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Furious responses to educator Steve Perry’s tweet last week regarding Steve Harvey’s National Mentoring Camp for Young Men is a healthy sign that black people won’t accept self-loathing as a ...
From gravity-defying afros to waist-length braids, there are countless trends synonymous with Black beauty. But arguably nothing is more recognisable and admired than 'boughetto'.
Today the black hair product business is a billion-dollar industry, fueled by black women's desire to keep their tresses looking good. But hair in black America is not just about aesthetics. It's ...
Clients and hair stylists are equally frustrated with the current state of the Black salon experience. Can community survive in a new landscape?
The idea that a hairstyle which is such a prominent part of the cultural identity of Black people is “not professional” is perhaps the quintessential example of respectability politics.
Lauren Boebert has lived many lives, and her history of hair transformations is proof. These days, the congresswoman wears ...
"Bad hair" is a phrase that has long plagued the black community, especially those who have 4C hair. The cruel term insinuates that there is something inherently wrong with afro-textured coils ...
We as black people may be guilty of appropriating aspects of other cultures, but straightening our hair or wearing weaves is not one of these instances.
Much like the Youth Black Faith in Jamaica, the earliest adopters of locs in America were those who wanted to express their disregard for the social and aesthetic conventions of their times.
Botox has been used to treat wrinkles and migraines. Now doctors say Black women want the treatment to stop hairline sweat that ruins edges.
White women are on TikTok appropriating Black women for fun. In a recent post from a white woman with the user name @doonigalli, she was raving about a new thing she was doing with her hair called ...