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The unbearable politicizing of black hair

TweetFull Disclosure: I’ve been natural for nearly 12 years. Many years ago, when I was working on a big real estate project as an entry level project manager, a fellow black woman admonished me for wearing a colorful headscarf. At the time, I wore my hair in double strand twists that I would do myself, [...]
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Bachmann Sexism Watch: Hair and Makeup Edition

Tweet Pic via Remember Palin Sexism Watch and Hillary Sexism Watch during the last presidential election? I guess it’s time for the Bachmann version. Mother Jones of all places wrote yesterday about Michele Bachmann’s hair and makeup bill: According to Bachmann’s latest campaign finance filings, her campaign spent nearly $4,700 on hair and makeup in [...]
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Making a personal choice at the expense of other women

TweetIn a recent New York Times article, For Russia’s Poor, Blond Hair is Snippet of Gold, we learn about the international market for blonde hair: …on a lane where geese waddle through muddy puddles, a brick building holds crate upon crate of this region’s one precious harvestable commodity: human hair, much of it naturally blond. [...]
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