Hair Politics
Weave for a Toddler?
As an adult, you're within your rights to get just about any kind of hairstyle you want. Braid it ...
The World's Longest Locs
They measure 19 feet, 6 inches long. When dry, they weigh four pounds. When wet, at least 10 pounds. ...
American Apparel Has Policies About Black Hair
The litany of complaints about American Apparel's advertising and hiring policies are so long, ...
Willow Smith's Mohawk: Kids and Self Expression
Consider this a follow up to an earlier post - Willow Smith's Hair: Too Cute Or Too Much? Because ...
Natural Hair + Couples In Love = Win
If you're sick and tired of the "black women are desperate and single and wookin' pa nub" meme that ...
Your Hair Could Stop Oil Spills!
The recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is beyond tragic for the wildlife and the residents of ...
No More Grays? You Don't Say!
In terms of beauty technology, we really have come a long way. However, when it comes to dealing ...
Can I Touch Your Hair?
It happens to me...oh maybe once every two weeks. Usually it's at an event where people are drinking ...
Support Your Sister Soldiers!
Going off to war must be terrifying and strange -- being a soldier in a foreign land, sent to fight ...
The Natural Hair Girl's Search for an Affordable Stylist
Some hairstyles don't cost a lot. If you're looking to get a shape up at a barber, or a relaxer at a ...
Is Shaving Your Head Age-Appropriate?
Last spring when Cassie shaved a side of her hair clean, people went crazy. Why, they thought, ...
Relaxer Leaves Woman Bald
Thanks to one of my favorite hair blogs, Black Girl With Long Hair -- I caught wind of this ...
The Weave Chronicles: Haiti, Brazil & the Economy
I wear a weave proudly. I'm not ashamed by the term, the process or the purchase. When it comes to ...
Black History and Hair
It's Black History Month -- 28 days of education and celebration of our ancestors. And here at ...
The Straight Hair Pill
What would you do for straight hair? Some of us use chemicals or heat. Some of us buy hair and ...
Help Haiti Through Hair Products
I must be honest -- it's difficult writing about hair care and beauty products at a time like this, ...
New Year's Resolutions For Your Hair
You probably made some for the rest of your life, but in 2010, your hair needs some brave new ...
Teacher Cuts Child's Braid - What Would You Do?
File this under: When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong. This story comes to you by way of Elegant Ignance ...
Willow Smith's Hair: Too Cute or Too Much?
I'm not one to gossip, so you didn't hear it from me. But over the weekend, the Internet was ...
Hello, Newsweek!
If you visited Newsweek.com's Human Condition blog today, you may have been greeted by this ...
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