61 h. ago Judge dismisses gender bias suit by woman who lost bid to be top pastor of famed Black church

A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman serving as senior pastor of a prominent New York City congregation, the 217-year-old Abyssinian Baptist Church

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3 d. ago I liked my summer tan so much I turned myself into a black woman...I'm unrecognisable and people can never work out my age

Growing up in west Germany, Martina Big had a pale complexion and bleach-blonde hair. After using tanning injections in 2017, she now 'identifies as Black'.

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3 d. ago Woman with 'Europe's biggest boobs' to move to Africa as she 'wants to be black'

Tanning addict Martina Big, who was born white and now identifies as a 'black woman', is unable to tie her own shoelaces or use a seatbelt because of her 32T breasts

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4 d. ago Halle Berry says Oscars not ‘designed’ for Black women: ‘We have to stop coveting that’

Monster’s Ball star is only Black woman to win best actress Oscar in 97-year-old history of Academy Awards

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4 d. ago Halle Berry says Oscars not designed for black female actors ‘so we have to stop coveting them’

The only black female actor to have won the leading actress award was speaking on documentary Number One on the Call Sheet along with Taraji P Henson and Whoopi GoldbergHalle Berry has said she now believes her historic Oscars in 2002, for Monster’s Ball, was an anomaly, and that fellow black female actors should therefore stop “coveting” Academy Awards.Berry, now 58, is the only black woman to have won the leading actress Oscar in the awards’ nearly 100 year history. Cynthia Erivo’s nomination for Wicked earlier this year marks the first time a woman of colour has been nominated for the leading actress Oscar more than once (she was previously nominated for Harriet). Only 15 black women have ever been in contention for the prize. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complexIn a brightly lit gallery, they see the 66m-year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In a darkened room, they study the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. In a vast aviation hanger, they behold a space shuttle. And in a discreet corner, they file solemnly past the casket of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman in the US south.Visitors have come in their millions to the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s biggest museum, education and research complex, in Washington for the past 178 years. On Thursday, Donald Trump arrived with his cultural wrecking ball. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies at 49

Love died at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, according to statement posted by her family

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2 w. ago Scots woman shares sun bed health scare after 'black dot' mole on skin

The Miss GB Edinburgh 2024 competitor was pushed to get herself checked out by doctors.

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2 w. ago Kanye West's sick posts about ex Kim Kardashian as he's pictured dazed on a night out with daughter North

West took aim at his ex-wife Kardashian, 44, in a series of tweets in which he said that he was put off by a white woman being in control of his Black children.

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2 w. ago White glamour model Martina Big, 36, who 'identifies as black' after having tanning injections announces plan to 'move to Africa'

Martina Big, the German-born white glamour model who has had tanning injections to darken her skin because she 'identifies as a black woman', has shared her plans to 'move to Africa'.

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2 w. ago Woman born fair with blond hair says she is 'black' and moving to Africa

Martina has also changed her name to Malaika and is planning surgery to change her face and buttocks

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2 w. ago Woman who planned to sell human toes regurgitated by dogs avoids jail in Melbourne court sentencing

Joanna Kathlyn Kinman, 48, was working at an animal shelter when she found body parts of dogs’ owner who had died of natural causesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who planned to sell human toes on an online black market after dogs regurgitated them has avoided jail “by the barest of possible margins”.Joanna Kathlyn Kinman was employed at a Victorian animal shelter as a ranger when two dogs vomited up the toes and other remains in February 2024.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman who planned to sell human toes regurgitated by dogs pleads guilty in Melbourne court

Joanna Kathlyn Kinman, 48, was working at an animal shelter when she found body parts of dogs’ owner who had died of natural causesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who planned to sell human toes on an online black market after dogs regurgitated them has pleaded guilty in a Melbourne court.Joanna Kathlyn Kinman was employed at a Victorian animal shelter as a ranger when two dogs vomited up the toes and other remains in February 2024.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: I pray troubled Britney has a true friend who can help her find the happiness she really deserves

Scrolling through Instagram the other day, my attention was caught by a woman in knee-high black boots, wide-brim hat and a thong leotard squatting in front of a roaring fire.

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