Month: February 2021

How I Finally Forgave Myself For Being An Unintentional Mistress

How I Finally Forgave Myself For Being An Unintentional Mistress

It was the summer of 2014. I was at a music festival in Brooklyn with some friends, and couldn’t wait in the enormous lines for the port-a-potties. We spotted a firehouse across the street and dashed over, hoping they’d let us use the bathroom. It was a moment worthy of […]

6 Women On What It’s Like To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine

6 Women On What It’s Like To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine

Currently, about 1.3 million Americans are receiving a COVID-19 vaccination every day, and President Joe Biden recently stated he hopes to raise that number to 1.5 million soon, with the goal of meeting his pledge to vaccinate 100 million people within his first 100 days in office.  Though during the summer […]

Are COVID-19 Vaccine Cards The Latest Target For Scammers?

Are COVID-19 Vaccine Cards The Latest Target For Scammers?

As of Thursday, roughly 8.4% of Americans had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; 2.1% had received both. And the post-vaccination selfie has already become a thing: As people get their jabs, many are heading to social media to share a smiling selfie, tweet, or even a […]

I Almost Dropped Out Because My Student Halls Were Inadequate

I Almost Dropped Out Because My Student Halls Were Inadequate

In 2008 we bailed out the banks. We now face the biggest financial crisis in a generation, with record youth unemployment. Who will bail out young people? R29 and Vice are joining the National Union of Students to call for all students to be offered rent rebates and asking the […]

After the Candice Brathwaite TV show storm: ‘Are we finally ready to talk about colourism?’

After the Candice Brathwaite TV show storm: ‘Are we finally ready to talk about colourism?’

Ateh Jewel, Marie Claire’s beauty columnist, talks about the Candice Brathwaite and Rochelle Humes docu debacle and why colourism – the preferential treatment of lighter-skinned individuals compared with darker-skinned Black people – must finally be acknowledged and action taken When Candice Brathwaite took to Instagram on Saturday to state she […]