Black women rewriting the rules on hairstyles

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latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-ethnicstyle-20101031,0,2132875.story latimes.com Black women rewriting the rules on hairstyles Individuality trumps conformity as locks go long, short, natural, curly and straight. By Alene Dawson Special to the Los Angeles Times October 31, 2010 Advertisement A year ago, Chris Rock's "Good Hair" hit theaters, examining the historically complicated relationship many African Americans have had with their hair. Now two new videos are rocking YouTube with the idea that times have changed: African American hair — any hair, for that matter — can be stylish, fun, beautiful or funky, and an expression of individual flair, no matter its texture, color or length. Willow Smith, the 9-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, is pure joy as she tosses her head around in her upbeat music video "Whip My Hair," which debuted Oct. 18. In the video, Willow wears a cavalcade of hairstyles, whipping around long braids, flaunting a faux 'hawk, dancing in Afro-puffs and twists, and commanding the room in a cotton-candy-colored extravagant 'do. "Don't matter if it's long or short, do it — do it with your hair," she sings. At the same time, the Sesame Street video "I Love My Hair" has become an Internet sensation this fall featuring an exuberant brown Muppet who joyously sings about her natural hair and all of the ways that she can wear it: in an Afro, cornrows, barrettes — "up, down and all around" — embracing individual expression and showing that hair can be fun. Read more at www.latimes.com

 

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