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The Natural Hair Movement As A Platform For Environmental Education, Joyce M. Nimocks
The Natural Hair Movement As A Platform For Environmental Education, Joyce M. Nimocks
Pomona Senior Theses
The natural hair movement has spread across communities of Black women from all parts of the nation. As a result, natural hair websites have provided women information about hair styling tips and products for naturally textured women to embrace their curls. In addition, natural hair sites provide information about toxins found within cosmetic products, including commercial hair relaxers, which have been positively associated with uterine fibroids in Black women. In this thesis, I recognize this as an environmental health issue and showcase how this movement has addressed these environmental injustices by providing information about cosmetic toxins through social media platforms …