Tag: Black Hair
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The Crown Act Gets Closer to Becoming Law: Is this Progress?
The United States is getting closer to making discrimination against natural Black hairstyles officially against the law. On March 18, 2022, the Crown Act was passed in the House of Representatives, leaving just two more steps for the Act to become federal law. It has to pass in the Senate and then officially be signed…
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Will Smith, Chris Rock and a Black Woman’s Hair
My writing career started in the world of celebrity journalism. But it never sat well with my conscience. I always felt a sense of unease commenting on the lives of actors and entertainers, as if their actions and reactions to the mundane were somehow imbued with a significance above and beyond the rest of us…
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A Hair Story Giveaway: Tell Me Why You Love Black Hair!
Hello Meltingpot Community, As February winds down and we finish our 28 days of celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Hair Story:Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America, my co-author, Ayana Byrd and I want to do a Hair Story giveaway. Yes, it’s technically our book’s birthday, but we want to give our fans a…
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MAMP Stories Podcast Ep#59: The History of Hair Story with Ayana Byrd + Lori Tharps
On episode 59 of the podcast, we’re having a birthday party for a very special book. And that book is, Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. Hair Story is the first book that I ever wrote, with my good friend, the journalist and author, Ayana Byrd. Hair Story covers the history,…
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A New Black Hair Narrative: Black Hair is Not Problematic
Hello Meltingpot Community, Once upon a time, I wrote a book called Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. I wrote Hair Story with my friend Ayana Byrd, way back in the late 1990s. The book covers the history, culture, politics and business of Black hair and was released in 2001. In…
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Asian Men Getting Afros: It’s Officially A Thing!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s the last Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for a Black hair check-in. Today’s story was inspired by the esteemed Dr. Yaba Blay, who posted a video on her Professional Black Girl Facebook page. I watched the video and was amazed that; 1) Without chemicals you could turn straight…
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Six Reasons Why Mattel Has Made Me Rethink My Barbie Ban
ADIOS BARBIE Let’s just put it out there. Barbie used to be my nemesis. As a child, I found her thin, plastic limbs too angular to play with. She seemed cold and unfeeling, unlike my menagerie of soft, squishy, baby dolls and furry stuffed animals. I wanted nothing to do with Barbie or her dream…
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#FridayFavorites: Books and Black Hair Products
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Now that I’m back to blogging after an, ahem, brief time away, I’ve decided to add some new features to the blog. One of these new features is a weekly post that will highlight whatever person, place or thing I’m currently crushing on. It could be a book, or a restaurant or…
