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Sep 21

This Video on the History of Black Hair Proves Our Hair is Definitely Our Crown

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We can't know where we're going until we know where we've been. This video highlighting the history of black hair dating back to Africa, through enslavement, to today, can give us the perspective we need to walk powerfully through the world, knowing that our hair is truly our crown. As Marcus Garvey said, "Remove the kinks from your mind, not…

Dec 18

Are Locs With Relaxed Edges A New Trend?

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Photo via google By Erickka Sy Savané Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t think it true. Relaxed edges with locs? And just in case you're wondering how I knew this woman's edges were relaxed, I know relaxed edges. When you grow up from a young age getting relaxers, then start doing your own from early…

Sep 21

Megan Is Naturally Glam And Hella Confident!

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Megan L. McGlover via IG Take one look at Megan L. McGlover, originally from Anaheim, California, currently residing in LA, and it's clear that confidence is not her issue. But it wasn't always that way, like many of us she struggled with what she calls 'a thick grade of "undesirable hair."' Natural for 15 years, and in school, find out…

Sep 21

Does Length Envy Keep You From Dating A Man With Longer Hair Than You?

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Steven Jackson is #hairgoals By Veronica Wells Once my locs got to a certain length, after nearly a year-long awkward phase, they immediately became a topic of conversation for the Black women I’d meet out and about. Years ago, as an after work mixer was winding down, one such Black woman told me how much she admired my locs. She…

Sep 21

Hands Off: Things I Wish I’d Said to the Flight Attendant Who Touched My Hair

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By Veronica Wells via On She Goes My friends and family asked if I was nervous about traveling to South Africa with my boyfriend to meet his family over Christmas. I wasn’t. What I was anxious about was getting there, which involved 28 hours of travel, including a nine-hour layover in Saudi Arabia before heading to Johannesburg. During the…