Despite evoking both myth and reality, Black women have been actively working toward retiring the "strong Black woman" archetype. While often glorified as a symbol of resilience, the label was forced ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’re a fan of book-to-series adaptations, then get ready to roll out the red carpet for Queenie.

The star of Hulu's adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams' 2019 novel discusses landing the role, how her British-Jamaican heritage helped her relate to the protagonist and the best spot for a South ...

L: Queenie's mother Sylvie (Ayesha Antoine) and Queenie (Dionne Brown), R: 'Queenie' author and showrunner Candice Carty-Williams Lionsgate/Latoya Okuneye, Disney/Ramona Rosales SPOILER ALERT! The ...

“Queenie,” premiering Friday on Hulu, is a lovely dramedy based on Candice Carty-Williams’ 2019 novel of the same name. Reviews of the London-set book described it as a “Black ‘Bridget Jones,’” but it ...

The new Hulu series Queenie explores the quarter-life growing pains of lonely South Londoner Queenie Jenkins. The first of her British Jamaican family to go to university, Queenie is a struggling ...

Based on Candice Carty-Williams’ bestselling debut novel of the same name and adapted for television by the author, “Queenie” follows 25-year-old Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown, in a star-making ...

For show creator Candice Carty-Williams and cast of the new Hulu series “Queenie,” confronting the “strong Black woman” trope has been a long time coming. Based on Carty-Williams' novel of the same, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. “When I got the part of Queenie, I was ecstatic,” says Dionne Brown, in between ...

It’s been about a quarter century since we’ve been at “quarterlife”, but we do know what the term “quarterlife crisis” is all about because when we were 25… wow, it was not a fun time. The main ...

Creating a Bridget Jones-esque character is nothing new. In hundreds of books, films and TV series you will find chaotic, boy-obsessed millennial women all in pursuit of the same goal: finding their ...