Cutting black boys’ hair amounts to nothing powerful ... And throwing shade on the black cultural aesthetic rather than on the actual systems that put black folks in peril is telling.

Remember scene kids? Skater bois? Pop punk and emo music, and the black and pink-heavy aesthetic that accompanied it? E-boys are all of the above, but make it fashion and Extremely Online.

In the video, Ngugi explains that she feels like her natural, type-four hair doesn't go with the ... the throughline that connects every Black beauty aesthetic that has emerged since then.

Pashcan'el adds that the impact the aesthetic has had on the beauty industry means far more than Black women simply being able to wear their hair and makeup in specific ways without fear of ...