The natural hair movement has fundamentally transformed beauty standards for African American women, creating space for the celebration of curls, coils, and kinks in all their varied expressions. This ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — When it comes to Black women and hair, the conversation is very interesting. Esther Dillard, a former WGRZ-TV reporter in Buffalo, wrote a book called Embracing My Black Natural Hair: ...
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Babybangz: Black Power in Hair

In a documentary by Juliana Kasumu, a group of Black women gathers at a salon to discuss natural hair, gentrification in New ...
Khiara Keating, of Man City, and Jess Naz, of Spurs, talk to The Athletic about tapping into the rich heritage of Black hair ...
Today, locs are visible on red carpets and in boardrooms alike, worn by women of all ages. Their growing presence signals ...
Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Growing up in a multicultural household, Christa Rice felt her thick, naturally curly hair was something undesirable, something to be hidden away. “As a kid I had the thickest hair ...
Campus seniors Aaliyah Trotter and Yosolaoluwa Olakunle use their hair-braiding businesses to connect with other Black students and both understand the importance of embracing their natural hair.
In a classic episode from the 1994 TV sitcom “Living Single” — which featured successful Black characters including an attorney and a business owner — Kyle, a stockbroker, believed his hair was ...
Why is it so hard to find wigs that don’t look so … “wig-gy”? Is there anything worse than spending hundreds of dollars on a cute new wig only to receive a weird, shiny mop of hair? And to make ...
Eris Eady was scrolling through social media this week when she saw a news headline linking hair-straightening chemical products to an increased risk for uterine cancer. She paused. In the early 2000s ...