I would also like to point out the beauty standards of people who “appreciate natural beauty in black women” because those are also flawed. I see this constant trend of oversexualized black women who ...

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A s a Black woman I’ve spent much of my life trying to find the balance between styling my hair and preserving it. Growing up ...

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Braiding traditions across the African diaspora both predate and defy the colonial confines set forth to erase and subjugate ...