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Filed under: Video , Hair Politics As an adult, you’re within your rights to get just about any kind of hairstyle you want. Braid it up, loc it up, relax it, get a weave. Whatever makes you happy, go for it

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Weave for a Toddler?

Filed under: Hair Politics The litany of complaints about American Apparel’s advertising and hiring policies are so long, someone could write a book about them. The company is known for chic, trendy, affordable locally made clothes yes…but they’re also known for being sexist, judgmental, and discriminatory based on the aesthetic attractions of its owner, Dov Charney (who, by his own standards of appearance, probably wouldn’t be welcome to work in his own store).

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American Apparel Has Policies About Black Hair

Filed under: Trends , Hair Politics , Celebrity Hairstyles Consider this a follow up to an earlier post – Willow Smith’s Hair: Too Cute Or Too Much? Because the youngest girl in the Smith clan has done it again! When I was nine, it was all about getting the exact kind of floppy hat and waistcoat as inspired by Blossom .

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Willow Smith’s Mohawk: Kids and Self Expression

Filed under: Photos , Natural Hair , Hair Politics If you’re sick and tired of the “black women are desperate and single and wookin’ pa nub ” meme that seems to be going around mainstream media lately, fret not. There’s a really refreshing antidote that will leave you reassured that love exists. It’s called Black Love Poster , and it’s the creation of Leila Noelliste – who also is the creator of Black Girl With Long Hair , one of the web’s most invaluable natural hair resources

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Natural Hair + Couples In Love = Win

Filed under: Video , Hair Politics The recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is beyond tragic for the wildlife and the residents of the region. Our hearts go out to those who rely upon the fishing industry in the coastal areas, as this disaster comes slowly ashore

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Your Hair Could Stop Oil Spills!

Filed under: Hair Politics It’s Black History Month — 28 days of education and celebration of our ancestors.

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Black History and Hair

Filed under: Product Reviews , Hair Politics I must be honest — it’s difficult writing about hair care and beauty products at a time like this, when thousands upon thousands are suffering in Haiti right now. But good news from the world of hair and beauty — some very charitable companies have stepped forward to give support to our brothers and sisters in Haiti, just as they need it most. Every donation to Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti organization that is made through Karen’s Body Beautiful will be matched by the company.

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Help Haiti Through Hair Products

Filed under: Hair Politics My hair like Jesus wore it Hallelujah I adore it Hallelujah Mary loved her son Why don’t my mother love me? -From the musical Hair (1968) While I was walking out of the theater after viewing Chris Rock’s documentary “Good Hair,” the young lady I was with commented, half jokingly, “Why’d he have to give away all of the secrets?” But in the back of my mind I said, These were secrets ? She, like my BV colleague Carmen Dixon, seemed a bit flustered with the movie and its message and what audiences were supposed to take away from it

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Good Hair: It’s Just Jokes, Baby. Or Is It?

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Filed under: Natural Hair , Weaves & Extensions , Hair Politics If there’s one good thing to arise from Chris Rock’s ‘Good Hair’ documentary, its the dialogue that the film has created. Sure, it stemmed mostly from the fact that some of us felt attacked by the filmmakers’ perspective.

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Team Natural or Team Weave?

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Filed under: Hairstyles , Trends , Hair Politics I’m not one to gossip, so you didn’t hear it from me. But over the weekend, the Internet was abuzz over one little girl with a very grown-up hairstyle

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Willow Smith’s Hair: Too Cute or Too Much?

Filed under: Video , Hair Politics File this under: When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong.

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Teacher Cuts Child’s Braid – What Would You Do?

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