America has a proud tradition of freaking out when the surgeon general offers helpful health tips (see: Dr. Joycelyn Elders). So it almost seems like Dr. Regina M. Benjamin was looking for trouble when she made a point about obesity, black women, and hair.
In recent years we've been subjected to several campaigns that aim to make breast cancer (you know, the deadly disease) more "sexy." Now the idiotic effort to make cancers that affect women more titillating has reached a new low, literally: Women in Canada are being urged to shave their pubic hair into a creative…
A London boy was sent home from his first day of school for wearing his hair in cornrows, which apparently violated his school's strict dress code. Now a court has ruled this was discriminatory.
When dudes get hair transplant surgery, should they tell their friends and colleagues? And if so, do they risk being mocked for their "manity?"
And if it is, what of the iconic bald men of history and literature? At least, that's what some people are asking.
A Louisiana boy was suspended from his junior high school last week for refusing to cut his hair. The ACLU says this violates his freedom of religion — it also seems to violate common sense.
In the past few weeks I've seen two advice columns exhort men to manscaping. Granted, this "advice" came from Cosmo and Ashley Dupre, respectively. But the rationale seemed problematic.
Guinness World Records has named 11-year-old Supatra Sasuphan of Thailand the hairiest girl in the world. According to The Daily Mail, Supatra is one of only 50 known sufferers of Ambras Syndrome, which causes hair to grow on her face, ears, arms, legs and back.
Non-redheads are obsessed with going red. It's kind of odd.
Adult film star Joanna Angel has added pubic hair conditioner and pubic hair dye to her line of Burning Angel Toys. Could this be another step toward the widespread acceptance of pubic hair in the adult entertainment industry? [AVN]
This image is ostensibly humorous, but is there some truth in this theory?
The parents of a 14-year-old kicked off his Junior High basketball team when he wouldn't cut his hair are planning to sue the school district.
Awesome: The Chicago History Museum is inducting 92-year old hairdresser Margaret Vinci Heldt — and the hat that inspired the first beehive hairdo — into their collection.
"Two mothers interviewed for this article independently cited a Florence-Henderson-as-Carol-Brady shag when searching for a way to describe a particular cut sported by little boys they know."
We loved the Sesame Street segment "I Love My Hair" — and the subsequent Willow Smith mashup — so naturally it's super exciting that there's an official T-shirt. Just in time for Christmas!
The troubled economy — along with changing style trends — have had a big impact on black hair salons. But is there an upside?
On Sunday's premiere of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, an actress wore a pubic wig to compensate for her own modern aesthetic. Mostly, merkins are employed to sidestep more restrictive MPAA ratings, but our collection of famous fake fur is still NSFW.
In Jenna's words, "I expected some kind of pink-and-purple glittery shit from Claire's. I clicked the link and...she pulled her hair back? I don't get it!" And yet, The Hair is an international topic.
33-year-old Richard Lorenc's search for his biological parents revealed that his mother is Vivian Wheeler, the 62-year-old Guinness World Record-holder for "longest female beard." Lorenc was kidnapped by his father, a carnival worker, but has now reunited with his mother.
One of the most intense and intimate relationships in our lives doesn't involve the words love or sex, but does involve the word hair. As I recently discovered, parting with a hairstylist is really not that different from a divorce...
