braids

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"Braids, famously, are called a protective style," she later told me.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Braids and weaves can make visits to the pool or the gym more manageable, for instance, and having a protective style requires a lot less hair products to pack while traveling, saving luggage space.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

Included in the Feral File exhibition are images from her “Blonde Braids Studies,” which explore the limitations of Midjourney’s algorithm to produce images of Black women with natural blond hair.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

“Cornrows, Box Braids, and Little Afro Puffs,” her book about a little Black girl visiting a hair salon with her supportive mother and learning to love herself, was published in June 2022.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

Braids were a little more deadly with his long hair than the man bun he was currently rocking.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith