I came across Janet Stephens's Youtube channel by pure chance - a friend had posted a link to a news article about her on Facebook. Stephens is a hair stylist who has merged her passion for hair with an interest in history. On her Youtube channel she posts videos depicting how to make historical hair styles with period appropriate tools. Her styles are based on both primary sources (mostly art) and scholarly secondary sources. She has even gained reputation in academics, for her theories on Classical hairstyles.
I think this is a great way to make history more accessible. The use of Youtube is also nice, as it makes her work available for anyone in the world to watch. Stephens's videos remind me of other (contemporary) hair styling videos I've watched, but she includes little tidbits of historical knowledge which makes them appealing to me as a history major, but likely also interesting to the public masses.
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