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Dec 19

Being Great Has Nothing to Do With Being Perfect

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by GG of All The Many Layers What keeps you up at night? I wrote a piece with that title a few weeks ago for Kelly Diels about my general disinterest in small talk and how I'd prefer that all my conversations have something to do with the meaning of life or human behavior or creative banter of some sort.…

Jan 27

Seeing Your Natural Hair Through New Eyes

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Seeing Your Hair through New Eyes, & Why It’s Important… by Chai of Back to Curly A few weeks ago I stood in front of my mother’s mirror while visiting her home in Florida, prepping my twists into a pinned up style when she quietly stood next to her sink. She waited as I pushed the last pin into place…

Dec 18

It’s The Hair!

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photoby Tammy Goodson of CurlyChic It’s The Hair! It’s the shoes! If you are familiar with Mars Blackman, AKA Spike Lee in character in a throwback Michael Jordan commercial then you know this infamous line, “It’s the shoes”. I am a fan of pumps, mostly because I’m a grown ass woman and that’s what you wait all your life to do,…

May 04

What Going Natural Can Teach You About Self-Care

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by Esther Boykin of Group Therapy Associates blog I know that for many people the journey to “go natural” is a meaningful decision about embracing a chemical free life or pushing back from cultural dogma about what it means to be beautiful. And I respect those who have passionate and or political motivations in making the transition. However, for me, giving…

Jan 27

I Love My Mother. I Hate Her Schizophrenia.

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by GG of AllTheManyLayers.com I'm torn. Life keeps requiring things of me that I don't feel qualified to handle. Every celebration has this undertone of responsibility. Guilt clings to my happiness. I fight to feel free. I get tired. Because how can you feel free when you have a schizophrenic mom who has not contacted you in over a year…