This isn’t your typical competition, there aren’t any balls and there’s no physicality, just long hair. There were tons of people at the mullet ...

Black women are well aware of the significance of braids. A versatile protective style, braiding has been a cultural staple ...

Scene: A hair salon, inky wretch sitting in a chair, a barber with scissors and a comb going through what was once a head-full of hair. Snip, snip, snip. Talk, talk, talk.