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more about #hairapparent more comments → funzette: Hirsute suits her! #themarveloushairygirls more » Jessysaurusrex: I'm now having flashbacks to the film, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. #themarveloushairygirls more » unmoldednicole: I plan to get this book. Has anybody heard much about it? Amazon only has one review. I know that Aristotle was an intelligent fellow.... I guess.... ... more » Elmo: I love the title #themarveloushairygirls more » bluebears: Well that is the first time I've heard Solange Knowles actually speak and I am really impressed. She seems so down to earth and intelligent. more » MirabelleIshed: Maybe this is a black american thing. Here in Australia, I had no idea of any of the hair stereotypes mentioned about black women's hair. Angry hair... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: I am totally encouraging my redheaded girlfriend to make a doc about working in Zimbabwe. She gets her mane touched every day, along with pitying comm... more » ZemarSea Urchin: Also, at the risk of being flamed, why is that white women need to equate their own hair experience with the black hair experience? And why the need ... more » ZemarSea Urchin: I am very happy that the Chris Rock Docufilm has become so popular and received so much press. Growing up in this kind of culture is an incredible exp... more » RosiMac: I was really turned off by how superior Oprah gets in that first clip when Chris finds she's wearing her own hair. more » baboonbutt: I am in love with the afro. I think they are so beautiful. My feelings about it are tied up with some of the happiest, carefree times in my life and w... more » quinnelizabeth: I have hair that grows kinky and curly and horizontally. Before it hits my shoulders, its wider than them. I feel that as a multi-racial person, I s... more » Whitney's Black Best Friend: Tracie is right about Tyra teaching the world about weaves. On tonight's episode of ANTM, I learned that you cannot put your hair into a high ponytai... more » Cimorene: Can I also just say that hair is a total grass-is-greener thing? I have the whitest hair ever--it's really like barbie hair (only not plastic), blond... more » Eric Northman is mine: Also I love the parallel they drew between long, straight hair being the ideal in the black community and blond hair in the white community. Particula... more » -
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Hairy Girls Were "Welcomed In The Courts Of Europe"
The Marvelous Hairy Girls tells the story of 16th-century sisters with hypertrichosis universalis — hair all over their bodies. They weren't ridiculed — because all women were considered a little bit "monstrous." [Echidne of the Snakes] -
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Oprah & Chris Rock Talk Good Hair
Today on Oprah, Chris Rock discussed his documentary Good Hair, which investigates how black women treat—and feel about—their hair. He tried to explain weaves to white viewers, but they already learned all about that from Tyra and ANTM. More » -
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Keeping Michelle's Hair In Perspective
Jenee Desmond-Harris wrote a piece for Time titled "Why Michelle's Hair Matters." It's both refreshing and sad that black hair keeps making the news. More » -
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Better Question: Is Anything Not A Fetish?
It would seem innocuous bob haircuts are a major fetish for a certain subset, who associate the do with "prostitutes." Who knew - besides the apparently thousands of fetishists?! [WCP] -
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At-Home Haircuts: A Horror Story.
Despite the fact that 90% of the time it is among the world's worst ideas and an inarguably false economy so far as self-respect goes, frugal at-home haircutting is apparently on the rise. I can vouch for it:
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Combing Through The Deeply Rooted Politics Of Black Hair Issues
In today's New York Times, Catherine Saint Louis attempts to get to the root of the politics surrounding black hair. She touches on "good hair," the "creamy crack," Malia Obama's twists and Chris Rock's new documentary. She writes: More » -
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"I Am Her HAIRDRESSER!!"
Sarah Palin's hairdresser calls bullshit (via Twitter) on claims that Sarah's hair was thinning because of stress.. "U will not use me in a LIE media!!!!" she deftly elaborates, then blaming the left-wing media. [Wonkette] -
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Kendra: "I Am A Waxing Virgin"; The Rest Of The World: "Huh?"
On last's night Kendra, Kendra claimed that her fiancé "has always putten [sic] up with this big bush I have." Then she said she was a "waxing virgin." You could have knocked me over with a pubic hair. More » -
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Anna Wintour's Hair: Slim
Hairdresser Charlie Chan: "I tried [to change her hair] but she wouldn't have it any other way...But the bob suits her. It suits a certain face. It works best on a thin, Oriental face, a slim person." [NYMag via NST] -
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"Trend" Alert: Clean-Shaven Balls
Judging from ad campaigns launched by several different manufacturers of men's shaving products, we're here to report that ball trimming/shaving seems to be a new, encouraged standard of grooming. Finally, a marketing trend we can getbehindon our knees for! More » -
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How Hair Affects African American Girls' Self-Esteem
Taking a cue from Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, today's Tyra examined how black women — including little girls — feel about their hair, and the (at times painful) lengths they go to alter it. More » -
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In A Lather: The Evils Of Shampoo
A burgeoning "no-poo" movement is putting the kibosh on shampoo! More » -
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Blowing Out Hair At Home Really... Blows
Apparently, the economy has led to an upswing in "blow-drying seminars" at upscale salons. To those of us who can't handle a round brush, it'll take more than that. More » -
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A Haircut So Special Only Rich People Understand It
How is it possible to read two thousand words describing a haircut and come away with no idea what the hell Vogue's Plum Sykes is talking about? Is this some kind of weird, fashionista code? More » -
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20 Years Of Bret Michaels' Hair
Bret Michaels puts more effort into covering up his scalp than most Rock of Love contestants do with their breasts or crotches. What's a goin' on under that bandanna?
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