I was in a deep nap on Saturday night just before they announced the verdict. I’d spent the day with my son, husband and grandfather-in-law getting things together for the birth of our daughter. By early evening, I was exhausted. I found myself jolted awake by the sound of CNN announcing that a verdict in the George Zimmerman case had been reached. My husband told me that … [Read more...]
Natural Hair & Pregnancy: The Basics
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After the positive pregnancy test, the well-wishes, the morning sickness, the joy you can’t quite contain and the raging hormones, you still have to do your hair. I have about 8 weeks left to my second pregnancy. Based on my experiences a few years ago with my son, there are a lot of things I’m glad I knew about pregnancy related hair care this time around. The Inside … [Read more...]
Are Relaxers As Dangerous As Cigarettes?
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Recognizing the Dangers This week the lovely ladies over at ManeMoves held an awesome twitter chat. They discussed a growing movement in the UK that’s working to ban marketing campaigns that target children with messages promoting chemical relaxers to straighten their hair. The chat was sparked by this video sponsored by Project Embrace UK. The group’s Facebook … [Read more...]
Mommy, I don’t Like My Hair!
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Early Hair Pride Now that I’m raising a child I find it even more important that I surround mini-me with affirming images of natural hair. At first I didn’t think this would be that big of a deal because my child is a boy and when we usually think about natural hair we do so in terms of girl children. But as I previously mentioned here, learning to appreciate natural hair is … [Read more...]
Dark Skin “Bad” Hair & Light Skin “Good” Hair
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"You got good hair." "She's pretty for a "dark" girl." "She's "light" skin but she has "bad" hair." "Girl you need to perm that "bad" hair of yours." No matter where you are on the color line and no matter what your texture of hair, these are phrases that many Black girls are familiar with. Many of us grow up wishing we had lighter brown skin - often times … [Read more...]