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14 Oct

’90s Music, ‘Golden Girls’ And Disneyland: Lauren London On

’90s Music, ‘Golden Girls’ And Disneyland: Lauren London On
Danny Williams After overcoming great obstacles in the previous couple of years, Lauren London is admittedly a modified person. You will have noticed. Since Nipsey Hussle’s passing in 2019, conversations together with her, about her, have been subdued and reflective — about loss, healing. But as ESSENCE learned in recent conversation together with her, she’s also been incredibly inspired — by her own strength and that of her two sons. That resilience has inspired her Ceaselessly Stronger collection with Puma, which originally was released in 2021 and quickly sold out. On June 9, a reimagined extension of the unique launch was made available. This one, still with the signature LA penmanship on the chest, was inspired by her boys and offers...
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1 Oct

Meet The Mom That Wrote ‘Hello Hair’, A Children’s

Meet The Mom That Wrote ‘Hello Hair’, A Children’s
It took 28-year-old Anita Grant greater than 20 years to let anyone outside of her close family see her natural hair. The Toronto, Canada native said it was because she’d seen mainstream media tout euro-centered beauty standards that made her feel like, as a black girl, she had to cover—a notion not unusual for her neighboring sisters within the US and beyond. Black women’s hair has been some extent of critique for hundreds of years. As TIME’s Areva Martin identified, the hate reached way back to when as when the US’s parent country, Britain determined that African hair was closer in texture to sheep’s wool than human. This wasn’t lost on Grant. Growing up, she found solace in reading popular 90s...
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