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more about #weaves 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 » Eric Northman is mine: I loved when Oprah said good hair is healthy hair. What's the point in doing weaves if your edges are jacked up or braids if your hair is too brittle.... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: For the most part, I loved this episode and sort of fell in love with Chris Rock (even more so) for actually giving a damn. A few observations, though... more » History Major: I really really loved Solange appearance today. She may not have the commercial success of her sister but she holds her own. She really said some true... more » MizJenkins: Solange looks great but daaaaaaamn, that bish is from Houston. Do Tina and Beyonce even speak to her anymore? more » heywhat: I was talking to my mother the other day and she told me the story about when she started her first job. It was the 70s and no one relaxed or straight... more » keldo: I loved Solange first for her tweets and now I love her for her choice to liberate herself from the hair bullshit. AND she looks gorgeous! more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: I don't buy his argument that men don't care about hair. Just as an anecdote: I have super curly huge biracial hair. When I straighten it and wear i... more » Furface: "There was never a year of the small butt?" Way to replace one anxiety with another, Chris Rock. more » 1.1.1.: I'm black and I've never seen anyone with a weave before -- it's not a universal phenomenon. What Chris says about black men not caring about hair is... more » -
#hairapparent
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 » -
#tyrant
Tyra Unveils Real Hair; Interviews Evil Leprechaun
For the premiere of the fifth season of her talk show today, Tyra wore her real hair. Then she sat down to interview Perez Hilton and pretended like she doesn't read his site or hate his guts. More » -
#tresstests
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 » -
#badvertising
"If You Donβt Use Our Services You Will Be Just As Idiotic As These Black Womenβ
"No matter which angle you dissect this little thirty second spot from, only one conclusion is possible; the purposeful exposure of the so-called desperate ignorance of Black women." Also, does the ad pit blacks against Eastern Europeans? [Womanist Musings, Racialicious] -
#hairapparent
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 » -
#leftovers
Prosecutors Argue Casey Anthony's Diary Entry Indicates Her Guilt β’ Bullet Found Tangled In A Woman's Weave
β’ New evidence released in the Caylee Anthony case: Five days after Caylee's disappearance, Casey Anthony allegedly wrote in her diary: "I have no regrets...I just hope that the end justifies the means." β’ More » -
