black hair
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Thank God It's April
You know what I hate? April Fool’s Day. What use have I for a day full of deliberately fake news and nonsensical pranks that rarely land properly? You know what else I hate? Equal Pay Day, because I don’t need a reminder of how women—women of color, in particular—are undervalued and under-compensated for their labor.…
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Black Teens Denied Employment at Six Flags Due to 'Extreme Hairstyles' That Aren't Extreme At All
A pair of black teenagers in Arlington, Texas, have become the latest victims of hair discrimination at Six Flags Over Texas. After spending his childhood visiting the amusement park, 16-year-old Brandon Kobe Pierce decided to apply for his first job there with the encouragement of his family. “We encouraged him to go to Six Flags,”…
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Hair Flick: Quinta B and Freddie Ransome Give Us the Cinematic Hair Tutorials We've Been Missing
We love a good natural hair tutorial. But after awhile, they all kind of look the same. I mean, there are only so many ways you can film a twist-out, amirite? Wrong. Two of BuzzFeed’s breakout stars, writer-comedian Quinta Brunson and Freddie Ransome (of unscripted series, Ladylike) have teamed up to put a “cinematic twist”…
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Can We Live? California Becomes the Latest to Propose a Bill to End Hair Discrimination
Who’d think wearing a natural hairstyle would be as loaded as legalizing marijuana? Oh, wait. Marijuana is already legal in California—as is discriminating against people because of their chosen hairstyle; at least currently. It’s an issue lawmakers are now trying to address via proposed bill SB 188, otherwise known as the “Crown Act.” As reported…
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Can a Naturalista Find a Sweet Spot with…Suave? Our Writer Tries Out the Old-School Brand's New Product Range
I’m a lazy natural. I’m two years into my second big chop, and a year into growing it out—and admittedly, that Caesar life was sweet. But it’s hard to be lazy when you have kinky 4c hair like mine, since it’s so dry. The first time I went natural was back in 2001, when natural…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: How Do You Treat Yourself?
Spring has supposedly sprung (and Chicago is slowly but surely getting the memo), and while some are scheduling time for spring cleaning, after weeks of being buried in boxes, I feel the need to indulge a bit. What does that mean? Spending a little more time on me than on work—like that long lunchtime stroll…
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Naturally Next Level: Texturally-Focused Media Platform ‘Naturally Curly’ Joins Essence Communications
Here’s some “big hair, do care” news for the curly and coiled community: TextureMedia, the company behind multicultural online hair mecca Naturally Curly, has been acquired by Essence Communications. The new partnership promises an even stronger, broader, multilayered platform for their community of over 17 million worldwide, per Naturally Curly’s Q1 Texture Trends newsletter, released…
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'If You Can Love Me, You Can Love Yourself': Lizzo Won't Shrink to Fit—and Says You Shouldn't, Either
She’s got a big personality, even bigger talent, and has never shied away from being a big girl in an industry that often prioritizes thin women with equally thin voices. But the rapper-flutist-singer-songwriter-bold and bodied badass-beauty icon Lizzo is finally beginning to get the recognition she deserves; this month as the star of Allure’s first…
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The Mane Attraction: For Queen Kelly Rowland, Her Hair Is Her Crown and Glory
“The first message that I honestly remember receiving about my hair was that it was hard to manage,” singer-songwriter Kelly Rowland told The Root. As a black woman who has hair that’s been referred to as “a rat’s nest,” I can relate. First question: Do rats even have nests?! Follow-up question: Why are you concerned…