Getty Images/iStockphoto When a woman stopped wearing a wig to work and started wearing her natural curly hair, her boss took issue with the change, according to court documents. Imani Jackson’s ...

I was told Black women’s hair could not have color ... providing education and cutting-edge science to the hair care community. Being the boss is big business. The calls, the tests.

However, one woman named Emily Benschoter was told she needed to cover up her pink hair after she already accepted ... to show our tattoos at work. My boss had a small, beautiful one she covered ...

"So often the story of Black women is told through struggle ... she wasn't pretty enough after being told by her boss to "fix" her hair, and asked if she'd consider plastic surgery when working ...

As a gay, Black woman in a predominantly male-driven environment, Weekes-Rivera said she feels added pressure to be strong and was mortified to learn that she was in trouble because of her hair.

It's more than a song; it's a message for Black people to preserve themselves on all levels, including when it comes to their hair. At the time of its release, the concept of a Black woman wearing ...

That sense of shame is more common than one might think. Though studies suggest that almost half of all women will grow facial hair at some point in their lives, visible facial hair, whether that ...