“Can you wear your hair straight or pulled back tomorrow?” my supervisor asked one morning as her eyes slid to the bouncy curls springing from my …
What We Learned This Year About Loving Our Hair and Body
Our contributors tackle natural hair in the workplace, pandemic weight gain, and embracing a healthy new year.

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It’s harder than you might expect to sit on your knees, reach behind you, grab the heels of your stilettos, and pull up while simultaneously pushing …
This excerpt from Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World by Hana Shafi is published with permission from Book*hug Press.
It’s embarrassing to admit the sources of certain sartorial and style choices, because the inspiration can be considered less than, well, inspiring. …
The presents have all been unwrapped, the tinsel taken down and frazzled nerves parked for another year. With that, it’s 2020 and time for fresh and …
“Don’t watch this part,” Dad says from the boat, a trout in his hand.Under the pretense of obedience, I slap my hands over my eyes, a child afraid of …