We Are Spiraling

We Are Spiraling

The Vicious Cycle Keeping Natural Curls Off-Screen

"Hollywood curls" are a trendy style, unless they're real. Here's why.

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Priya Anand
Dec 13, 2025
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Happy Saturday. We’ve been talking about Hollywood and the media a lot, and with good reason. They influence everything about our culture, especially our standards of beauty. And as a lifelong journalist, media criticism is in my blood.

I want to lay out the vicious cycle that has turned natural curls into an endangered species on screen.

Sorry about my handwriting.
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