Why Women Are Leaving Salons for Barbershops

Black women aren't just opting for natural hair, they're choosing short cuts too. Around the late-2000s a movement began, rooted in a renaissance of black pride and fostered by chat rooms, film, Youtube and eventually social media. This movement encouraged women of color to transition from processed to natural hair. It was about embracing the texture and curl of what organically grew out of one's scalp. It was also about shedding colonial standards of beauty and embracing one's true self. Soon t...