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  • New York Times Won't Attend NABJ in 2012
    July 31, 2011

    From Journal-isms: The company is supporting the Unity gathering instead. Plus: Writer knocks weaves.

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  • Traction Alopecia: Enough to Make You Go Natural?
    by Jacque Reid on 
    December 8, 2010

    When TV reporter Rochelle Ritchie went natural on television, she highlighted a serious problem among some black women who wear wigs, weaves and relax their hair: traction alopecia. Hair loss might be the ultimate motivation to go natural.

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  • Race-Bending Beauty Practices
    July 15, 2010

    When we heard about the skin-lightening app for the profile pictures of Indian Facebook users, it struck us as one of many examples of people adopting a look outside of their own ethnicity. Some feel pressure to conform to the dominant beauty standard; others just want to flout convention. Clearly, stars are prone to doing it.

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  • Why Obama Should Tax Weaves
    June 30, 2010

    Tomorrow begins the federal tax on tanning, the 10-percent toll Obama’s health care bill thrust upon people who wanted to continue risking their health for perceived beauty. Is it time to similarly tax weaves?

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  • ‘Good Hair,’ Bad Vibes
    by Teresa Wiltz on 
    October 8, 2009

    Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” is funny, very funny, but all the jokes come at the expense of black women.

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