kinky
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The word kinks has many connotations, everything from a kink in a rope, or kinky being quirky, which was really the main thing behind it.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2023
Philomina Kane, a hair-care content creator who goes by NaturallyPhilo, launched KIN — which stands for “Keep It Naturally” — in response to the lack of inclusive headwear for people with kinky and curly hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
But he also sought to give Black people choices in hairstyles, and as early as 1966 began experimenting with what the authors of “Hair Story” described as “a chemical process to turn kinky hair curly.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
For generations, many Black people had viewed their naturally kinky hair as a liability, and either trimmed it close to the scalp or straightened it, often using painfully caustic chemicals to do so.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
I followed the guard into the back, all eyes on me, where I found a man with red kinky hair and a wide nose sitting at a low desk.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
The hair at the nape of the neck, which is typically shorter, kinkier and considered more difficult to style.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2023
If you have a kinkier, coarser hair texture, you can easily spend three or four hours on what we call “wash day.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2017
They are beyond square, which is to say that they are stranger, kinkier and more interestingly individual than David, Rose, Kenny or Casey.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013
But just as a botanical insurrection seems imminent —a sort of “Rise of the Planet of the Azaleas” — things take a kinkier and daffier turn.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2012
Did he have Hope and Dell's loose curls or my tighter, kinkier hair?
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
