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LOL Well, Chris, maybe you should broaden your history when you make your assertions, then you wouldn't have to back track. And excuse me but "the debate about natural hair and the culture built around it" was what the black is beautiful era during the 1960s was all about. The pro and con arguments have changed very little since then. janelle monae the new "it" girl? Incredibly beautiful - in a tradional way, which is why I beg to differ. Or do you see fashion designers vying for the prestiege of having her wear one of their creations on the red carpet. That distinction goes to Lupita, in spite of the fact that janelle monae doesn't have acne, either.

A book, right up my alley, too, Troy! I'm going to order it!

Nobody said Lupita wasn't pretty or that short natural hair was unacceptable. The fact that you read this into what I said says something about you, Chris, and the girls you had to "console". Short hair is a preference many women of all ethnicities choose, myself, included, whether it is a pixie or gamin cut. It is a style that dates back to the 1920s when the Flappers wore boyish bobs. Over the years, natural hair has never gone completely out of style and is now back in vogue, so the girls you had to counsell were overly-sensitive. You, yourself, are biased in favor of people who conform to your preference in body types that are the result of working out. Cookie on Empire is voluptuous and she is not fat. And, just because an African American is is not Lupita's complexion does not mean they are light-skinned, It means they are a lighter skin as in the many hues of brown which is why I have a problem with you quoting white studies pontificating about negroid Americans. What is the explanation for those of Lupito's color who do have acne or the "red bones" who don't have acne or the multitudes of brown skinned ones who don't have a lot of body hair. But, everbody is entitled to their own opinion and mine is based on my years of observation.