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February 22, 2024
Tori Otten
Texas Judge: It’s Totally OK That School Punished Black Kid Over His Hair
The shocking ruling comes after a Black high school student’s monthslong punishment over his locs.
March 23, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Demi Lovato’s Sexual Assault Revelations: A Black Eye for Disney?
Her new documentary, “Dancing With the Devil,” is a masterclass in owning the narrative.
April 20, 2016
Sarah Gold McBride
When Americans Thought Hair Was a Window to the Soul
And how it contributed to our own racist history.
February 17, 2016
Kurt Stenn
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
How hair became a fashionable way to remember the dead.
September 23, 2015
Siri Hustvedt
Notes Toward a Theory of Hair
Novelist Siri Hustvedt reflects on the cultural meaning of coiffure
January 20, 2014
Alice Robb
Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries Have Quintupled
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