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Black Women Are Upset Over SheaMoisture’s New Whitewashing Marketing Ploy
Updated Monday, April 24, 2017, 6:30 p.m. EDT: SheaMoisture has issued an apology stating that it really fucked up. Earlier: For years SheaMoisture has been the go-to hair product line for black women with natural hair. But it seems as though it’s now trying to capture a new base of users with its new marketing;…
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Responding to Pepsi Ad, Whoopi Goldberg Says Wearing a Weave Is Cultural Appropriation
Whoopi Goldberg shared her views about Pepsi’s Kendall Jenner commercial on The View Thursday afternoon, saying she doesn’t understand why people are calling the commercial “cultural appropriation” in their critiques of it. “I think they thought they were deeper than they were,” Goldberg said. “If you’re 19 or 21, you think it’s a great thing…
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9 Times Michelle Obama Texture-Teased Us
Around this time five years ago, the natural-hair-blog streets went into a full tailspin when a photo of Lady Obama wearing a kinky, curly, asymmetrical style circulated the internets. Twitter detectives soon discovered that the image had been photoshopped, and our textured-black-hair-in-the-White House dreams were dimmed. But Sunday evening, we got a glimpse of that…
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Five Very Important Questions About Michelle Obama's Natural Puff From Heaven
This week Melania Trump’s first official White House portrait was revealed and all of Black Twitter shrugged in one accord because nobody cur, girl and A PHOTO WAS RELEASED OF EX-FLOTUS MICHELLE OBAMA ROCKING HER NATURAL HAIR!!! And it was glorious, y’all. Spring birds chirped En Vogue melodies in four-part harmony while brooks babbled, mountains…
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From Relaxers to Some Shampoos: Too Many Products Marketed to Black Women Are Bad for You
I have spent plenty of shopping trips browsing the “ethnic hair care” aisle. Women of color know all too well the constant hunt for the perfect product. As our hair-care knowledge, needs and routines (not to mention the seasons) change, we restock our product drawers accordingly. Whether you have a relaxer or are now natural,…
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Victoria’s Secret Runway Show Sparks Natural-Hair Debate, Pitting Asian Women Against Black Women
Monday evening, Victoria’s Secret held its annual star-studded runway presentation. The usual fashion “it” girls strutted down the runway to performances by Lady Gaga, the Weeknd and Bruno Mars. It was pretty standard VS runway—with one kinky exception. Four gorgeous black models walked the runway with their natural tresses this year. I remember the coil-collective…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 9: If a Podcast Falls in Kaepernick's Afro …
It wasn’t supposed to end like this. We were supposed to be a three-person team until the end. But sadly, we lost “Meats.” That’s right, Yesha “I Like Meats” Callahan has taken her 15,000 Twitter followers and gone home. Stop crying! She’s still alive and kicking and dominating page views on The Root. And while…
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An Ode to Lisa Nicole Carson
This past Saturday, while I was out of town and couch-crashing, I managed to come across a very interesting show on Centric TV. It was called Being: Lisa Nicole Carson and it chronicled Carson’s rise in the acting game throughout the ’90s up until her sudden disappearance throughout the 2000s and, now, her return. I…
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How My Fiancee’s Natural Ruined My Life
It started with a black satin pillowcase. I don’t know when it arrived, but I know that once it got there, I was banned from touching it. Even though it is a pillowcase, I couldn’t actually lay my head on it because apparently I have a greasy mechanic’s rag for hair. Such is the life…
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4 Tips to Help Your Hair Beat the Summer Heat
Summer is here and you know what that means: The humidity and heat are here, too! So while you definitely should be having tons of fun in the sun, the ultimate goal for your summer hair should be proper care. May these quick tips help your strands survive this hot and sweaty season intact and…