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Trimming eyebrows is one of those grooming steps that many men file under “unnecessary, not for me.” Which is a shame, because all of us can benefit from an eyebrow trim. The simple, quick practice—done once every couple weeks—will enhance whatever shape your eyebrows currently exhibit.

That’s because trimming your brows isn’t the same as plucking them—it’s not the time to downsize or reshape your brows. So, if it’s gonna be bushy and beautiful, now you’ve got big brows that won’t grow outside their bounds. Same goes for thin or normal eyebrows: Trimming them prevents periodic flyaways and that egregiously long strand that somehow snuck out there (we all know that hair). Sure, this isn’t as dire as a good haircut or a nail trim, but we file it under “it’s all in the details”. And eyebrows are the details. (Just ask our bushy-browed grooming columnist about his illustrious pair.)

So, get ready. You’ll need a few tools, a steady hand, and a baseline level of comfort looking at yourself in the mirror.

The Tools You Need

A mustache comb

Get a comb that’s small enough to separate the hairs: A mustache comb works perfectly here. It is possible to trim your eyebrows without a tiny comb—some guys use a new, flat-top toothbrush for the task—but having one is the first step to intentional, well-manicured brows.

Kent mustache comb

At 2.8 inches, it’s just big enough for the small job at hand.

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Tiny scissors

You can get a pair with a rounded-tip if you don’t want anything sharp near your eyes (typically these are for nose-hair trimming), but they tend to be difficult to maneuver since you’re trimming so close to the skin. We’d recommend getting purpose-built pointed-tip eyebrow scissors.

Tweezerman brow scissors

Tweezerman’s stainless steel eyebrow scissors also come with a brush.

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How to Trim Your Eyebrows

Study your face
Since trimming eyebrows is something that could easily take a dark turn (you over-trim and all of a sudden you have wisps for eyebrows), the first thing you need to do is study your brows and their shape. Look at the arch, the ends, and all that. The goal here isn’t to compromise this perfection. Again, if you’re considering a new shape, plucking is a different game altogether. But for now, you’re simply grazing a bit off the top. So that’s all we’re gonna do with these steps: Simply snip the ends and clean it all up. Don’t lose track of that intent.

Comb upward
Take your teeny tiny comb and coach everything straight up, on the vertical. You can also comb up and back against the grain so that you make everything look as bushy and gnarled as possible. See how long those hairs actually are?

Snip along the brow line
Now take your pint-size scissors and get real close to the mirror. Snip any hair that stands up over your brow line. Again, don’t compromise the shape at all, but simply trim away at any of the lawn that needs mowing. When you’re done, you should be looking at your exact same eyebrow shape. You can now comb the brow back into place, and sigh with relief that you look exactly the same as when you started, just a little tidier.

Don’t use your beard trimmer
Please avoid using an electric clipper unless it’s specifically designed to trim eyebrows. And don’t use big scissors, either. You’re gonna do something you regret.

Philips-Norelco detail shaver

This device will also tidy up your sideburns, nose and ear hairs, and neckline. It’s all in the details.

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With almost all salons temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people are being forced to get creative with their hair, and celebrities are no exception. While some A-listers, like Kelly Ripa, are choosing to let their hair do its own thing, others are taking advantage of the time at home to play with new hairstyles and colors. Elle Fanning, for one, just dyed her signature bright blonde hair a stunning shade of peachy-pink.

The 21-year-old Maleficent actress debuted her not-so-new look — she had rocked pink hair already back in 2016 — on Instagram Stories this Wednesday, March 25. The reveal featured Elle with damp, wavy hair that looked as if it had just been freshly dyed. No caption needed. As for the person responsible for her new look? For once, we don’t have to do any digging, as it’s safe to assume she did it herself in the comfort of her own bathroom (earlier this week, the actress posted a photo about why she’s staying on Instagram, urging others to share their reasons, too).

Only time will tell if Elle keeps her new hue around, but we’re definitely loving the change. Of course, there’s no way to know which box dye product she used to get her new sunset-esque hue, but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered if you’re considering following in Elle’s footsteps this spring. If you don’t want to commit just yet, try Kristin Ess’s Rose Gold Temporary Tint, and if you’re all in, you can always bleach your hair (just make sure you know exactly what that entails before diving in!)

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The spread of COVID-19 is leaving a long list of canceled and indefinitely postponed events in its wake: the NBA season, the Met Gala, and even the Tokyo Olympics have all been moved, rescheduled, or put on indefinite hiatus. Friday brought news that the men’s fashion calendar would shift, too: the men’s spring/summer 2021 fashion weeks in London, Milan, and Paris, originally scheduled for June, have been taken off the schedule.

In addition to the men’s week, the French Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, which oversees the French fashion industry, announced it is also canceling Haute Couture week, which was set for early July. In a statement, the federation said it “is actively working with its members on alternatives,” The New York Times’s Vanessa Friedman reported. The Camera Nazionale della Mode Italiana (The National Chamber of Italian Fashion) wrote in a press release about what its alternatives might look like: “We are however working on new digital formats and new ways of encounter, in order to create a new storytelling on the days originally scheduled for the Milan Men’s Fashion week: b2b and b2c platforms for the benefit of brands, luxury companies, and all the other players in the fashion industry. We are aware that great efforts will be made in order to have the new collections ready by June to start an innovative selling campaign.”

And while fashion shows have taken on spectacle status over the past few years, they remain critical for everyone involved in the industry to do their jobs. Fashion week is where both globally recognized and up-and-coming fashion brands go to meet with and sell to buyers from department stores and the cool neighborhood shop on your block. Magazine editors get on planes to discover what to put into pages months down the line. And, on a more superfluous note, but no less soothing to our now-always-frazzled mental states, it’s where Virgil Abloh and Kanye cry-hug and models stomp like malfunctioning robots and Thom Browne dresses people up as suited giraffes and hippos. Brands and fashion weeks are now scrambling to figure out how to replace at least some of what will be lost.

What form the postponed fashion weeks will take is up in the air. The menswear trade show Pitti Uomo is planning for an experience that operates primarily in the safer confines of the world wide web; MFW and PFW might do something similar, especially when it comes to finding a non- or low-contact way for buyers to see collections and put in orders. Another possible alternative might be the live streams that designers and brands have been letting consumers in on for multiple seasons now. That infrastructure may become crucial this summer.

However, finding a way to share and stream a new collection might be the least of designers’ worries. Emily Bode, who presents collections for her brand Bode at Paris Fashion Week, said Friday afternoon that “we assumed [the shows] would be canceled or postponed” for a litany of reasons. The first: that, because of its global scale, the coronavirus pandemic has made it near-impossible to even produce new clothing. “We can’t begin fall production until our factories reopen…and because we can’t start fall production, development of spring is even further behind,” she said.

Not to mention the very real fear that much of the world may still be social distancing come June. “It’s both [of those factors],” Bode said. “I think it’s hard to tell where we will be in even three weeks’ time, so June is entirely too risky.”

Seeing the cancellation or postponement of three major fashion weeks (and it feels all but guaranteed that New York will also cancel its men’s week in the summer) puts a finer point on the dire position fashion brands are in, as well as the ripple effects sure to be felt by everyone involved in the fashion universe. There is a whole global network of not just well-known brands and shops but textile makers, seamstresses, manufacturers and so on who rely on the fashion industry for their livelihoods. Now, some of the most important events for sustaining those in the community are in jeopardy.

We all have that one embarrassing pic of ourselves… but are you brave enough to post it online?

Since the world’s been stuck at home, viral challenges have been taking social media by storm! Our most recent favorite? The “Until Tomorrow” trend, duh! This silly challenge calls on users to dig up their funniest (and usually, most embarrassing) pics, and to post them without any context or explanation.

Keep scrolling to see which of your fave celebs are hopping on the hilarious bandwagon!

1. Asher, is that you??? From the looks of it, Asher Angel has more in common with his fellow “Andi Mack” alum Peyton Elizabeth Lee than we thought!

2. Just clownin’ around! Is there ever a bad time to experiment with a little makeup? Or should we say, A LOT of makeup? No matter what, Indiana Massara still slays the look!

3. We see you! TikTok queen Charli D’Amelio shared some major throwbacks and we’re totally here for them. We stan a girl who isn’t afraid to LOL at herself!

4. A whole entire mood! From the glitter-covered sweater, to the stylin’ shades, Lilia Buckingham is serving us quite the fashion forward look — all the way from the past!

5. Addison Easterling has always had a heart for making videos. The TikTok icon shares some throwback vids from her Vining days that are too silly not to love. Who would’ve thought that years later, she’d be making videos for millions?!

6. Sofia Wylie like we’ve never seen her before! The “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” star shared a lip synced video clip with some super cool special effects. We’d love to see more of her acting skills…mirror-selfie edition!

7. Emily Skinner’s serious stare. Between the crimped hair and bold eye makeup, we’re totally here for this major throwback glam, girl!

8. Joshua Rush isn’t hiding in his hood anymore! The former “Andi Mack” star shared this silly pic with his millions of followers, which has us totally LOLing.

9. OH EM GEE There’s no doubt Peyton Elizabeth Lee nailed this challenge. We all have that selfie that always leaves us rolling on the floor laughing, and no matter how embarrassing it might be, it makes for the best story!

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In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the lack of necessary supplies has become increasingly widespread amongst medical workers and many brands and fashion designers are pulling together their resources to give back — joining them is now Crocs.

On March 26, the shoe brand announced it will be donating free pairs of shoes to medical workers in need of footwear. Crocs being a go-to brand for those who work in hospitals, the announcement certainly came at the relief of many.

“Over the past week, we have spoken to healthcare workers, their facilities and even their family and friends, and they have specifically asked for our shoes in an effort to provide ease on their feet, as well as ease of mind as they need the ability to easily clean up before they go home to their families,” Crocs’ CEO Andrew Rees told CNN.

And while the need was apparent, the response to Crocs’ announcement has been more than overwhelming. As announced by the brand, there are currently more than 400,000 people in line waiting to receive a pair of shoes from the company even if Crocs is only able to donate 10,000 a day.

“All we can do is ask for your patience. Please check back tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET. It is our hope that we can get everyone a pair and do our part,” the brand said in a statement issued on Twitter also on March 26.

It’s clear that the efforts from Crocs are making a huge impact and it shows just how imperative it is for more brands to step up and assist medical workers.

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In the days since President Trump used his Twitter account to tease the idea that, for the sake of the American economy, it’s time to relax some of the mitigation efforts put in place to slow the coronavirus outbreak, the virus has made his case even more difficult. New York, his hometown, is now a covid hotspot, the biggest in the United States. The U.S. now has more cases than any country on earth, including the much more populous China. His native borough of Queens has been hit hardest of all. As medical and epidemiological experts, including Trump’s own surgeon general, voiced their concern about the president’s desire to lift social isolation measures, Trump seemed to try to walk it back. Instead of calling for the economy to “reopen” on Monday, he’s now saying he would like the economy to start back up around Easter, which falls on April 12.

Trump, echoing some conservative commentators on Fox News, has said repeatedly the cure for the coronavirus cannot be worse than the disease itself. It’s not hard to see his point. The disease has a death rate that sounds, to the average lay ear, pretty low. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has all but shut down, the stock markets keep skidding, and first-time unemployment claims hit a mind-boggling one-week record: 3.3 million. Is the trade-off really worth it for a disease, that, ostensibly, kills less than 2 percent of those it infects? Aren’t the doctors being just a little bit too careful, without thinking about the economy? “If it were up to the doctors, they may say, ‘Let’s keep it shut down for a couple of years. Let’s shut down the entire world,’” Trump said earlier this week. “And you can’t do that with a country, especially with the number one economy anywhere in the world, by far.”

Separating out the health aspect of the pandemic from its economics, however, creates a false choice—and thinking we can cleanly pick the latter over the former risks running the country off the cliff where it is currently teetering.

Moreover, there is a frightening precedent in our history for not doing enough early enough and for stopping the efforts that produce results: the Great Depression. “The comparison,” says Princeton historian Meg Jacobs, “is very apt.”

When the stock market crashed on Black Thursday, in October 1929, Herbert Hoover was still in the first year of his presidency. Though most Americans did not own or trade stocks at the time, the crash quickly brought down the rest of the economy as jittery depositors pulled their money out of banks, spooked consumers stopped buying, and layoffs spiked. Hoover, a committed and ideological Republican, believed that the federal government shouldn’t play a strong role in relief efforts or in helping the economy bounce back. He felt that the market should be allowed to do its work in culling the bad banks and unsturdy businesses, and that states and municipalities, as well as churches and private charities, should do the job of supporting the workers that were affected by that process. Not everyone thought this was such a great approach. The Hoover administration’s response, wrote the economist John Maynard Keynes, was characterized by “extraordinary imbecility.”

When Hoover finally decided to do something meaningful—a bank bailout—it was under enormous political pressure and it was already 1932. By then, more than half of Americans were under-employed and a quarter of Americans were without enough money to regularly provide themselves food or shelter. Hoover, according to a Democratic senator at the time, “clung to the time-worn Republican policy: to do nothing and, when the pressure becomes irresistible, to do as little as possible.”

Get your superhero cape on, get your popcorn, and get ready for “Danger Force“!

In case you missed it, Nickelodeon is keeping the magic of “Henry Danger” alive, and bringing a brand-new spinoff to life! Captain Man (played by Cooper Barnes) is getting a whole new group of super sidekicks. Four special kids – Chapa (played by Havan Flores), Miles (played by Terrence Little Gardenhigh), Mika (played by Dana Heath) and Bose (played by Luca Luhan) get recruited for Swellview Academy for the Gifted (S.W.A.G. for short). Now, these four kids have to learn how to control their superpowers and use it for the good of society!

We got to chat with the four stars of the show and get their take on their own characters, the funniest behind-the-scenes moments on set, and more. The series premieres Saturday, March 28 at 8p.m.EST on Nickelodeon, and we’re counting down for the premiere!

Did you grow up watching “Henry Danger”?
Havan: No, my family is very outdoorsy and we have never watched a lot of TV but now having binged it… I think Captain Man is great!
Terrence: Yes, I grew up watching “Henry Danger” and wishing I could just hang out in the man cave. It’s really hard to choose who my favorite is but I love any scene when Schwoz is talking and explaining things!
Dana: I was a big fan of “Henry Danger.” My favorite characters were Captain Man and Schwoz.
Luca: I did watch “Henry Danger” when I was younger, and my favorite character was Captain Man because I saw him as a leader.  One of my favorite scenes was when Drex was spanking Kid Danger in a bakery… I think it was back in Season 3.

What was your reaction when you found out you’d be a part of “Danger Force”?
Havan: I got so excited, I started coughing and almost got sick!! My mom told me, and then we called my dad and sister.
Terrence: I was with my mommy and we were on the way to get ice cream after we all did the finale test for the show. My manager and agent called to say that it takes a week or two for a decision to be made. I said “awh man, I guess we will have to just suffer a little while longer.” Then she said “maybe others will, but not you because you got it!” I covered my face and cried. Yep, I sure did because I know this was life changing. I felt it!
Dana: I was so excited when I found out I was going to be on “Danger Force.” I remember I was at an ice cream place with my mom when I got the call, and the first person I told was my grandmother.
Luca: After the final audition everyone was going to go out for ice cream. I didn’t because I had another audition right after, and as we were driving my agent called and my heart dropped. One of my agents pretended to be sad until they told my mom and I that I got the part. I was so excited! I may have even happy-cried a bit. I called a couple of friends of mine who had helped me run lines when I was auditioning. I couldn’t wait to tell everyone I knew. But then I had to keep it a secret for five months!

How would you describe your character in 3 words? 
Havan: I’d describe Chapa as fun, fiery and tough. I’m also a tough girl. I enjoy playing sports and working hard outside.  I’m not like Chapa since, unfortunately, I can’t shoot lightning, but I’d like to!
Terrence: Cool, deep thinker and laidback. We both believe that we are taken care of by the Universe. That everything will be ok if you just follow your heart and don’t be afraid to just do it. We are different because even though I believe the Universe will take care of me I don’t take as many chances as Miles might.
Dana: She’s strong, smart and a leader. Mika and I are both optimistic, smart and creative. But Mika has way more energy.
Luca: Bose is dim-witted, funny and loyal. I think Bose and I are both happy most of the time, but Bose is not very smart.  I like to think it doesn’t take me quite as long to understand what is going on.

If you could play any other “Danger Force” character, who would you pick and why?
Havan: I’d play Schwoz because he’s so funny.
Terrence: Schwoz because he gets to make all kinds of scientific stuff. He can come up with all kinds of crazy experiments to help save the day.
Dana: If I could play any other character on Danger Force it would be Captain Man because he seems like a fun character.
Luca: If I could play any other character on the show, I would want to play Chapa because I think having her superpower would be really cool… Not sure if I can share what it is yet but you’ll see!

What was one of the funniest moments on set? 
Havan: When we all dropped our gumballs and had to frantically crawl around trying to catch them.
Terrence: When we were locked in the boombox on “Henry Danger” and everyone was making fart noises. We couldn’t stop laughing and even though it was hot and tight in the box it was fun hanging out with Jace and Coop. It didn’t even feel like work most of the time.
Dana: The funniest moment on set for me was when I got to do a “rewrite” on a script as a joke. It didn’t get picked up.
Luca: One of the funniest moments on scene was during my first week on Henry Danger when I was guest starring on the final four episodes.  We shot a scene where Jace was trying to throw Rolos in a bowl and he kept missing. It wasn’t part of the scene. There just happened to be Rolos in a bowl on the desk I was sitting at.  He thought he’d casually toss them into the bowl during each take but couldn’t make it in and then it became a thing. He finally made it and they used that shot for the episode. Chris Nowak, the showrunner/head writer changed the title of the episode to “Tossing Rolos in a Bowl.”

What message do you hope fans take away from “Danger Force?”
Havan: Be true to who you are, and not just do what other people expect.
Terrence: That we are not trying to replace “Henry Danger.” That can never be done. We are carrying the torch and bring in the next generation of funny superhero kids that want to create funny moments like the ones I will always remember from “Henry Danger.”
Dana: I hope fans take away the message of teamwork from “Danger Force” because it’s a very important lesson to learn and “Danger Force” teaches it in the funniest ways imaginable.
Luca: I think teamwork plays a big role in the show and I hope people can see that when they watch us together.

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Rihanna fans are waking up to quite a treat this morning, March 27. The singer released new music for the first time in three years by way of a featured vocal on the new PartyNextDoor single, “Believe It.”

Of course, this is not the long-awaited album the Rihanna Navy has been not-so-patiently waiting for—but hey, at least it’s something. The last album Rihanna released was 2016’s Anti, which included songs like “Work” and “Love on the Brain.” She did appear on songs for other artists in 2017, including N.E.R.D’s epic “Lemon,” Future’s “Selfish,” DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Loyalty.”

Entertainment Weekly notes that Rihanna’s time on “Believe It” clocks in at around 40 seconds. “That’s when you believe it,” she sings. “That’s when you believe it / Believe you want to see me,” she sings. Take a listen for yourself, below.

Rihanna tweeted for the first time since February to announce the song’s arrival. “Believe it!! @partynextdoor album live!!!” she wrote.

Fan reactions on Twitter pointed to the short nature of RiRi’s appearance on the track. “‘Best make me believe it’ echoing in my head for the next three years until Rihanna gives us another lil feature,” one fan wrote. “Rihanna hasn’t made music in YEARS and she made her comeback on calm night??? this is mf youngblood and beyonce all over again,” another wrote.

Earlier this week Rihanna also made significant donations to efforts surrounding the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Her Clara Lionel Foundation gave $5 million to support those on the front lines, as well as personal protective equipment for workers in New York state, which garnered her a shout-out from Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Here’s hoping a solo Rihanna song is coming soon. Everyone could use some exciting new music right about now to lift their spirits.

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By some twist of fate, Redford doesn’t wear just any Submariner, but a version of the watch with the name of the model written out in red. While that would have been standard at the time, it’s now a sought-after detail by collectors. “Versions of this watch with ‘Submariner’ written in red are really valuable now, but it wasn’t until much later on when the internet hit that people realized these nuances were so interesting,” says Kozubek. “That watch was probably in production in 1972, when that movie was made, around the time that red Subs were around. They didn’t think of it as an iconic piece of jewelry or anything like that yet. If you were a guy who wanted a Submariner, you’d go to the store and this is what you’d probably buy.”

Steve McQueen’s Rolex Submariner 5512

There are so many variations within just the Submariner world that two different references can represent two polar-opposite personalities.

[blockquote:] “The Sub is such an icon that it’s a very hard watch to pinpoint it to one celebrity. But it really fits McQueen because he was a renegade kind of dude. I definitely wouldn’t want him to be my father. If Robert Redford were my dad I know he’d come home. ​Steve McQueen is just doing whatever he wants and follows his own rules. He’s wearing that watch because he’s such a badass that he needs something that’s going to hold up.”

“Steve McQueen was one of those dudes who would buy motorcycle parts at swap meets and try to buy and sell watches there, too. So he had all these different watches. People used to call the 1655, the Rolex Explorer with that big orange hand, the McQueen but there are no photos of him wearing it. The one he’s photographed the most wearing is the 5512 Submariner.

It’s a unique watch because the 5512 was an uncommon reference. A majority of the watches produced in that era were 5513s, which were the two-line Submariners [two-line Submariners refer to versions of the watch with only two lines of text just above the 6 o’clock marker; McQueen’s is four-line Submariner, with that extra bit of text added to denote its chronometer certification.] The 5512 was an officially certified chronometer that only people who really needed very precise timing watches would buy. Rolex didn’t make that many because most people just bought a 5513. It’s a unique choice.

In my eyes, I always felt the red Submariner or a Submariner with the date was more official. The people who buy watches with dates usually have a job that requires them to know what day of the week it is. But if you have a 5512, you can forego the meeting, what day of the week it is—you just need to know the time.​ It’s a much simpler, enjoyable way to be. I wish I didn’t have to know what day of the month it was.”

Paul Newman’s circa-1980s Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 6263

Paul Newman is so closely associated with the Rolex Daytona with an “exotic” dial—the two-tone face with a contrasting outer ring—that it is known as the “Paul Newman” Daytona. The watch he owned is so monumental it momentarily held the record for most expensive wristwatch ever sold when it went for $17.8 million at auction in late 2018. But! That is not the Newman watch Kozubek loves.

“When you think of Paul Newman and the Daytona, you probably think of the 6239 with the exotic dial that his wife gave him. But when I saw this photo many years ago I realized that Paul Newman also wore a 6263—this black-dial Daytona,” says Kozubek.

“It’s a reminder that Paul Newman wasn’t doing anything for us watch fans; he was just doing something for himself. People were influenced a lot by the watches celebrities wore, but ultimately, it’s about what makes you happy. When I see him wearing that, I know that that’s what made him happy. He didn’t wear Daytonas to be cool. He wore Daytonas because he loved Daytonas.”

Plus, Kozubek argues, this is actually just a better watch. “The 6263 has screw-down pushers, so it’s waterproof,” he says. “It’s actually a positive design change on those models because now you can jump in the pool with a Daytona, which you couldn’t do before. And these are called the ‘Big Red’ Daytonas because the font [over the bottom sub-dial] is a little bit bigger and stylized than later dials or service dials on the same watch. Now everyone refers to the original dials as ‘Big Red’ Daytonas.”

This spring, we’re all finding creative ways to celebrate important days and accomplishments. On March 27, the fourth annual #MuslimWomensDay, that means finding new and unique way to uplift Muslim women’s autonomy while we all stay in social isolation.

#MuslimWomensDay founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh told Teen Vogue this year’s theme of autonomy is taking on new meaning during the coronavirus pandemic. Still, she said the day remains an important way to uplift Muslim women and all the choices they make—including staying inside to protect their health and their community.

We chatted with Amani about what has and hasn’t changed since she started #MuslimWomensDay, what she hopes people will understand, and how autonomy can happen in isolation.

Teen Vogue: When you started Muslim Women’s Day, what was the goal? What progress has been made toward that goal?

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: We started #MuslimWomensDay with the goal of dedicating one day during Women’s History Month to flooding the internet with Muslim women’s voices. We not only wanted to create a moment of celebration and empowerment for our underrepresented group, but also inspire opportunities for us to share our stories in our own voices and shine a light on the incredible narratives that exist within our communities.

Now celebrating our fourth year in a row, I’m so proud that #MuslimWomensDay has resulted in a whole new level of representation for our voices across so many spaces online. From creatives that have gotten more recognition to writers landing bylines on incredible platforms and opportunities for new uncharted conversations where they’ve never been had before, the day has done so much to revolutionize accessibility for Muslim women in the digital mainstream.

TV: You started the day after Trump’s election. Now that we’re in another election year, what similarities or differences do you see to the environment that prompted you to launch #MuslimWomensDay?

AAK: We started #MuslimWomensDay on the heels of the 2016 elections when we were witnessing anti-Muslim sentiment once again being used as a political rallying cry. Reports were marking new levels of Islamophobia that rivaled those immediately post-9/11 and hate crimes were on the rise. It was also at a time when the Muslim Ban became a political reality, and unfortunately we’ve only seen that horrible policy extended this year. The Trump era has exposed racism across so many facets of our society that it’s our obligation to empower those marginalized communities to be heard above the noise.