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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Hair Evolution NOT Hair Revolution
Natural Hair Affirmation: It's interesting that to keep my hair the same texture that it grows out of my head is looked at as revolutionary ~ Tracie Thoms
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| The beginning of my loc journey. Look at my 2ndborn he was 1 mth. Little chunker! |
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| A year and a half later my locs were getting long. |
I'm all about simple and worry-free hairstyles since I hate to fuss with my hair. Natural hair has afforded me a certain level of freedom that permed hair didn't. I remember in the early years of going natural some of the crazy reactions I received from some friends & family. Oh boy!
Why did you cut off your hair? You have such naturally long hair!
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| My final loc pic. I cut them off in July. I think I'll try sisterlocs. |
Have you become a rastafarian? (These types of questions came when I started loc-ing my hair)
I can laugh about it now because I've grown very comfortable with my natural hair. I remember a time when I would walk into a room with black women and my hair would seem to say to them "I'm a militant black woman!". I felt as though I had joined the black panthers of natural hair. It's crazy the hair wars in our community. Black women go natural for different reasons. For some it's a sign of wanting to go against the status-quo (the hair revolutionist); for other women it's because of bad experiences with perming and still others go natural because it's becoming a trendy thing to do. However, I feel the vast majority of women who go natural do so for the simplicity and the ease of managing natural hair.
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| I had braids over the summer. It was a nice change. |
Seriously, I could never go back to permed hair - ever. I realize natural hair isn't for every black woman. But in my opinion natural hair really isn't that deep, so I'm not sure why all the crazy reactions to it. You do you and I'll do me, is the way I see it. It's that simple. And as for me, I fully intend to keep on being a naturalista.
What is it that keeps black women going at each other about their hair? Is the media to blame or do we perpetuate this war among ourselves? What say you, my lovelies?
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I love, love your hair story.
It makes my story so silly, LOL. I am not a militant at all but having my locs makes me feel free in a way I never felt before, LOL :D.
As I wrote before my imagination can run wild, that is why in my second post I wrote "...I thought about the possible harm hair relaxers could do to my brain." Yes, this is the wild imagination :D.
I also wrote "...I didn’t like the burning part and the pain that I endured... I didn’t blame on anyone but maybe the media and some adults were to blame."
Everywhere I turn, in the mainstream, hair has to be permed.
Just like you I believe in the "You do you and I'll do me... I fully intend to keep [trying] on being a naturalista." :).
Thank you SO much for sharing your story :)!
I think its another way we divide amongst ourselves. Sorry if I consider people to be so lame & maybe still a bit of insecure. Usually, a woman that decides to go natural has tuned out all negative perceptions around her. If, this be true, how can I force my perception on you. Or think you are less of a natural than I am.
I also think my perception is different because I am a hairstylist that has relaxed clients as well as natural. Do I force my relaxed clients to become natural?(I'm also natural for nearly 10) However,if I see chemical damage, I would suggest they consider going natural.
Hair products are placed in a jar & we do not & will not know the truth of all that is suppose to be in that bottle. But again I may be bias. I've seen the R & D side of making the products. Since most of us aren't chemist...we still don't know what's put in jars to make it perform.
i actually just got a weave in my head for the first time today. sooo scary, lol. but i made sure she didn't braid tight and it looks and feels good. i have long hair, haha. anywho, i decided to weave my hair because i am finally moving towards the journey of becoming natural. i'm a lil scared but excited at the same time. i can't chop off my hair just yet but soon enough!
thanks for your story!
I loved reading about your hair story. I love the various natural hair styles you've had. Beautiful pictures. You are beautiful. I really want to go natural but always fear what others will say. Reading this gives me encouragement. Thank you!
I too am a NATURAL WOMAN....LOL..It is funny saying that. I get alot of negative comments from everyone. But it does not faze my outlook.
I was natural all my life up until I had my daughter and began to be stressed out at work. I allowed a beautician to relax my hair in order to treat it (she did not do natural hair and I got aggrevated looking for someone). Needless to say, that lasted a year and I said to the wind with this, I hate the chemicals.
With that said, your hair is gorgous and I love the different styles that you continue to display. I have to also thank you for listing the products on your site that you use. I am always looking for different products that can help me with creating the styles I desire.
So funny and I can so relate to this post. I have natural hair too...Yay! I don't have locs though. I do get some of those silly questions--not so much lately. It's so funny people thought I was "militant," "a power to the people kinds girl," "so in touch with nature," "vegetarian." They are so surprised when I order fish or chicken. It's so funny how some group people into classes based on silly things. I loved your evolution story by the way.
I love reading each of your hair stories! Thank you for the sweet comments. So many beautiful hair naturalistas - woohoo! Even if one isn't, I feel what a woman chooses to do with her hair is her personal choice. I'm glad, as black woman, our hair allows so much versatility :)