Tag: Hair

One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone

Generations of Black American women recall weekend afternoons spent watching an iron comb glow like molten lava on…

Roxane Gay: Will Smith Was Wrong, but Being Thin-Skinned Is Not

Ms. Pinkett Smith has alopecia, a condition resulting in hair loss that disproportionately affects Black women. It was…