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Vanessa Willoughby
Vanessa Willoughby

Vanessa Willoughby

Vanessa Willoughby is an editor and freelance writer. Her work has appeared on The Toast, The Hairpin, Bitch, and the Ms. Magazine blog. She is also Prose Editor for Winter Tangerine.

How Us uses images of Hands Across America to challenge our complicity

Every Month Is Black History Month

How Dope rewrote coming-of-age movies for Black teens

Every Month Is Black History Month

My complicated childhood love for Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll

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Revisiting the teen homelessness Christmas episode of My So-Called Life

Movie Poster For 'Bring It On'

Just so you know

18 years later, Bring It On still teaches us about cultural appropriation

Formative Jukebox

The Fiona Apple guide on how to be a better girl

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Dreams do come true

NASA and Humans of New York just made this kid's dream come true

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Currently Hearting

Adele's "Hello" in sign language is utterly gorgeous

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Bowing to the TV Gods

Wait. Misty Copeland and 'Awkward Black Girl' are joining television forces?

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Félicitations! France officially recognizes a third gender

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Behind The Scenes

Everything we know (so far) about the new 'Bridget Jones' movie

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Bold and Beautiful

Diversity is dominating this September's magazines. Finally.

The case for a black Hermione Granger