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13 Apr

Op-Ed: Coco Gauff’s Hair Isn’t ‘Unkept’—You’re Just Anti-Black –

Op-Ed: Coco Gauff’s Hair Isn’t ‘Unkept’—You’re Just Anti-Black –
Instagram / @cocogauff Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In the Black community, being “presentable” often means having your hair “done.” And, by “done,” that means having your natural hair texture politely hidden. To the point, even tennis star Coco Gauff’s textured bun in a Miu Miu ad was subject to that same anti-Black rhetoric this week. After taking a month-long social media detox, Gauff said she returned to X to see thousands of people talking about the way she looks. “And, not in a positive way,” she nervously chuckled in a response video on TikTok. The discourse around her hair started one week ago when she posted a Miu Miu ad of her wearing a natural-textured bun on Instagram. ...
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29 Feb

Why my disfigurement is not your Halloween costume

Why my disfigurement is not your Halloween costume
Mikaela Moody on the explanation she created the term disfiguremisia and its relevance at Halloween My name is Mikaela Moody. I'm visibly disfigured by a genetic condition called Crouzon's syndrome. I'm 27, a white British trans woman, a musician, and a author (totally on Twitter). Autumn is one in all my favourite times of 12 months – mostly due to the lead-up to Christmas, but Halloween is neat, too. I just like the fun side of Halloween (I'm not an enormous fan of being scared!); I like ‘spoopy’ Halloween. The proliferation of green, purple and orange is charming, and I benefit from the kitsch, and the familial atmosphere of children in costumes and pumpkin patches. As...
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