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#TextureTalks is an honest, insightful and often hilarious deep dive into the ups and downs of daily life for the curly, kinky and afro hair community fronted by a straight talking, dry humoured black female host with over 15 years experience caring for her afro hair with a hell of a lot to say about it! You'll get the real on Paige's first hand experiences, unpopular opinions, and heartfelt truths. Expect a mix of gritty guest interviews and solo storytelling like you've never heard before.
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The Texture of Me is expanding the standard of beauty by helping textured hair clients to have confidence in wearing their hair naturally through education, coaching, and a community. In our commitment to supporting people with textured hair, we are also bringing the awareness of the impact that hair discrimination has on people with textured hair. We have expanded our platforms by providing a podcast and YouTube for people to voice their experience and concerns with these issues. Come tell ...
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**** SEASON 1 COMING DECEMBER 29 **** Have you ever felt misunderstood, misplaced, or like you don’t belong in the space you are in? Have you struggled to find a sense of self? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try you’re never going to measure up or fit in And you’re not sure if you even want to. Welcome to The Puffy Hair Podcast. Where misfits with brown skin and curly hair rule! Whether you’re a brown person adopted by lighter folk or raised in an interracial family, you belong here ...
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Hi! I’m Johnene, Entrepreneur, Speaker and your Host for Once Upon A Texture! Get ready to hear about my journey of turning a hair tragedy into a beauty business. Each episode, I’ll tell stories about my past experiences, that can help entrepreneurs like you and me, navigate through adversity with faith and finesse today.
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Deeply Rooted with Dr. Cratissa is the place for thoughtful, intimate, and authentic discussions of natural hair stories that will help you find the words to describe your mental and emotional experiences during the transition to natural hair. Each episode features a new interview conducted by licensed Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Cratissa, and will include tips on how to choose a healthier natural hair journey while embracing your true self. You will also identify meaningful hair memories to ...
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An audio diary that documents black women's natural hair journeys. We answer the question: what’s it like to embrace your naturally textured hair? Here, you’ll find the courage to be you and the guidance you need in this journey of rediscovering yourself. In each episode, you’ll hear Lisa E, have unfiltered and informative discussions with different women who tell their personal true stories about how they are rocking their natural hair with confidence despite discrimination and bias. We ove ...
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Hey Curl Pros! Welcome to our little corner of this podcast world where facts are favored over opinions and food goes in our bellies. We are Aeleise (left) and Aishia (right), founders of Cut It Kinky + Black Girl Curls, licensed practicing natural hair stylists, brand agnostic curl educators, moms to tiny humans, upsetters of the Internet, and just your overall snarky aunties who really know our 'ish. Curls Disrupted was started because mainstream beauty outlets weren’t teaching relevant or ...
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A space of grace. Grace from the toxicity, confusion and misconceptions surrounding curly, natural hair. This is a space to celebrate the diversity of our hair. This is a space where we seek to change attitudes and the understanding of all things afro hair even if that afro is relaxed. Welcome. Come sit with us by our fireside. Let us share stories about the crowns on our heads.
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Conversations in Atlantic Theory

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy

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These conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theory to the black Atlantic to sites of indigenous resistance and self-articulation, as well as the complex geography of thinking between traditions, inside traditions, and from positions of insurgency, critique, and counternarrative.
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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…
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You’re listening to Conversations in Atlantic Theory, a podcast dedicated to books and ideas generated from and about the Atlantic world. In collaboration with the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, these conversations explore the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions of the Atlantic world, ranging from European critical theo…
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I speak to professional Rugby Player, and Junior Doctor Simi Pam, who after realising the serious harm the sport was inflicting on her natural coils, was forced to make serious changes to protect her afro, leading her on a journey where everything from her femininity and sense of self to her understanding of what professional help was available was…
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I speak to Lekia Lee Founder of Project Embrace about how we feel about our hair, the rituals and routines we practice, the terminologies we use, and our perceptions of beauty, start incredibly young. As children we take in our surroundings in a very matter-of-fact way, often times internalising what we see, experience, or hear and carrying these t…
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Teresa Richardson has spent over a decade building one of the few black, female led trichology clinics in the country that specialise in afro and curly hair, with her daughter Eleanore Richardson. On this episode we will be talking about Teresa Richardsons journey from afro hairdresser to highly esteemed consultant Trichologist and worked tirelessl…
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Having the freedom to explore new hairstyles is a huge part of a black womans creative self expression. However, when working in TV and Broadcast Media, creating content promoted to millions of viewers from both inside and outside of your own community, the question of how you want to be perceived and understood is one that will have to be asked. D…
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For many men they often feel unable to be as vulnerable and open with their thoughts and feelings as their female counterparts. This feeling of quiet isolation is only further exacerbated in the black community, but with mental health becoming more of a topic of conversation for black men than it's ever been before, more spaces for discussion and v…
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Black women spend much of our lives trying, testing and playing with different hairstyles, looks, lengths and colors. We have become masters at shapeshifting into different environments, oftentimes altering our appearances in order to fit into the spaces we find ourselves in. Whether wearing a straight wig for a corporate workplace, or laying your …
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Fola Evans-Akingbola is both a critically acclaimed actor and activist for the rights of her community. As a curly haired woman of color working in film and TV Fola, has been forced to experience feelings of frustration and isolation simply due to having a curlier hair texture than her straighter haired colleagues on set. From constantly having to …
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I speak to Actor, Writer-Director and Star of Critically Acclaimed TV Show "Dreaming Whilst Black" Adjani Salmon, who joins me to discuss his loc journey both personally and professionally in depth! For many of us in the black community wearing our natural afro hair, especially in western environments comes with a range of hurdles in itself, from b…
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The afro and curly haired community invest millions into their hair care routines, products, styling and maintenance every year, with the number only increasing. There are hundreds of new potential vendors, ranges of products, hair stylists and brands for us to choose from, with more launching every day, targeting our community as customers for wha…
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For years retail environments for black hair care products and services have been lacking the same upmarket aesthetic and customer service promoted by the beauty industry targeting those outside of the black community. With black consumers now suffering issues of abuse, neglect and racism when buying the hair care products they need, it's more impo…
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