OpEd – Beautifaire

19 Apr

Op-Ed: Renaming Black Hairstyles Promotes Erasure – essence.com

Manny Carabel/Getty Images Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Boxer braids? Buddha knots? Cloud bob? What now? In a since-removed image of Tracee Ellis Ross in a Vogue article about flattering haircuts for thicker hair types, her bouffant afro, beautifully captured framing her face, was instead called something else: a “cloud bob.” While bobs are undoubtedly trending and Ross’s fluffy ‘fro meets the style’s length requirement, the article quickly triggered a unified sentiment: “It’s 2026 and we’re gonna stop Christopher Columbus-ing Black people’s hairstyles,” said creator RaeShanda Lias in a TikTok video with over 70,000 likes (and counting). According to another creator known as certifiedreadergirl on the same platform, “they are trying to erase the afro so white people, particularly the Kardashians and the...

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13 Apr

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

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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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27 Feb

Op-Ed: Rihanna’s Latest Magazine Cover Is Not A ‘Hidden

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Op-Ed: Rihanna’s Latest Magazine Cover Is Not A ‘Hidden

Latest Magazine Cover Christopher Polk/NBC via Getty Images Who would’ve thought Rihanna‘s British Vogue cover featuring her beautiful son and partner would launch a tirade of Twitter debates in regards to the hidden agenda to destroy Black love and Black families? Contrary to belief of the small percentage of ranters, Black love is without end evolving and expanding. The more significant issue appears to be surrounding the positioning of the couple, with Rihanna within the front and ASAP Rocky, captured holding their son, behind her. The imagery of a Black woman on the forefront seemingly contradicts the assumed makeup of what a Black family should seem like. Because to some, the image of Black love is heteronormative, featuring dominant masculinity coupled with...

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22 Nov

OP-ED: Was Black Lives Matter A Scam? – Essence

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OP-ED: Was Black Lives Matter A Scam? – Essence

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors on an episode of “Good Trouble” | James Clark/Getty The artist formerly often called Kanye West has endured sustained criticism ever since debuting his “White Lives Matter” t-shirt design at his YZY SZN 9 presentation in Paris earlier this month, not only outfitting his models with the garment but posing with the design with noted conservative firebrand Candace Owens. In response to the initial backlash over his sartorial decisions, Ye took to Instagram Stories to deal with the backlash, posting: “Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam. Now It’s Over. You’re Welcome.” What Ye is referring to is the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation – which, in accordance with its original three founders (Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia...

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