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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Alas, warmer days are upon all of us girls on this side of the hemisphere! Now more than ever, we are fantasizing about neon colors, crop tops, swimsuits, open toes, and natural poppin’ curls. While the summer season certainly can bring fun in the sun it can also mean lots of stress on your brown]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, Lifetime reprised it’s wildly popular and inflammatory series, Surviving R. Kelly, revealing more harrowing details surrounding the decades-long sexual misconduct accusations against the singer. Beginning in January 2019, the network unveiled a litany of claims around Kelly’s sexual behavior with underaged Black girls beginning in the ‘90s. If the series itself was not]]></description>
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							<title>Meet the Woman Bringing High-End Latin American Fashion to the U.S.</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of supporting businesses that are created and run by women of color, this week we sat down with the dynamic and powerful founder of Stitch Lab, Karina Rosendo, to learn what it means to not only honor our heritage by supporting entrepreneurs that look like us but also how to create a]]></description>
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							<title>8 Latinx Beauty Brands to Buy This Summer</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/latinx-beauty-brands-summer/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Summertime means starting a fresh, light beauty routine to keep your skin glowing and curls popping. It also means, perhaps, having a little — or a lot — of fun with color. And while glowing skin and gorgeous bold colors are certainly achievable, it’s important to prioritize using brands that are best for your skin.]]></description>
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							<title>7 Things You Need to Know Before Getting Braids This Summer</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[‘Tis the season to no longer stress out about your hair. After months of straightening, applying heat, and relying on every anti-frizz product under the sun. Summer is finally here and it&#8217;s the best time for women to sit back, let loose and begin wearing their hair wild, curly, and free — without apology. For some]]></description>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[On May 31, Netflix premiered a highly anticipated docuseries detailing the story of five young Black and Latinx men who were wrongfully convicted of raping a young, white woman in the spring of 1989. When They See Us, directed by Ava Duvernay (who also directed Selma, A Wrinkle in Time, and Netflix’s 13th) grips viewers]]></description>
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							<title>Brené Brown&#8217;s Netflix Special Is the Mental Health Month Binge You Need</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 18:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Leave it to two of Houston’s finest to blow up Netflix. Back to back, Beyoncé and Brené Brown dropped Netflix specials that are bound to leave you asking yourself: “What’s in the water in Houston?” and “Is there something about that accented ‘e’?” While we all laughed, cried, and self-motivated after watching Brené Brown, The]]></description>
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							<title>Is &#8216;Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact&#8217; Triggering Enough Change?</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 16:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[On Saturday evening, Lifetime aired another installment of its game-changing exposé series on the singer R.Kelly and the allegations of sexual violence against him. Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact, hosted by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien reviewed the immediate outcomes of the three-part, six-hour documentary series —  including Kelly’s arrest, police investigations, and an interview with]]></description>
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							<title>5 Reasons This Latina Makeup Line Founder Is #EntreprenuerGoals</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/alamar-cosmetics-latina-makeup-finder/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing we love more than anything it is a woman entrepreneur — especially a woman of color. Studies show that Black women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in America, a number that has grown more than 300 percent since the 90s! While it&#8217;s no surprise that Black women are]]></description>
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							<title>The 5 Smartest Things to Do After Receiving a Tax Refund</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[&#160; Ah, tax season. On April 15th, many Americans will find themselves crying on the curb while others will be skipping the sidewalks. It’s a strange time when our nation comes together to reconcile with the IRS and find out whether they owe or are owed. For the lucky bunch who properly managed their taxes]]></description>
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							<title>You Owe the IRS: 5 Tips to Handle the Debt</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Most years when tax season rolls around, a good bulk of Americans flood e-commerce and local malls with all their income tax return money, blowing it fast on a new Spring/Summer wardrobe or booking flights for their next vacation. However, according to various resources, this year is looking very different. According to CNBC, the average]]></description>
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							<title>5 Horrifying Truths We Learned From Lifetime&#8217;s &#8220;Surviving R. Kelly&#8221;</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The full weight of the #MeToo movement fell upon the music industry last night — right on R. Kelly’s deserving head. The world tuned in as Lifetime aired the first installment of a three-part documentary series on women who have survived sexual, emotional, and physical abuse from Robert &#8220;R.Kelly&#8221; Kelly. The series, aptly titled Surviving]]></description>
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							<title>What Self Care Really Means for Women of Color</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/self-care-really-means-women-of-color/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Stacking sweaters and long pants on the checkout counter of my new favorite store, Aritzia, I spy a brilliant apple red sweatshirt in the corner of my eye and quickly grab a size XS &#8211; carefully placing it atop the pile like a Jenga block in a risky game. September typically rolls in with stifling]]></description>
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							<title>How Women Are Winning The 2018 Primaries</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/how-women-are-winning-the-2018-primaries/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[These days, when Barack Obama speaks the majority of Americans perk up and listen. Since the end of his presidency, Obama’s public presence has curtailed dramatically— often to the chagrin of many citizens who not only supported his policy but also genuinely enjoyed his many charming idiosyncrasies. After an extended period of silence from Obama’s]]></description>
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							<title>Shaving My Head Freed Me From Body Insecurities</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/shaving-head-freed-from-body-insecurities/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I found myself on vacation feeling everything but relief, which is ironic considering travel and vacation are supposed to be immediate stress relievers. In fact, for most folks, from the moment of arrival at the beach you&#8217;re almost hypnotized into a state of sheer relief. Thank God for vacation we tell]]></description>
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							<title>The Truth About Self-Care and Mental Health</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/self-care-mental-health/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what self-care really means in this pervasive Instagram culture we live in. When news broke of the untimely passing of the young yet acclaimed rapper Mac Miller; dying of a drug overdose my heart stood still for a moment. I realized I’d lost count of all of the]]></description>
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							<title>3 Things to Check Your White Feminist Friends On</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/things-to-check-your-white-feminist-friends-on/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[While recently on the hunt for a co-working space, I reached out to one of my professional freelance friends for guidance on the best place to work with other progressive, entrepreneurial millennials. As I listed out a few options, she commented on one matter-of-factly, “Oh, yes, that’s where the white feminists go.” That’s where the]]></description>
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							<title>How To Support Puerto Ricans After Hurricane Maria—From Voting to Housing</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/how-to-support-puerto-ricans-after-hurricane-maria/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Maria]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing that politics and weather have in common, it’s that both can be unexpectedly messy. We saw that perfect storm in 2017— when the United States elected an uncommon reality TV star president, Donald J. Trump, and Hurricane Maria devastated countless Caribbean islands including the U.S. island of Puerto Rico, wiping out]]></description>
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							<title>5 Unexpected Latina Entrepreneurs To Watch</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/5-unexpected-latina-entrepreneurs-to-watch/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latina entrepreneurs]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[While it’s no secret that the Black community has made many efforts to build Black-owned entrepreneurs businesses and encourage a habit of “buying Black,” there are many economic reasons why members of the Latinx community should emphasize (or continue to emphasize) supporting Hispanic-owned businesses. According to a 2018 Neilsen report, “the growing buying power of]]></description>
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							<title>What Are White Men Feeling in The Age of Woke?</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/white-guys-are-feeling-in-the-age-of-woke/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[What a time to be alive. Despite the barrage of controversy our country endlessly endures under the Trump presidency, millennials are driving forward one of the most progressive or “woke” periods in our nation&#8217;s history (at least, in our generation’s collective memory). From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Jazz Jennings, and Anne Hathaway to Chrissy Teigen, activism,]]></description>
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							<title>Meet The 3 Texan LGBTQ Women Changing the Game in The 2018 Midterms</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/3-texan-lgbtq-women-running-2018-midterm-elections/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[First things first: if you didn’t know by now, the 2018 midterm elections have a record number of women running for seats in the House and Senate (417 women filed to run!), according to a report from Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. And as far as the primaries go, they’re killing]]></description>
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							<title>How Cutting My Hair Healed Me From A History of Shame and Pain</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/cutting-my-hair-healed-me-from-a-history-of-shame-and-pain/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Just as soon as I sat down, my stylist started snipping. A “rough cut” is what she called it, but somehow the kinks fell smoothly to the ground, amassing a large pile of colorful fur around me. This was the beginning. It’s no secret that hair has been a loaded topic for women of color since]]></description>
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							<title>Why It&#8217;s So Important Latinxs Vote in 2018 Elections</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/important-latinx-vote-2018-elections/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Border Crisis]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Politics aside, each day Americans are faced with mounting moral crises—presented in the form of a new hashtag or unsettling photo shared rapidly across social media platforms. It seems as though just yesterday we were saying #BringBackOurGirls in reference to the kidnapping of young women in Nigeria by terrorist forces. Once upon a time, these]]></description>
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							<title>Are Celebrity WOC Teaching White Celebs How To Advocate for Brown Girls?</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/celebrity-woc-teaching-white-celebs-advocate-brown-girls/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
									<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intersectional feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[We’ve heard it before—“to whom much is given, much is expected.” But how often do we truly see it in our favorite celebrities—or at least the ones that seemingly have the largest platforms? Many corners of the internet swirl with comments of fans battling it out over which celebrities simply do not do enough for communities]]></description>
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							<title>4 Major Life Lessons We&#8217;ve Learned from Will &#038; Jada Pinkett Smith</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/major-life-lessons-learned-will-jada-pinkett-smith/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
									<category><![CDATA[News and Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrities]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, Will Smith represented goofy boyish charm and corny jokes—a beacon of saccharine childhood memories from a time when reality television and Instagram had yet to taint our concepts of “entertainment.” And his wife, of course, was always more than a simple piece of arm candy—she was the slick talking little thing]]></description>
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							<title>The Invisible Threat Behind #MeToo</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/invisible-threat-behind-metoo/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
									<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#MeToo]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This article contains several spoilers to Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why. Questions continue to swirl around the newly-released second season of Netflix’s breakout hit teen drama 13 Reasons Why. And rightfully so, as the show’s writers take viewers through another fast-paced season of traumatic, yet oversimplified converging plot lines. The most powerful question,]]></description>
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							<title>Anti-Abortion Laws and Negligent Maternal Healthcare Are Killing Black Women</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/maternal-healthcare-black-women/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
									<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[In every corner of this country, black and brown mamas are hustling to survive. The ends rarely meet for countless women of color, to the extent that it’s become an exhaustive refrain to talk about the obvious reasons why: the longstanding systems of inequality towards Black and Latinx citizens and immigrants, aftermaths of slavery, unequal]]></description>
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							<title>What Happens When The Assaulter Says “Me Too?&#8221;</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/what-happens-when-assaulter-says-me-too/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamari Chelsea]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
									<category><![CDATA[News and Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#MeToo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#MeToo movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junot Diaz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual harassment]]></category>
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															<description><![CDATA[Junot Diaz never got any help. A poignant essay written by the acclaimed Latino writer this past April leads with this context before taking readers through the author’s lifelong “coming of age” story where Diaz begins as the abused, becomes the abuser, and awakens with a “second chance” at light and life.   Recent misconduct]]></description>
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