For Black women, the process of maintaining their hair can be fraught. To tame texture or curls, many women spend long hours in a stylist’s chair or subject their hair to harsh chemical relaxers to ...

Hair is sacred to Black women, as are the institutions that shift and mold our tresses, styling them for seasons and occasions. Beauty salons are staples in the Black community, but the braiding shop ...

The damage chemical hair relaxers can have on Black women is coming under intense scrutiny. Several landmark studies have been published in the last year highlighting the link between chemical hair ...

Leave it to Lady Gaga to be the talk of the red carpet. The actor and pop icon—who rocked a (literal) meat dress in 2010 and dedicated an entire song on her Born This Way album to expressing herself ...