{"id":293148,"date":"2020-06-02T11:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1158060"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:56:19","slug":"hairstylist-jen-atkin-applauds-protester-who-spray-painted-black-lives-matter-on-her-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/hairstylist-jen-atkin-applauds-protester-who-spray-painted-black-lives-matter-on-her-billboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hairstylist Jen Atkin Applauds Protester Who Spray Painted “Black Lives Matter” on Her Billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jen Atkin<\/strong> is showing her support.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the celebrity hairstylist applauded a Black Lives Matter protester<\/a> that wrote on a Los Angeles billboard for her hair care brand OUAI.<\/p>\n

In a video captured by onlookers, the protester can be seen standing on the billboard, which reads, “When your hair feels like the middle child,” and features an image of a white woman playing with her hair. Underneath the text, they added, “Black Lives Matter!” in red spray paint.<\/p>\n

Once the post went viral, Atkin took to Twitter to encourage the activism<\/a> and condemn those who were shaming the protester, writing<\/a>, “Made our sign every better.” Realizing she made a typo, she added<\/a>, “Made our sign EVEN better. Misspelled it before, sorry.” She also acknowledged the moment on Instagram, reposting the image and writing, “I would have climbed up there myself #blacklivesmatter.”<\/p>\n

The hair guru’s positive response was widely received<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is how a brand should respond. Well done,” one fan wrote<\/a>, followed by another that tweeted<\/a>, “THIS IS HOW YOU RESPOND AS A BRAND. THANK YOU.” Admiring her reaction, one fan said<\/a>, “Jen Atkin really said we’re committed to making racism go Ouai.”<\/p>\n

In the wake of George Floyd<\/strong>‘s death, Atkin has been using her platform to fight for justice. After donating<\/a> to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a community-based nonprofit organization that pays criminal bail for low-income individuals that have been arrested protesting police brutality, she encouraged her followers to follow suit by providing access to charitable resources<\/a>, as well as information to support black-owned beauty brands.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Over on OUAI’s official Instagram<\/a>, the brand took a stand against injustice, writing, “We stand with George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery<\/strong>. Breonna Taylor<\/strong>. We stand with their families, and all the countless others who have unjustly lost their lives. We promise to fight for you and with you.”<\/p>\n

Like Atkin, celebrities have been donating to provide aid to protestors<\/a>. Among them were Steve Carell<\/a><\/strong>, Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a><\/strong>, Seth Rogen<\/a><\/strong> and Chrissy Teigen<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Additionally, stars like Blake Lively<\/a><\/strong> and Ryan Reynolds<\/a><\/strong> pledged donations to organizations that fight racial injustice. On Monday, the couple announced that they donated $200,000<\/a> to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which strives to expand democracy and eliminate disparities through litigation, advocacy and public education. <\/p>\n

Taking to the streets, celebrities such as Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong>, Jamie Foxx<\/a><\/strong>, Halsey<\/a><\/strong>, Michael B. Jordan<\/a><\/strong>, Madison Beer<\/strong> and Kendrick Sampson<\/strong> have all shown their support by participating in protests<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presley Ann\/Getty Images for Sephora Jen Atkin is showing her support. On Monday, the celebrity hairstylist applauded a Black Lives Matter protester that wrote on a Los Angeles billboard for her hair care brand OUAI. In a video captured by onlookers, the protester can be seen standing on the billboard, which reads, “When your hair feels like the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-18 18:35:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}