose portrait of the former president sits in the Smithsonian, was accused last month of a ‘severe and violent’ sexual assault in 2021 by Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko.Black Lives Matter co-founder Derrick Ingram has also stepped forward with allegations that he was raped during an abusive four-month relationship with Wiley in 2021.But the artist called the claims ‘baseless and defamatory’ as he posted messages from Awuah-Darko on Instagram.’What…