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5 Rituals That Helped Me Grieve a Parent’s Terminal Illness
Courtesy of Chelsea Avila and Photo Illustration: Siobhan GallagherCourtesy of Chelsea Avila and Photo Illustration: Siobhan Gallagher Even up until the last day of my father’s life, I still looked at him as invincible. This was a man who had been diagnosed with stage three pancreatic cancer right at the start of his golden years. Yet, even with an inoperable tumor, radiation, and rounds of chemotherapy, he was still here — fighting, thriving, loving, deteriorating, and yet always looking for a reason to stand up and keep going, even two years later. I was witness to some of his best moments and some of the hardest any child can experience.…
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How Black Women Can Simplify Their Natural Hair Routines
From the larger-than-life Afros of the 1970s to the finger waves and French rolls of the 1990s, Black natural hair movements have had many iterations. And over the last decade and a half, the modern movement has been largely shaped by online communities of Black women teaching others how to care for their curls and coils. But as the digital space has expanded, more mixed-race creators and others with looser curl patterns have begun to profit from natural hair content. Between brand sponsorships, wash-day routines that literally take all day, and the rise of TikTok, natural hair tutorials have transformed into much lengthier and more costly recommendations that not everyone…
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Best Electric Toothbrushes | PS Beauty
Tabitha Britt is a freelance writer, editor, and SEO expert with more than 12 years of experience. She’s also the founding editor in chief of Do You Endo, an endometriosis magazine for individuals with endometriosis by individuals with endometriosis. She specializes in writing about sexual health and wellness and living with chronic illnesses, including endometriosis and interstitial cystitis. You can find her byline in several online pubs, including Medical News Today, National Geographic, People, InStyle, and Mashable. Marisa Petrarca (she/her) is a contributing editor for PS Shopping and has over seven years of experience writing and editing beauty, fashion, and lifestyle content. She was previously the senior beauty editor at…
