This week wraps a year round commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the first slave ship from Africa landing in Jamestown, Virginia with a campaign by the Government of Ghana, West Africa inviting the diasporaContinue reading
Category: Hair News
Miss Universe’s Short Cropped Crown and the Changing Pageant Beauty Standard
Tonight, South African contestant Zozibini Tunzi became the new Miss Universe while competing in a crown of her own natural short cropped hair. While beauty pageants, generally, are having less viewership as society moves awayContinue reading
Gabrielle Union’s AGT Firing: On Versatile 4C Hair Being ‘Too Black’ {Video}
Actress Gabrielle Union reportedly got axed as a judge on the NBC talent competition show America’s Got Talent for wearing “too Black” hairstyles, among other reasons, multiple news outlets are reporting. In an article byContinue reading
This MD County Is First In America to Ban Natural Hair Discrimination
I am so proud of a county in my home state, Montgomery County, for becoming the first county in the United States with a law on the books that makes it unlawful, and punishable byContinue reading
It’s Still Bold and Controversial: Another TV Journalist Goes Natural
This is a new trend I like. Another television news personality has shed her weaves, straighteners and wigs that covered and “tamed” her natural hair. Charlotte, North Carolina newscaster at WSOC-TV, DaShawn Brown, changed herContinue reading
It’s Not Just A Hairstyle: Why I’m fine with Shahs of Sunset GG’s Box Braids {Explaining ‘Cultural Appropriation’ …AGAIN!}
When Shahs of Sunset star Golneasa “GG” Gharachedaghi debuted her box braids this week, I personally approved her wearing them but in doing so got into yet another RIDICULOUS debate with clueless fans who insist on dismissingContinue reading
This Mom Is On a Mission to Help Adoptive Parents Manage Their Black Children’s Hair
One Chicago mom has made it her mission to assist transracial parents manage their black adoptive kids’ hair Tamekia Swint uses her skills as a stylist to help educate parents of black children on haircare.Continue reading
Serena Williams on the Mom-Daughter African Hair Braiding Bond
Tennis star Serena Williams who burst on the world Tennis stage with her sister a couple decades ago is still an advocate for braids. The 23 time Grand Slam champ shared a tender moment ofContinue reading
Braided Styles for Summer Swimming Season for Little Girls
I need to get my 11-year old daughter’s hair braided for daily swim season. She swims on a recreational team and I’m in search of a style that is easy to install, will survive dailyContinue reading
Watch Elle Magazine’s Documentary About Braids and Cultural Appropriation
In 2017, Elle magazine commissioned a documentary called “Braided” that goes into the unique history of braided hair in America down to recent discussions about cultural appropriation as non-black women have begun toContinue reading