Hair. Yes, it’s just keratin — but it’s also identity, politics, economics and more. Whether it be our story on the growth of the natural hair movement in Africa, or an entrepreneurial “tennis racket” device or the creation of modern wigs for young Orthodox Jewish women, we loved putting together this series.
| OZY's Hair! series looks at the pleasure and politics of our beloved locks. Hair: Long or short, curly or straight, light or dark or colored — the mighty mane is a part of our human bodies that we tend to pay a lot of attention to (and money on). And because we often associate our precious locks with our identity, well, that makes its upkeep — care and style — a mighty important focus. Meet the people who are celebrating their natural hair and creating a wealth of options for others to love their kinks and curls. | READ NOW |
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| | This entrepreneur is a grinder on a mission — to get your hair in shape easily. Noel Durity has created a device resembling a tennis racket to tease out Afrocentric hair. Taking his creation on Shark Tank, he impressed judges Mark Cuban and Daymond John to the tune of $225,000. Now Durity's Twist It Up is a lean and mean operation — with just a dedicated social media person, a photographer and an outside CPA — that was on track to do over $1 million in sales in 2019. | READ NOW |
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| | A 250,000-strong online community for curly hair confidence resides at r/curlyhair. |
| | After pandering to Western notions of hair beauty for decades, West Africa is finally embracing natural hair. But it isn't easy. |
| | From weed that can save wildlife to Bolivia's vanishing spuds, here’s the best of OZY this week. |
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