You Can Keep Your Instagram Baddies. I Prefer Real Hood Girls.

What gets lost when hood style is co-opted for Instagram likes

Antonia George
ZORA
Published in
4 min readAug 2, 2016

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A photo of a young black woman wearing hoop earrings blowing a bubble with bubblegum.
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Walking into a beauty supply store in the hood is like walking into a parallel universe. Cheap, bright lipsticks grab your eye immediately. Hair hangs from the ceiling. There is an abundance of dyes, cheap gold jewelry, and every hair accessory known to…

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Antonia George
ZORA
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