A scholar on racism weighs in on a recent court decision that upheld a school’s decision to punish a Black male student for wearing his hair in long locs.
Keeping warm in winter and cool in summer is down to more than the length of your hair.
A poster with a drawing of Marge Simpson cutting her hair in support of Iranian women, by aleXsandro Palombo, at a demonstration in London.
aleXsandro Palombo / TW
Rebeca Pardo, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Through different works and artists who have worked with hair we can understand what having control over one’s own hair implies for female identities.
Black women have been fighting for decades for the right to wear their natural hair. Here Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the premiere of ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ on Dec. 18, 2021, in San Francisco.
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Until Black women can wear their hair how they want without risk of ridicule, reprimand or termination, a joke targeting Black hair is no laughing matter.
Profesora del Grado en Fotografía. Investigadora sobre cultura visual, humanidades médicas y Autorreferencialidad., UNIR - Universidad Internacional de La Rioja