Manila Luzon, the Los Angeles-based drag queen who came this close to winning RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 3, is back this Friday for her second appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars. Luzon, best known for her hot glued outfits and black and blonde striped wigs, came through the Jezebel offices last week to talk…

Brooklyn is home to some of the most stylish people in the world, easy.
And it’s where I discovered and honed my own style aesthetic. Back in 2009, when I first moved to New York City from Atlanta, all of my money went to thrifting and I was a serious vintage shopper, which the borough offered some of the best. I…

Kerin Rose Gold is unmistakeable, and vibrant. Her perfect orange mane, eccentric colorful style, and bubbly persona are singular in an oversaturated fashion industry and, as the creator and proprietor of A-Morir eyewear and studios, have helped to solidify her place within it.

You may know 25-year-old Blair Imani for her activism during the 2016 Alton Sterling protests in Baton Rouge, and perhaps also for the time she came out as a queer Muslim on Tucker Carlson Tonight. But as of late, she’s channeled years of activism and advocacy work into a new project: Modern Herstory, an illustrated…

Fatima Jamal’s confidence is infectious. In life and on social media, the artist and dancer boldly asserts her presence, unbothered by any opinions but her own. Her self-assuredness comes, in part, from her journey towards self-acceptance, and when Jezebel sat with her at her home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, last month, it…

The Trump administration’s so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policy has led to a sharp increase in immigrant arrests at the border and a truly staggering level of human suffering. But the threat posed to immigrants by this administration is not limited to the border: in New York City, despite its status as a…

Abortion bans do not stop people from terminating their pregnancies; this was true before Roe v. Wade and it remains true today, both in the United States and globally. Some women will manage to do this safely on their own, while others will not. Some will have the money to access the procedure regardless of its legal…

Suzi Analogue’s unapologetic creativity is evident as a producer of electronic music and proprietor of the record label Never Normal Records. When Jezebel recently caught up with her in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick, she also talked to us about how that all translates into her unique personal style.

DJ Riobamba is a scion of New York City DJ culture, well known for her festive reggaeton and other Latin music mixes, but she also uses her platform to speak up for marginalized voices. In August, Jezebel met up with the Ecuadorian-Lithuanian DJ at her home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, to talk about her music, style and…

Therese Patricia Okoumou became known for her climb up the Statue of Liberty, in protest against the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the United States-Mexico border. But outside of that daring act on July 4th 2018, Okoumou has spent several years involved in activism and protests…

Welcome to Styling, Jezebel’s new video series in which we show how creative people communicate who they are through the clothes they wear—how they embody their work, their personalities, and why they’re just so cool.

World traveler Jessica Nabongo is not just traveling the globe for fun. She wants to be the first black woman to visit all 195 countries, and is blazing a trail for black travelers.

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress to testify about Facebook’s privacy policies. During the 10-hour testimony, Zuckerberg was also grilled on Facebook’s lack of diversity. That confrontation was a reminder of an ongoing racial and gender divide across major tech industries.