CONTROVERSIAL OPINION
Nigerian-American Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says President Obama Would Have Lost If Michelle Obama Was Natural
I am not sure if you saw the interview posted a few days ago where Nigerian-American author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ...
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“No Dreadlocks, Cornrolls, Twists, Braids” – Kentucky School Bans Natural Hair
Here we go again. Yet another ban against natural hair. “I can’t believe this is happening in 2016”, a phrase ...
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The Constant Chatter Around Black Women And Their Hair And Why I Stopped Caring
We (black girls) never seem to win. It’s not like this wasn’t apparent to me before but on that particular Friday when ...
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Hair Bullies: How To Deal With Them When You Create Hair Content
Social media has blown up since the rise of social network giants such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitter ...
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Ditch the Edge Control and Relax Your Edges or Nah?
As a natural, edge control is mandatory. Rough edges have the power to discredit an entire bomb twist out. So ...
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Is Knowing Your Hair Type Really Necessary?
3C/4A. At the start of my natural journey, that’s what someone said my hair type was. Hmm. Intrigued I ran ...
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To Her Its “Just Hair”, To Me Its An Earned Trophy Of Patient Persistence – Why #BlackHairMatters
“Why? It’s just hair. It’ll grow back.” These words were uttered by a white coworker who looked incredulously at me ...
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Do You Change Up Your Natural Hair For An Interview?
@teralyn.price Hair in the workplace is a topic that is brought up regularly within the natural community. It all comes ...
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My Niece Wants a Relaxer Is It Irresponsible Of Me To Support Her Despite My Sisters Views?
Being an aunt is probably one of the best roles that I have. I love my niece, Olive. She’s definitely ...
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White Girls Get Weave For The First Time And It’s A Big Deal “Apparently”
Have you guys seen the video of white girls getting a weave for the first time? A lot of the ...
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My Boss Sent An Email Letting Us Know Voluminous Natural Hair Was Inappropriate
As a natural black woman, for as long as I can remember I’ve had to be two people. I mean, ...
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Should I Feel Bad That My White Classmate Gets Compliments On Her Naturally Curly Hair And I Don’t?
So the other day I was sitting in class, just like any other Monday evening. I was a bit early, ...
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Zara Employee Told Her Look Was Not Clean Or Professional For The Stores Standards
Yesterday was a great day in natural hair acceptance news, today? Not so much! According to CBC news, there has ...
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People Magazine Got Dragged For Crediting Blac Chyna’s Bantu Knots To Bjork
By now you have probably seen Blac Chyna’s soon to be known as Angela Kardashian (sips tea), Bantu Knots. The ...
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Kids and Faux hair: At What Age Is It Okay?
The other day I was talking with my sister about my niece’s upcoming birthday. She will be turning 9 next ...
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What Would You Think If You Saw This Warning On Your Rental Office Door?
Have you all seen this photo floating around on your timelines yet? Social media has been going crazy over this ...
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I Think Its Fair To Consult Your Man When Making A Big Hair Change
Hair is one of the biggest accessories we as women have. We can switch up color, do an extreme chop, ...
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He Said My Natural Hair Was Intimidating
@phyliciabenn The other day I was at brunch with Jay, one of my best guy friends, having a juicy conversation ...
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Boxer Braids, Twisted Mini Buns, Urban Tie Caps? – Why Not Call The Style What It Is?
In case you want to know what those things mean, let me translate for you. Boxer braids is a new ...
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I Hate When People Assume I Am Bald Because I Like Wearing Weaves
A common misconception about girls who wear weave is that they are bald headed underneath and have no choice but ...
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News Flash! Blonde Hair Does Not Solely Belong To White Folk
Blonde hair is beautiful; it has the effect of taking years off your face, resulting in a more youthful and ...
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Lost Your Edges? – Would You Ever Consider An Edge Tattoo?
BRUH!- I never ever say I have seen it all because I know there will always be another thing that ...
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My Graduate School Professor Made Me Feel Bad About My Natural Hair
When I decided to go natural, I transitioned under protective styles for about 7 months, and then finally just decided ...
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One Of My Biggest Regrets Is Relaxing My 5yr Old Niece’s Hair
One of the biggest debates among black hair is whether relaxing a child’s hair is considered to be ok. For ...
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Does Your Salon Charge You More If You Have Natural Hair?
As I go through my daily reading reel of some of the blogs I love, I came across an article ...
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5 Reasons Why A Woman Might Choose Not To Go Natural
Don’t get me wrong, I love being a naturalista and I will never go back to getting a relaxer, but ...
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An Awesome Wig But The Comments Were So Negative
What do you think of this wig ladies? To me it’s fly as sh*t Posted by Trendinghairstyles on Monday, January ...
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How Do You Know If You’ve Got Good Hair?
@shanghaiprincess Yes honey child I said it. This is where I’ll give you the skinny on how you know you’ve ...
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“My Husband Refuses To Be Intimate With Me Because Of My Natural Hair!” – What Advice Would You Give?
The other day we received an email from one of our readers and after talking to her a bit we ...
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“Ladies Natural Hair Is Ugly” – Kenyan Blogger Tells Us How She Really Feels About Natural Hair
I get really torn when I have to share stories like this, I do not know if the person writing ...
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Study Brings To Light The Link Between Severe Ailments And Chemicals In Salons
I am sure that by now you have seen the article that sparked this discussion. It is a poignant piece on ...
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Do You Tip Your Stylist? – Stylist Receives A Bunch Of Quarters As A Tip
The above picture was posted yesterday on Facebook, looks like it had been going viral for awhile and it really ...
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Beyonce Is Being Accused OF White Cultural Appropriation Because Of Her Bangs
This week in hair pettiness, word on the street is that Beyonce is being accused of cultural appropriation and you ...
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Curlkit Gets In Hot Water For Including Kardashian Hair Products In Their September Box
How many of you subscribe to any of the subscription box services for hair products? The concept that was introduced ...
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Where Is It Ok To Be Black? – A Woman Gets Written Up For Having ‘Ethnic’ Styled Hair
I saw this post on Instagram today, it was posted by livey_j who saw it on on her Facebook page ...
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Allure Magazine Created A Guide To White Women On How To Make An Afro Causing Social Media Fire Storm
Do not chase me off your time lines and blog feeds yet. I know you are tired of reading about ...
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Should The Hair Community Keep Silent On Issues of Racial Profiling And Police Brutality?
We’ve seen the cases of brutality and injustice towards the black community increase daily with a fervor this generation has ...
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Rachel Dolezal Says She Is “Doing Braids And Weaves To Make Ends Meet”
Since the story broke about the white woman who identifies as black working as a leader in one of the ...
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Amandla Stenberg Calls Out Kylie Jenner For Her Cornrows And We Think That Was A Waste Of Time
I have been talking about Kylie Jenner a lot, I mean twice in a week, what is wrong with me? ...
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Teen Vogue’s Senegalese Twist Editorial Causes Uproar + 8 Times White Media Co-opted Black Trends #culturalappropriation
Is it too much to ask that media, magazines, editorial shoots, public forums and people taking our money to be ...
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