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First off, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Ok, so as some of you who have been following the blog for a while know, I am transitioning and it hasn’t been the easiest process for me (http://bglhonline.com/2009/07/questions-from-a-newbie-the-transitioner-edition/). And I recently asked about wigs: http://bglhonline.com/2009/11/question-of-the-day-the-emergency-wig/…well, I broke down and got a sew-in weave. And it has been an interesting experience to [...]

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So the Saturday Retrospective I put up yesterday was to stir the pot for today’s interiew. Aron Ranen is a Los-Angeles based documentary filmmaker and film teacher who in 2006 completed a 4-part series on the Korean takeover of the black haircare industry

Among the things he found were
a.) A Korean law dating back to the [...]

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My daily life brings me into contact with all sorts of people; black and otherwise. And when I’m buying things, I’m not really thinking about whether my products were made by a black person, or whether I’m buying from a black-owned store.
And why should I?
If we’re trying to get to a ‘post-racial world’, why should [...]

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Carnisha participated in our recent “Now and Then” giveaway.

I’m from Houston Texas and I am a Senior Staff Assistant at University of Texas Medical School.
On going natural…
I went natural 22 days ago because I was tired of putting chemicals in my hair and I wanted to be free from keeping up appearances as Carnisha with [...]

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Nkechi was one of 5 winners in our recent “Now and Then” giveaway

I am from Nigeria. I am currently an undergraduate student at an Ivy League university.
On going natural…
I stopped relaxing my hair in May 2008. I transitioned using extensions (braids and weaves) until February 2009. I went to the barber’s to trim my relaxed [...]

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Chantel was one of 5 winners in our recent “Now and Then” giveaway.

I am from Mobile, Alabama, currently I am a student at Auburn University. My major is apparel merchandising and design production, I plan on becoming a retail buyer/fashion journalist.
On going natural…
I got my last perm two weeks before my graduation in May 2008. [...]

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Janada relaxed on her wedding day

Byron Bay, Australia

Where are you from?
J: I am originally from Canada. But we now call The Gold Coast in Australia my home away from home. I am completing my masters degree and my husband is doing his law degree. We had heard about the positive opportunities for graduate study in Australia [...]

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Question for J from Chandra:
Hello Jenteel,
Thank you thank you thank you for your blog I must say first and foremost. I really can’t thank you enough for all of the great information and inspiration. I am a singer songwriter currently living in Germany but from Florida. I have struggled with my hair [...]

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I love bangs.
Back in my straight-hair days, bangs were my trademark. I was all about the sheeny (though ever-thinning) side-swoop. It was deep to me. Deep enough that I co-signed on this black and white, looking-off-into-the-distance shot taken of me in college, featuring my sheeny bangs.

But these days, making “bangs” mainly consists of me laying [...]

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Where are you from and what do you do?
N: I’m from Baltimore…and I’m in transition. I’ll be a college student (somewhere, God willing) in the spring. But right now I work in a high school as a Project Intern for the Youth Development Unit.
When did you go natural? Why?
N: I’m natural by default. =) I [...]

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