25 June 2009 ~ 22 Comments

naturals from around the world: aulelia from the UK (via tanzania)

Being natural is … a great buffer from sorting out the troll boys from the keepers. Why waste your time with a man who is too invested in your hair and wants you to have a Naomi Campbell weave so he can run his fingers through? **rolls eyes** DECLINED! Tower of London. It has been [...]

21 June 2009 ~ 46 Comments

sunday retrospective: love, race and natural hair

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In last Sunday’s retrospective the topic of natural hair and relationships came up. Many women said that non-black men and non-black friends were more supportive of their natural hair than black men and black friends. One of the more interesting quotes was from reader Serenissima: “I was also on another forum that read that most [...]

20 May 2009 ~ 18 Comments

Naomi Davis on natural hair in the workplace, pt 2

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Naomi Davis: former attorney, founder of the Blacks in Green (B.I.G.) environmental group, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to bring environmental awareness and green jobs into impoverished, urban black communities.Part 1 of Naomi Davis’ interview is here. BGLH: When did you go natural and why? Naomi: 1999 for the second time. The first time I wore [...]

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21 April 2009 ~ 7 Comments

naturals from around the world: cherry lola in LONDON!

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Hi Ladies, I write to you from London, England. I am still a newbie- I went Natural in January, but have been researching, taking classes and product testing like crazy. I started a blog at the same time I went natural to talk about going natural in the UK because there didn’t seem to be [...]

12 April 2009 ~ 108 Comments

sunday retrospectives: natural not hot in nigeria?

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contestants in the 2007 Nigeria’s Next Top Model competition Ok, I’ll admit it. I stereotyped Africa. I did.I thought that on a majority and indigenously black continent, natural hair would be celebrated and commonplace.For a whole week on this blog, we displayed and discussed styles from “the motherland”, which I guess I kinda put forth [...]

20 September 2008 ~ 11 Comments

chemicalist versus naturalist: weigh in!

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So, I’ve come across a lot of “afro hair ideologies.” There are the LEFT-WING NATURALISTS, who believe that natural hair is an indication of spiritual, emotional and social health, and also believe that relaxing is a manifestation of societal pressures, and lack of self acceptance.There are the RIGHT-WING CHEMICALISTS, who believe that natural hair is [...]