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Tippi Shorter explains how she became a celebrity hairstylist to stars like Rihanna, Alicia Keys
Our series “How I became a …” digs into the stories of accomplished and influential people, finding out how they got to where they are in their careers.
Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Celebrity hairstylist and hair educator Tippi Shorter has had superstar clients everywhere, from Rihanna and Alicia Keys to Jennifer Hudson and Lady Gaga, and an impressive resume that includes her titles as the first African-American spokesperson for Pantene and as global artistic director for textured hair at Aveda. Now serving as president of hair extension company Her Imports while still keeping herself busy as a celebrity hairstylist, Shorter wears many hats – or, as she says it, “many hairstyles.”
USA TODAY caught up with Shorter to talk about everything from President Barack Obama to cosmetic and hair care companies to, well, hair.
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The inaugural issue of the first ever African American newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, appeared in March 1827. Its stirring front-page editorial stated “Too long have others spoken for us. Too long has the public been deceived by misrepresentations”, encapsulating the truth that the experiences, needs and ideas of black people could only be expressed through the voices, pens and printing presses of black people. Black journalism has a fascinating and illustrious history, through which a rich tradition of brilliant minds sought to wrest the narrative of black experience from the dominant white commentators, fight the battle against racism and advance the cause of liberation.
As the earliest journalists recognised, no war could be waged – whether against the slave trade, which would continue for another four decades after the birth of Freedom’s Journal, or against lynching, the deprivation of civil rights, racist miscarriages of justice, institutional
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I am thrilled to feature Andrew Joyce, author of the newly released “Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups“.
Hello, my name is Andrew Joyce and I’m here today to try to sell a few books.
I have a new book out entitled Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups. It is a collection of short stories I’ve written over the years. Inside Bedtime Stories you’ll find tales of fiction and nonfiction. There are all sorts of genres within its pages, from westerns to detective stories to love stories and just about anything else that you can imagine. One of my stories—included in the book—was granted the honor of being included in a print anthology entitled The Best of 2011. Some of the stories are dark and some are lighthearted, but I hope you’ll find them all captivating.
There’s a whole lotta material in the volume—700 pages; enough to make sure you get your money’s worth … and enough to keep you reading for the foreseeable future.
Anyway, here’s one of the shorter stories from the book.