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Some people pivot onto new >an unconventional life is what they’re meant for.

Chelsea Billingsley, 29, has always been drawn to art. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, she was a track and field star: fast, focused, and disciplined. But it was a seemingly ordinary moment in her high school homeroom class, when her teacher decided to teach students how to crochet,

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Photos by Katy Knaack Teklu. By Mecca Pryor ·Updated May 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

The Insider Edit is a curated list of pieces worth buying once and wearing forever. Founder and tastemaker Kristen Noel Crawley breaks down her wardrobe investments and beauty-secrets, which she defines as simply doing as she pleases. 

Kristen Noel Crawley’s imprint on culture is undeniable. From being one of the first to collaborate

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For years, many of us had heard, or even experienced the same trauma: the dreaded itchy scalp that came from wearing our hair in protective >Diann Valentine was, and many of our scalps have a lot to thank her for.

Valentine spent the better part of her career making other people’s big moments look flawless. She spent years as

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JANUARY 08: Janell Stephens, CEO of Camille Rose, attends the Camille Rose private dinner at RETREAT by The Gathering Spot on January 08, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated May 10, 2026

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Guess Who’s Bizack? Forever Season 2 in on the way! / (Photo by Kayla Oaddams/Getty Images for Netflix) By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated May 9, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Forever, Season 2…Is That You? The Netflix coming of age drama series Forever had audiences in a chokehold and the network announced yesterday that they are officially taping Season 2. Creative powerhouse Mara Brock Akil is the executive

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The realization that I wanted to be a mother—and that being a Black mother to a Black child in this world.

I don’t want to be tasked with teaching another human being, let alone an innocent child, how to make peace with being mistreated and abused. I don’t want to be tasked with teaching a child how to protect their sanity when I quite