Hair Relaxers Linked to Cancer – Black Women Fight Back by April Preyar I was 25 years old when I did the “Big Chop.” As my silky, jet-black, shoulder-length hair fell away and drifted down to the salon floor, tiny curls sprung up in their place. For the first time in my life, I felt free! The crushing weight of…
IMAGE BY ISTOCK/SAM74100 by Marsha B. A child’s foundation begins at home, and is further developed in the school system. In the household, children learn core values, manners, self-worth, and much more. School can either reinforce those values, or tear them down. Over the years, the education system has done our kids a disservice by implying that their natural hair…
glam TWA, Katia by Dori Phelps So, first of all I want to state some givens. I’ve been black all my life. I don’t know what it is like to be anything else. My life experience consists of the fact that I have never been skinny: never very large but svelte is not a category I would fit in. Nor…
by Janelle Sands This natural hair movement has taken off so rapidly that we forget how it even got started. As bloggers take the spotlight, accompanying us through our personal hair care lessons together, we can now stop briefly to appreciate one of the pioneers of this movement. Isis Brantley was one of the first women to notice the need…
source by Devri Velazquez On Tuesday, March 27th, 2014 we published an article titled Are the Proposed Army Changes Discriminatory to Women With Natural Hair?. This post outlined the new regulations the U.S. Army’s AR 670-1 created on natural hair. Read On!>>> The Congressional Black Caucus recently penned a letter to Secretary Charles Hagel of the U.S. Department of Defense…
PHOTO CREDIT: MARC BAPTISTE by Sabrina Perkins Nappy was never a word you wanted to hear or be associated with when I was growing up. I’m a part of Generation X, the latch-key kids, Atari players, the generation after the baby boomers. If you were born between 1965 and 1980, you are a part of Generation X. It’s safe to…
by Sabrina Perkins When I first went natural I was terrified of going out into the world with my new hair. It was my own hair but there was no straightening, wig, or weave to cover my curly texture. It was just me. I was received with welcome arms from most, but I did notice the silent stares by others….
Via Necolebitchie and AroundTheWayCurls On Thursday night, the stunning actress was honored at Essence’s 7th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon in Hollywood, where she delivered a powerful speech on her quest to accept the skin she was born in. Like most young children growing up, her perception of beauty came from what she saw celebrated on her television screen,…
by Tracey Wallace The natural hair community is getting stronger by the day here in the U.S., but that isn’t the case for the rest of the world. In Brazil, the home of the Brazilian Blow Out treatment that uses formaldehyde to straighten tight curls and coils, the pressure to straighten begins very young. Much like the stories that comes…
source So… it’s no just me?! I’m not even an NYC resident but every time the De Blasio family grace the television screen, I give pause. It’s awesome to see natural hair displayed and celebrated on a national stage and it’s cool to see President O admiring it right along with us! According to the NY Times– During a fund-raiser…
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