By Sara Radin Ten years prior, Soraya Zaman left real estate to pursue their passion for photography full-time. “I determined I was done making prosperous people richer,” they tell MTV News now. With a camera as their singular companion, they traveled to Cairo, Mongolia, and behind. Upon realizing their lens could help them locate the power in their own elaborate identity, the A..

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By Christianna Silva River Gallo remembers two very specific pivotal moments in his life that shaped him into the filmmaker and artist he is today: “When I was 12 and first noticed out that I was different, and then If I was 27 and my identity was sort of reconfirmed to me,” he tells MTV News. It was at 27 that Gallo was working on his senior thesis, Ponyboi, which depicted what..

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By Lauren Rearick Goths in China — and about the world — are banding with each other in a social media show of support immediately after one woman was reportedly prevented from riding the subway due to her choice of makeup. In a post shared on the social media platform Weibo, a woman elaborate the alleged incident that occured at a station in the city of Guangzhou, the Guardian ..

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By Passant Rabie On March 15, nine-year-old Hassan was also scared to go to prayer. He had heard about the mosque shootings in New Zealand from his mother, and was worried that their neighborhood mosque might also be under attack. However Sherine Fawzi, who has been living with her family member in Houston, Texas for almost six years, instructed her son that it was especially critica..

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By Christianna Silva an audience of about  50 people — including prosperous parents coaches, college prep executives, and Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman of Desperate Housewives fame and Lori Loughlin from Full House — were charged in connection to a nationwide fraud scheme to get their children and students into elite universities, according to a federal indictment unseale..

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By Faith Cummings because the style industry very much centers ladies — whether for good, bad, and all of the sentiments in between — it’s no wonder that brands are using Women’s History Month as a moment to uplift both consumers and the famed faces and trendsetters that serve because the tastemakers of the style world. It’s an action that makes both dollars and sense; wome..

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By Shammara Lawrence in the event if you've spoken up about your mental health recently, you’re not alone: for several, the topic is finally being destigmatized, and thanks in part to social media, plenty of us are finding and making room to express their feelings. However there really is still work to be done for a few people — namely, in the Black community, where talking about..

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By Kristen Adaway What defines real adulthood? For several people, the act of growing up often conjures ideas of being able to walk into a residence or apartment with your name on the lease, putting gas into a vehicle that only belongs to you, or paying your costs in full and on time. And thanks to social media and pop culture, it may seem like there really is only ever one sort of i..

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By Lauren Rearick The world wide web can be a magical place filled with hilarious memes and videos of the Jonas Brothers performing Carpool Karaoke. Unfortunately, as one Facebook user proved, there will constantly be some corners of the internet where misinformation and ill-informed advice run rampant. Such was the case on March 4, 2019, as soon as Twitter user @aisghar shared a scr..

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By Lauren Rearick It’s been 1,774 days since the city of Flint, Michigan, has had drinkable water, and right now Jaden Smith is helping residents affected by the crisis. On Saturday (March 2), the actor’s company, Just Goods, donated a portable water filtration system to Flint’s First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church called the Water Box, which reflects the system Just uses ..

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By De Elizabeth It’s a phrase you’re likely to be able to see in Instagram comments, or overhear indoor a dressing room at the mall: “You’re so skinny,” a phrase often meant as a compliment that can be obtained as anything but. As a word, “skinny” is a nebulous concept with an arbitrary reference point; what one individual perceives to be criteria for its use may not a..

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It was a staple of Stan Twitter back in the day: whenever one of the reigning pop stars would tweet, hundreds of accounts would respond, each bearing profile photos of the artists themselves. For a unsuspecting Twitter user, it could have just looked like an army of Harry Styles' face, excitedly interacting and talking to each other. That hasn't entirely changed in the years since, ..

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