In a video shared on TikTok and Instagram last week, Copeland told viewers that Apple has only a pink pointe-shoe emoji and encouraged them to sign her change.org petition asking for more color ...

World-renowned ballerina Misty Copeland shared a video of her painstaking pointe shoe makeup routine, saying the lack of options always made her feel excluded. Last September, Copeland started a ...

The veteran ballerina, now 41, launched a petition Thursday to urge Apple and the Unicode Consortium, which creates and regulates the symbols, to introduce more skin tones for the pointe shoe emoji.

Right now, if you’re trying to use a pointe shoe emoji, there’s only one option for users—and that’s the “European Pink.” But Black ballerina Misty Copeland is trying to change that.

It's called "CounterPointe" -- as in a ballet pointe shoe. This project creates new opportunities and partnerships for Women's History Month and beyond. "I think it should be most months ...

And recrafting the sole will keep the shoe out of the landfill much longer and save you money. Hiking shoes hit the sweet spot: they’re light, easy to trek in, and great for hot summer days when ...