"Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical #Hair (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969, and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969, for the singer #Oliver. The chorus makes extensive use of apparent nonsense words: "Glibby gloop gloopy, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo. Sabba Sibby Sabba, Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba, Early mornin' singin' song." https://youtu.be/3SVGXK_4ba8
"Seeing any kind of body hair on a woman in film or TV has become a rarity, like seeing a unicorn or an actor with their original teeth. I’ve lost count of the number of stories set in dystopian landscapes where the heroines are without armpit hair or even an aura of peach fuzz on their legs. The same goes for historical stories. The problem extends to eyebrows."
"Matter of Trust, an ecologically focused group in San Francisco, has been using hair for more than two decades to clean up oil spills and other pollution from bodies of water. Its latest project is encouraging the growth of vegetation in the Presidio in San Francisco, a national park site."
Black women are prone to certain types of alopecia, which, says dermatologist Dr. Hope Mitchell, can be emotionally painful. “Hair is our creativity. It makes me feel powerful, it makes me feel special and important." The 19th talked to her and other experts about how hair loss conditions can be addressed with respect and sensitivity, so women can feel beautiful again.
Meanwhile in Texas, a judge will weigh this week whether a school district near Houston violated the CROWN Act after suspending a Black student for his dreadlocks. The Austin American Statesman has more.
A Texas high school's punishment of a Black student who wears his hair in locs is going to trial. 18-year-old Darryl George has not been in his regular classroom in Barbers Hill High School since Aug. 31. His district says his hair, which is long but neatly tied and twisted on top of his head, violates a dress code. George says his hairstyle is protected by the CROWN Act. AP reports.
Chemicals "ubiquitous in hair care products — linger in the air after use . . . The often greatest — and most concerning — chemical inhaled, Jung said, is decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (aka D5 siloxane) . . . found to lead to adverse effects on the respiratory tract, liver and nervous system of laboratory animals . . . [ and has ] already been restricted in the EU"