http://dir.salon.com/topics/hair/?source=rss&aim=hair en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing By Pam Spaulding Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/11/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/08/11/chris_rock/index.html?source=rss Finally, a funny -- and long-overdue -- film on this taboo topic. By Cary Tennis Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/19/grew_her_hair_long/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/19/grew_her_hair_long/index.html?source=rss I begged her to grow her hair long when we were together, but she kept it short. Why has she grown it out now? By Erin Aubry Kaplan Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/03/michelle_hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/03/michelle_hair/index.html?source=rss Nappy or relaxed, African-American hair has always been a loaded subject. So what does it mean to have a black do in the White House? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/04/korean_american_hair_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/04/korean_american_hair_obama/index.html?source=rss A portrait of the candidate in follicles By Cary Tennis Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/06/trichotillomania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/06/trichotillomania/index.html?source=rss I compulsively pluck my eyebrows and have to draw them on -- I'm terrified I will be found out. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/11/korean_hair_global_glut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/11/korean_hair_global_glut/index.html?source=rss When Japan annexed Korea, wigmakers across the world felt the ripples By Cary Tennis Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/10/balding_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/10/balding_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss He's approaching 30 and I know it's tearing him up. By Maura Kelly Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/30/hair_makeover/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/30/hair_makeover/index.html?source=rss I told myself that coloring my gray streaks would somehow be a self-betrayal. Then I got a hair makeover, and suddenly, I'm the babe outside that I feel like inside. By Kelly Wilkinson Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/07/23/hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/style/2002/07/23/hair/index.html?source=rss The rapidly growing demand for wigs, hairpieces and crotch topiary keeps tons of sheared locks moving around the world in an $800 million industry. By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/10/mustache/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/10/mustache/index.html?source=rss In a radical gesture of modernity, the Happiest Place on Earth has lifted the ban on mustached employees. By Mary Roach Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/roac/2000/02/25/age/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/roac/2000/02/25/age/index.html?source=rss Here's how I cope with my disgusting, sagging middle-aged body. Letters to the editor Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/19/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/19/mccain/index.html?source=rss Readers clash over McCain's use of "gook" Plus: Splitting up siblings heartbreakingly common; the thrill of playing God with a Sim family. By Amy Reiter Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/17/npthurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/02/17/npthurs/index.html?source=rss Extra! Extra! Put the seat down! Senate reporters forced to use coed loo; "American Pie" man Don McLean gets goopy over Madonna. Plus: The descent of man continues -- Carlos Santana announces his own clothing line. By Cary Tennis Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/12/bald/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/12/bald/index.html?source=rss I say, if your head looks bad, put something on it. By Amy Reiter Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/11/02/np1102/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/11/02/np1102/index.html?source=rss There's no need to fear, Al is here! When the going gets tough, the Gores get literal. Plus: Out of the ring into the ring? More on the great WWF migration. And, Scully and Mulder smooch. By Amy Reiter Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/22/np1029/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/22/np1029/index.html?source=rss Bowl cut Dole? Why a different style might've helped. Larry King and Jennifer Love Hewitt on repetitive motion; Diana Ross on excessive emotion; and why the "Friends" got a loser promotion. By Courtney Weaver Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1998/02/18/weav/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1998/02/18/weav/index.html?source=rss Courtney Weaver's hair stylist knows as well as anyone that sometimes you can't just cut it off. By Inda Schaenen Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/07/09/hair970709/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997/07/09/hair970709/index.html?source=rss ... and unshaved legs, pierced eyebrows and bleached teeth.