What is beautiful to you? What is beautiful to the young Black woman walking beside me on the sidewalk stealing looks at my hair? What is beautiful to the little black girl across the street with hair in a million braids and stands with eyes closed and head tilted upward…
Here’s a post I wrote a few years ago but still rings true. Really the question should be do I need ANYONE to like my hair? I guess that is a question only each person could answer and you might get more than a simple ‘yes’ and ‘no’. So, as…
First I must define what a Natural hair extremist is to me and then I can expound on it a little better. To me a Natural Extremist is one who doesn’t use any chemicals of any kind on her hair. She uses all natural products which do not have sulfates,…
No, it isn’t. It is part of me and what makes me a Black woman. As it grows out of my head it becomes an extension of me. I’ve seen several people say their hair is just ‘hair’. Whether I am reading a blog, or listening to YouTube I…
(Source) Here I am with my sister (I’m the one waving) walking in some parade in New York with our Brownie Troop. Look at those socks!! Could we get them any HIGHER??? Anyway, our hair was still natural. My mother was only combing, brushing and braiding it, but for this ultra-special…
