kinky
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Bailey lets her displeasure be known by having a friend shave off her beautiful spray of kinky hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
In turn, Black women have long utilized their kinky textures as a form of survival and resistance.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The next time it’s asked to weigh in on issues of kinky coils, Bantu knots, twist-outs and dreads, the court may have an in-house expert.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
There is so much growth that can come from learning how to love one’s nappy and kinky hair in a world built around soft and silky.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
I followed the guard into the back, all eyes on me, where I found a man with red kinky hair and a wide nose sitting at a low desk.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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The hair at the nape of the neck, which is typically shorter, kinkier and considered more difficult to style.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2023
If you have a kinkier, coarser hair texture, you can easily spend three or four hours on what we call “wash day.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2017
They are beyond square, which is to say that they are stranger, kinkier and more interestingly individual than David, Rose, Kenny or Casey.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013
But just as a botanical insurrection seems imminent —a sort of “Rise of the Planet of the Azaleas” — things take a kinkier and daffier turn.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2012
Did he have Hope and Dell's loose curls or my tighter, kinkier hair?
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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