Box braids. Cornrows. Bantu knots. Senegalese twists. Lace-front wigs. These are just some of the protective hairstyles Black women wear to take a “break” from daily maintenance or to simply switch up ...
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 ...
Araxi Lindsey, the hair department head for 'Black-ish' and Tracee Ellis Ross’ personal hairstylist, writes about why it's important to televise a culture in its natural form. By Araxi Lindsey Over ...
“If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they’re not happy. ” — Paul Mooney, “Good Hair” On a late summer day in a Hollywood photo studio, actress Sanaa Lathan sat ...
For a Black woman, her hair can be her crowning glory, an expression of pride in her appearance. But it can also be something more, something deeper — something rooted in culture and a complicated ...
The 14-time Grammy winner was previously spotted filming ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ in Milan with a platinum blonde hairstyle ...
What happens when they think they can control our children’s hair? Some people, apparently, are trying to bring us back to the Black Codes, to the Jim Crow era, and the slavery times before that, when ...
Employees at United Parcel Service are now free to sport afros, braids, cornrows and other natural hairstyles, traditionally donned by Black Americans, in the workplace. Changes also include ...
Lady Gaga has gone back to black. The “Shallow” hitmaker, 39, showed off her new black hairstyle while stepping out in Paris ...