Ebony Obsidian Sings a Whitney Houston Classic
Ebony Obsidian definitely has the range. As Adrienne Hunt in Barry Jenkins’ upcoming film If Beale Street Could Talk,…
We Ate a Feast of Bugs to Get a Leg (or Six) Up on the Apocalypse
Let’s face it: We’re probably going to have to eat bugs one day if we want to remain on this planet. Many have a low…
LeeAnne Locken Does 'a Lot of Dumb Shit,' But at Least She's Honest
“You don’t mess with Texas and you don’t mess with me,” LeeAnne Locken says in her Season 3 tagline for The Real…
'In That Fear You Find Your Courage': Organizing for Immigrant Rights and Redefining 'Sanctuary' in New York City
The Trump administration’s so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policy has led to a sharp increase in immigrant…
Laura Marano Proudly Still Uses a Flip Phone
Laura Marano has a message for us: it’s all about her.
Pam Grier on 'Doing What Men Do'
When Pam Grier walked into our studio, her energy was infectious. During the interview, she recalled moments from her…
This Mongoose is Clearly Anti-Woman…Somehow
There’s a video of a mongoose making the rounds on Twitter. Maybe you’ve seen it? It shows a mongoose fighting off a…
Juliana Huxtable Doesn't Give a Fuck
Juliana Huxtable cannot be tamed. A writer, performer, DJ, visual artist, and fashion model, her work covers a spectrum…
Amber Mark Is the Most Soulful Woman on Pluto
Amber Mark is one of the better musicians to emerge in the last several years, her rich, lustrous, jazz-honed voice…
What's 'the Dumbest Shit' Shannon Purser Did in High School?
Shannon Purser has made a name for herself playing teenage characters who are defiantly themselves. But the actor, who…
Lynn Whitfield: 'People of a Certain Age Really Love Good Sex'
Lynn Whitfield stopped by the Jezebel office to talk about her role on the Sanaa Lathan Netflix series Nappily Ever…
La La Anthony Is Ready to Set It Off
On the Starz series Power, which just completed its fifth season in familiar dramatic fashion, La La Anthony plays a…
Lynn Whitfield Cautions Against 'Gratuitous' Diversity at Awards Shows
In an interview with Jezebel, Lynn Whitfield, who stars in the OWN series Greenleaf and in Sanaa Lathan’s upcoming…
Trae Harris Is a Modern Mystic Who Dresses Like It
Welcome to Styling, Jezebel’s new video series in which we show how creative people communicate who they are through…
Michael Arceneaux Unleashes His B'Day
Michael Arceneaux, a longtime writer and author of I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve…
Eighth Grade's Elsie Fisher Confirms It's Cool to Be Uncool
Think of your most awkward middle school moment—of which there are likely many—and now imagine being a teenager in…
Marsha Ambrosius Seamlessly Infuses Politics and Sexuality Into Classic-Sounding R&B
Marsha Ambrosius’s light touch is so refreshing in a world of increasingly heavy-handed communication. The singer, who…
Chloe and Halle Are Better Than Alright
Grown-ish, the black-ish spinoff starring Yara Shahidi, turned out to be a success in large part because of its…
Sex and the City Season 6, Explained
For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic…