Can policing hair relate to community and equality, or is it solely a function of colonial militarism?
White-owned advertising agencies need to change, but fundamentally, projects aimed at black people need to be given to agencies that are black-owned or have at least demonstrated that they understand the market
Synthetic materials are effective in mopping up oil but human hair is cheaper and is biodegradable
Dismissing black people’s pain is dehumanising
Is ‘fine and flat’ a compliment or an insult? Depends who you ask…
What we want: Ramaphosa to cough up a hairball, racists in hair shirts and consumer boycotts that don’t turn hairy
These three common responses to racism must be deconstructed until something … clicks
This latest racist hair fiasco is just one more thing that all the darkies in me are tired of defending and explaining
‘In fact, combs are among the most frequently discovered relic of Viking society, indicating that they paid a lot of attention to their hair’
Photographer and graphic designer Dahlia Maubane tracks the ways of street hairstylists as insight on how women use and negotiate urban spaces.
"Seeing successful black women rocking different hairdos that I’d never seen before planted the love of hair into my soul"
Black pupils at the school want the rules on hair and language to be scrapped.
Females are still being told what’s in vogue – such as shaving pubic hair – and it’s less about being womanly and more about trying to stay girly.
Black women’s hair care is still fraught with shame and politics, to start with hairdresser’s annoyance at customers not using chemicals.
Frizz is fine for men, but women must iron out or wig up? That sheitel ain’t funny, girl.
Ahead of #MGFridayBody, an edition on body politics, we tackle beauty standards by challenging women to grow their body hair. Here are their diaries.
Other than certain individuals such as Elton John and Wayne Rooney most men accept hair loss with a sense of resignation.
Women who wear an Afro or dreadlocks sometimes sneer at me, telling me they feel "liberated" by their natural hair, says <b>Ayanda Sitole</b>.
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/ 18 October 2009
With the issue of how black women wear their hair being more contentious than ever, Hannah Pool looks at the politics of weaves, wigs and relaxers.