From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of ‘respectability’, conversations around natural hairstyle persist ...
Ongoing restrictions on Black hair across the diaspora are raising concerns about the persistence of colonial-era beauty ...
Black characters on screen often reflect real-life culture and history, inspiring people to embrace their natural textures, try bold styles, or bring back classic looks with a modern twist. Whether it ...
Driving to drum practice, I catch sight of Cal’s hair in the rear-view mirror with the twists a teacher at his school gave ...
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 ...
Black hairstyles dominate social media feeds one week and disappear the next, leaving behind questions about cultural appropriation, erasure and who profits from creativity. This cycle of viral fame ...
CONNECTION BETWEEN HAIR AND HERITAGE. THIS IS SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING. I HOPE YOU COULD LEAVE SPACE FOR US TO EXPRESS EXACTLY WHO WE ARE. FOR SOME, SUNDAY IS ...
The Internet is giving credit where it isn’t due again and it’s for yet another hairstyle that Black women have been rocking for ages. The silk press, although newly dubbed “glass hair” for its ...
A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned ...
Black characters on screen often reflect real-life culture and history, inspiring people to embrace their natural textures, try bold styles, or bring back classic looks with a modern twist. Whether it ...