kinky

Philomina Kane, a hair-care content creator who goes by NaturallyPhilo, launched KIN — which stands for “Keep It Naturally” — in response to the lack of inclusive headwear for people with kinky and curly hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

But he also sought to give Black people choices in hairstyles, and as early as 1966 began experimenting with what the authors of “Hair Story” described as “a chemical process to turn kinky hair curly.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022

For generations, many Black people had viewed their naturally kinky hair as a liability, and either trimmed it close to the scalp or straightened it, often using painfully caustic chemicals to do so.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

She, too, has seen how, over the past decade, there has been an extreme focus on encouraging women of African ancestry to celebrate their kinky, curly and coily hair texture.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

Calpurnia was past middle age and her body had thickened a little, her kinky hair was graying, and she squinted from myopia.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

My own hair had always been bright red, but lately it had started getting darker and kinkier.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson