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2023 Essence Festival Of Culture - Day 3
Culture & Style
7 Music Festivals Perfect for a Girls’ Trip
Here’s everything you need to know about groovy getaway events in fun cities across the country featuring your favorite Black artists. Plus: Essence Fest celebrates 30 years!
By DeAnna Taylor
, May 9, 2024
3 Min Read
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Health
About That ‘Best Friend in Your Head …’
I imagine that I’m super tight with a certain celebrity. Turns out, experts say parasocial relationships like this can be normal and beneficial.
April 28, 2023
5 Min Read
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Feel Like Your Partner Is Taking You for Granted?
Appreciation in a relationship is like the sunshine, soil and oxygen that allows a plant to flourish. Follow this advice to encourage the attention you deserve. ​
By Tamekia Reece
, November 23, 2022
3 Min Read
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Self Care
Ever Feel Like You’re Losing Yourself in a Relationship?
Enjoying intimacy with a lover can easily lead to neglecting our truest, happiest selves. Here’s how to find your way back — or avoid getting lost.
By Tamekia Reece
, November 4, 2022
4 Min Read
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What Passionate Couples Do Differently
Hint: It might involve a closed door, a dice roll and a feather duster. Therapists reveal the habits they see in the strongest and happiest relationships.
By Tamekia Reece
, September 23, 2022
4 Min Read
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Culture & Style
Racial Tensions Marred My Daughter’s High School Graduation
Named as her majority-Black town’s first Black valedictorian in recent memory, she was abruptly forced to share the honor with a white student. Was this a clerical error, or something else?
By Angela Washington
, September 1, 2022
4 Min Read
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Family Feuds: 6 Things to Consider When Contact Is Cut Off
More than 1 in 4 of us has parted ways with a relative and that includes me. Mental health experts share coping tips for both sides of an estrangement.
By Tamekia Reece
, March 18, 2022
6 Min Read
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What Meeting My Birth Mother Taught Me About Family
After I was adopted at age 3, my later-in-life reunion with my birth mother changed me in unexpected ways.
By Mariette Williams
, May 1, 2020
5 Min Read
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We Time
A Place Called "The Sisterhood"
Together is where we belong! Welcome to Sisters from AARP.
By Editor in Chief Claire McIntosh
, October 21, 2019
5 Min Read




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