When Christine Platt decided to become a minimalist, she discovered a world of complicated, conflicting rules and sleek, expensive furniture, all neatly wrapped with the lure of simplicity. But when she attempted to incorporate the plain, neutral designs of minimalism into her home, she encountered a roadblock: She hated it. Instead, she chose a different […]
Image generated using Adobe FireflyAs it becomes more common to use artificial intelligence (AI) for everything from tweaking the photos for your dating app profile to generating the art for mainstream movie posters, we had to wonder — how will a computer’s capacity to replicate curls affect the way we look at them ourselves?But before
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Headwraps are found in almost every culture and religion. In various places and times, they’ve been symbols of marital and cultural status, worn as signs of respect, and fulfilled the basic job of protecting people against the elements. But they’ve also been symbols of oppression. In 1768, the Spanish governor of Louisiana enacted the “tignon law,”
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‘The Freedom to Unapologetically
Be You’
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Acclaimed soprano Angela Brown mentors and inspires emerging Black opera singers after noticing so few in the room who looked like her
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If you’re feeling nostalgic for the hair trends of your youth, not to worry. Several of them are making a comeback with satisfying modern flair.
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When was the first time you saw someone with your hair texture on TV? While your response likely depends on when you grew up and your cultural background, your experience with how those looks were represented might have been eerily similar.Women with naturally textured hair haven’t always been represented in a positive light on-screen. And there’s
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If you close your eyes and picture a barber, what do you see? Perhaps it’s an aproned tradesman working on a client in a swivel chair inside a shop with a candy-striped pole out front. Or maybe you imagine a hipster barber with a handlebar mustache and ink sleeves wielding a straight razor.Barbering has been
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In June 2020, Kennedy George and Ava Holloway went viral when they danced in front of a defaced confederate monument in downtown Richmond, Virginia.The two ballerinas demonstrated that their craft could be a catalyst for change. Not only did their performance address ongoing racial injustice in the United States, it also called out the fact
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