How I Finally Got the Blond Highlights of My Dreams as an Afro-Latina
In this personal essay, PS Juntos director Johanna Ferreira shares her journey of getting blond highlights as a brown-skinned Afro-Latina.
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These Afro and mixed-race hairstyles could soon appear as emojis on your keyboards!
Of the 4,000 emojis concentrated behind our keyboards, there is not one representing Afro or mixed-race hairstyles. To compensate for this cruel lack of hair, a collective has come up with emojis ...
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All About Afro: unravelling the culture behind African hair braiding
So, what has caused this change to happen? Has time really adjusted how Afro hairstyles are looked upon? Arguably, when celebrities with highly influential followings such as Kim Kardashian-West e ...
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Understanding afro hair: Myths, truths and why it matters
The belief that afro hair is unprofessional in the workplace is rooted in biased beauty standards that favour Eurocentric hairstyles. A 2023 Workplace Hair Acceptance Report by World Afro Day ...
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An animation breakthrough makes it possible to more accurately illustrate Black hair
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.
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Control, tame, fight: why we need to rethink the language around afro hair
“There seems to be a real need to constantly control frizz, tame edges and reframe the afro hairstyle to make it more palatable for society. Having untamed edges doesn’t mean your hairdo is ...