In this article, I chronicle the ways in which Black women's hair has been used not only to
exert political oppression and dominance, but also to resist alienation in the Americas …

Abstract Systems of oppression have shaped the prejudicial treatment of Black people
based on the appearance of their hair, from the era of chattel enslavement to present-day …

Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love
Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who …

ABSTRACT For African American women, hair is a key site of identity formation and self-
esteem that has been largely ignored by education researchers. Fifty-six African American …

While a growing body of literature has examined factors that contribute to Asian Americans'
negative body image, little research has investigated Asian Americans' body image from a …

In January 2019, instant noodle giant Nissin Foods released two animated advertisements
online featuring Naomi Osaka, which elicited backlash over “whitewashing” the multiracial …

Discrimination toward black hair is pervasive in today's society. Hair discrimination is
negative bias manifested toward black natural or textured hair styles typically worn by …

In spite of the recent popularity of “going natural” among Black Caribbean women of African
descent, the wearing of natural hair by these women continues to be a contentious issue in …

Media (eg, film) are often designed around cisgender, heternormative logics and are not
representative of the multiplicity of identities and identity expressions that exist in the world …

Purpose: Unboxing is a relatively new social media occurrence, where a YouTube unboxer's
amateur video gradually unwraps and reviews a new product for the followers. The …