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The Shrunken Place: Why I Canāt Laugh at This Viral Video
I had been sent the link by multiple friends, who just knew it would be right up my āawwwā alley. If you havenāt seen it, itās a little girl telling her daddy, in the politest way possible, that he did not do her hair right. The clip has since gone full-on viral, as this mini…
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She Got That Glow: We Got the Secrets Behind Yara Shahidiās All Grown-ish UpĀ Look at the SAG Awards
The 2018 Grammys are tonight, but the fashion world is still raving about the looks from last Sundayās Screen Actors Guild Awards. And we canāt breathe one word about that eveningās red carpet without acknowledging our current and forever #Fave, Yara Shahidi. Like, we may have to come up with a concept stronger than #Goals…
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Gift Black: These Black-Owned Headwear Brands Have Got You Covered
With Christmas just weeks away, the hunt for the perfect gift is in full force. With black folksā buying power expected to rise to $1.3 trillion this year, according to a Nielsen consumer report, the importance of buying from black-owned businesses is growing as we grow. An analysis of black entrepreneurship suggested that if we…
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Is #TeamNatural Ready to Go Coed? 9 Natural-Hair āGuy-rusā Who Might Teach You a Few Things
While I was talking wash-day routines with some of my natural friends, we found ourselves scrolling through a seemingly endless list of natural-hair gurus giving all types of product suggestions, protective-style techniques and hacks for maintaining healthy hair. After clicking on about the 12th video geared toward women and our natural-hair needs, our guy friend…
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Black Codes and Dress Codes: Will Black Hair Always Be Against the Rules?
Graduation season is hereāthat time of year when we get to celebrate academic achievements, watch with anticipation as the graduates move on to lifeās next step, and hear about all the students being banned from prom and graduation for dress code violations. As a jolting end to that list, weāre hearing more stories of students…
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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…
