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Hair Friday! Pictures sourced from 4UsNaturals on Facebook.
Her hair is giving me life!
Friday, February 28, 2014
HairSpiration Friday!
By Tenisha Mercer
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Hair Friday! Pictures sourced from 4UsNaturals on Facebook.
Her hair is giving me life!
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Hair Friday! Pictures sourced from 4UsNaturals on Facebook.
Her hair is giving me life!
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Kinky Weave Photo Rip Offs
By Tenisha Mercer
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From the WTH files ... BGLH.com reports that kinky weave companies are ripping off naturals' hair photos on Instagram and using them on THEIR site to sell THEIR hair products. Imagine that. SMH!
Instagram naturals Leanora (SunShine_726) and Beedoelv say their hair photos were stolen and used in an ad for “virgin Mongolian” extensions. The ads from a Chinese hair company portray their hair as the weave for sale.
Source: BGLH.com
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From the WTH files ... BGLH.com reports that kinky weave companies are ripping off naturals' hair photos on Instagram and using them on THEIR site to sell THEIR hair products. Imagine that. SMH!
Instagram naturals Leanora (SunShine_726) and Beedoelv say their hair photos were stolen and used in an ad for “virgin Mongolian” extensions. The ads from a Chinese hair company portray their hair as the weave for sale.
Source: BGLH.com
Monday, February 24, 2014
2014 NAACP Image Awards: The looks we loved
By Tenisha Mercer
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The stars hit the red carpet for the 45th Annual 2014 NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena.
The night was a big one for comedian Kevin Hart, who won entertainer of the year, and 12 Years A Slave won for Best Picture. Fellow curly hair blogger Curly Nikki was also nominated for an award! Yaay!
Kerry Washington, who accepted an NAACP Image award on Best Actress in her role on Scandal, had another reveal of her cute baby bump. She wore a blue gown and her hair in a fishtail braid.
Here are some of the looks we loved:
Our girl, Lupita N'yong'o killed it -- again. Really, do you expect anything different?
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The stars hit the red carpet for the 45th Annual 2014 NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena.
The night was a big one for comedian Kevin Hart, who won entertainer of the year, and 12 Years A Slave won for Best Picture. Fellow curly hair blogger Curly Nikki was also nominated for an award! Yaay!
Kerry Washington, who accepted an NAACP Image award on Best Actress in her role on Scandal, had another reveal of her cute baby bump. She wore a blue gown and her hair in a fishtail braid.
Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Here are some of the looks we loved:
Our girl, Lupita N'yong'o killed it -- again. Really, do you expect anything different?
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| Photo Credit: John Sciulli/Getty Images Singer Ledisi wows the crowd in this bright blue gown |
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| Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Actress Regina King and her use of strategically placed cut outs. LOVE!  Actress Tika Sumpter proves less is more  Actor Idris Elba looking fine on the red carpet. Love those nerd glasses!  Natural hair blogger Curly Nikki on the red carpet  |
Saturday, February 22, 2014
2014 Bronner Bros Hair Show in ATL
By Tenisha Mercer
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Bronner Bros. will hold its mid-winter hair show today through Tuesday, Feb 25, in Atlanta featuring their legendary hair competitions.
You never know what you'll see at these competitions. Every year, industry professionals outdo each other, styling hair using all kinds of theatrics -- in water, hanging upside down and in a variety of positions. The Bronner Bros. International hair show is legendary, going 65+years strong.
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Bronner Bros. will hold its mid-winter hair show today through Tuesday, Feb 25, in Atlanta featuring their legendary hair competitions.
You never know what you'll see at these competitions. Every year, industry professionals outdo each other, styling hair using all kinds of theatrics -- in water, hanging upside down and in a variety of positions. The Bronner Bros. International hair show is legendary, going 65+years strong.
Dr. Steve Perry says CNN demanded he shave his hair
By Tenisha Mercer
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I'd probably go batshit crazy if an employer asked me to drastically alter my appearance, but it's usually a different story for TV personalities (and probably explains why I never did TV). Now, educator Dr. Steve Perry says CNN pressured him to shave his hair after appearing on the news network.
"Literally asked me to shave my hair," Perry told Martin recently on NewsOne.
Wait. Huh? What?
The "look"
Sadly, we've heard this story before, usually when it comes to Black TV reporters fired for wearing natural hair, but a man? And Perry wasn't only the only one to feel the pressure to conform. Martin said he was also pressured to fit his hairstyle into a certain "look."
"We went through it at CNN,” Martin said to Perry,” when they were trying to change how a brother looked, how a brother talked. Folks were trying to get you to change your hair.”
I wonder what that "look" was.
What's this really about?
Men have different battles with their hair. I don't see what's wrong with Perry's curly, low cut fade. It's professional and stylish. And I can't figure out why they wanted a contributor -- not an anchor or TV personality -- to change his hair to suit them. Being on CNN isn't this man's full time job, kids are. Same with Roland. What's wrong with his hairstyle?
I'd have told them to eff off. That may be part of the reason why Martin is no longer on the network.
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I'd probably go batshit crazy if an employer asked me to drastically alter my appearance, but it's usually a different story for TV personalities (and probably explains why I never did TV). Now, educator Dr. Steve Perry says CNN pressured him to shave his hair after appearing on the news network.
"Literally asked me to shave my hair," Perry told Martin recently on NewsOne.
Wait. Huh? What?
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| Dr. Steve Perry says CNN asked him to shave his hair Source: NewsOne |
The "look"
Sadly, we've heard this story before, usually when it comes to Black TV reporters fired for wearing natural hair, but a man? And Perry wasn't only the only one to feel the pressure to conform. Martin said he was also pressured to fit his hairstyle into a certain "look."
"We went through it at CNN,” Martin said to Perry,” when they were trying to change how a brother looked, how a brother talked. Folks were trying to get you to change your hair.”
I wonder what that "look" was.
What's this really about?
Men have different battles with their hair. I don't see what's wrong with Perry's curly, low cut fade. It's professional and stylish. And I can't figure out why they wanted a contributor -- not an anchor or TV personality -- to change his hair to suit them. Being on CNN isn't this man's full time job, kids are. Same with Roland. What's wrong with his hairstyle?
I'd have told them to eff off. That may be part of the reason why Martin is no longer on the network.
Friday, February 21, 2014
What is Black?
By Tenisha Mercer
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Black is ... many things. From albino to the fairest of fair and the darkest of dark. The book, (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race, published last year by Dr. Yaba Blay, looks at the complexity of racial classifications (from the one-drop rule of the early 1900s) to Blackness in its many forms, from people who are bi-racial, have vitiligo or albinism.
What's clear is that Black is more about skin color, race, a social construct or even our hair, and these striking photos by Noelle Theard show it. It features people who identify as many things, from "Black" to "Jamerican" to "Afro Latino."
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Black is ... many things. From albino to the fairest of fair and the darkest of dark. The book, (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race, published last year by Dr. Yaba Blay, looks at the complexity of racial classifications (from the one-drop rule of the early 1900s) to Blackness in its many forms, from people who are bi-racial, have vitiligo or albinism.
What's clear is that Black is more about skin color, race, a social construct or even our hair, and these striking photos by Noelle Theard show it. It features people who identify as many things, from "Black" to "Jamerican" to "Afro Latino."
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Y'all got that 'good hair'
By Tenisha Mercer
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Sometimes the limits that we put on Black hair are just amazing ... and not in a good way.
Went to a cosmetology school in Metro Atlanta to get my hair and my daughters' hair straightened. My hair was breaking off something bad (I've lost inches) due to stress and God knows what else (I am on thyroid meds).
Anywho, the stylist (who was Black) who did my daughter's hair asked her, "What she was mixed with?"
My daughter told me about the exchange in the car and I told her that people think that Black folks can't grow any hair (this particular daughter is constantly weave checked by other Black folks).
'Good hair'
A few hours later, the same stylist asked me the same question, as another stylist did my hair: "What are you?"
I told her, with a confused look on my face -- Black, just plain ole Black! Nothing else, just black. Then she said, 'Well, you must have some Indian in your family.' I told her I do, but I'm overwhelmingly Black and I don't play the Indian up.
You don't see Indian when you look at me (I may have the high cheekbones and a crazy curl pattern), you see Black; that is what you see first, that's what I am. Then she proceeded to tell ne we had that 'good' hair.
This convo was about as stereotypical as it gets:
1. Black folks expect that other Black folks can't grow hair when we all know that's not true. We can grow hair, the issue is retaining it with healthy hair practices.
2. Black folks automatically think that whenever hair is wavy, curly or fine that you have to be mixed with something.
Can we just eliminate 'good' hair from our vocabulary when it refers to hair texture, thickness, etc. once and for all? As someone whose hair seems to be breaking off at every turn, 'good' hair, to me, is healthy hair that doesn't break or shed unnecessarily.
Why I hate 'good hair'
I abhor the term 'good hair' and the next person that tells me that is going to get a mouthful.
It's not a compliment, because it makes everyone else feel that they have 'bad' hair or something is wrong with their hair. Any hair that's on your head is 'good' as long as it's healthy -- and that's what I'm going to tell the next person who says it to me.
Usually, the convo is usually, 'Oh, your hair is good so you can go natural. I can't.'
It makes me feel really uncomfortable and I get tongue tied (which doesn't happen a lot). I think, more than anything, I don't want to express my frustration or anger because I really want folks who use the term to actually listen and think about what they say and not just get angry with me (you usually don't learn when you're angry) based on my response.
But this is has gotta end because all we're doing is raising kids who think the same thing because that's what they're taught. I told the stylist who did my hair that my hair is fine and I wish it was as thick as it used to be. And we talked about how Black folks CAN grow hair; about how many little girls had thick, lush ponytails growing up.
Hair rules
The exchange bordered on comedic because most African Americans ARE mixed with something. If you search back far enough, you'll find it as our history in this country will attest (usually Native American ancestry by choice or Caucasian ancestry often by force).
And even if you aren't "mixed," there are lots of Africans with long hair that defy the stereotype that those with presumably just African genes can't grow their hair. It's a myth, a stereotype that needs to be buried.
There are many different things that comprise "Blackness" -- from the kinkiest, coarsest of hair to the straightest. Let's take the limits -- hair, skin or otherwise -- off what it means to be "Black."
How do you handle the term 'good hair'?
HairNista.Blogspot.com
Sometimes the limits that we put on Black hair are just amazing ... and not in a good way.
Went to a cosmetology school in Metro Atlanta to get my hair and my daughters' hair straightened. My hair was breaking off something bad (I've lost inches) due to stress and God knows what else (I am on thyroid meds).
Anywho, the stylist (who was Black) who did my daughter's hair asked her, "What she was mixed with?"
My daughter told me about the exchange in the car and I told her that people think that Black folks can't grow any hair (this particular daughter is constantly weave checked by other Black folks).
'Good hair'
A few hours later, the same stylist asked me the same question, as another stylist did my hair: "What are you?"
I told her, with a confused look on my face -- Black, just plain ole Black! Nothing else, just black. Then she said, 'Well, you must have some Indian in your family.' I told her I do, but I'm overwhelmingly Black and I don't play the Indian up.
You don't see Indian when you look at me (I may have the high cheekbones and a crazy curl pattern), you see Black; that is what you see first, that's what I am. Then she proceeded to tell ne we had that 'good' hair.
This convo was about as stereotypical as it gets:
1. Black folks expect that other Black folks can't grow hair when we all know that's not true. We can grow hair, the issue is retaining it with healthy hair practices.
2. Black folks automatically think that whenever hair is wavy, curly or fine that you have to be mixed with something.
Can we just eliminate 'good' hair from our vocabulary when it refers to hair texture, thickness, etc. once and for all? As someone whose hair seems to be breaking off at every turn, 'good' hair, to me, is healthy hair that doesn't break or shed unnecessarily.
Why I hate 'good hair'
I abhor the term 'good hair' and the next person that tells me that is going to get a mouthful.
It's not a compliment, because it makes everyone else feel that they have 'bad' hair or something is wrong with their hair. Any hair that's on your head is 'good' as long as it's healthy -- and that's what I'm going to tell the next person who says it to me.
Usually, the convo is usually, 'Oh, your hair is good so you can go natural. I can't.'
It makes me feel really uncomfortable and I get tongue tied (which doesn't happen a lot). I think, more than anything, I don't want to express my frustration or anger because I really want folks who use the term to actually listen and think about what they say and not just get angry with me (you usually don't learn when you're angry) based on my response.
But this is has gotta end because all we're doing is raising kids who think the same thing because that's what they're taught. I told the stylist who did my hair that my hair is fine and I wish it was as thick as it used to be. And we talked about how Black folks CAN grow hair; about how many little girls had thick, lush ponytails growing up.
Hair rules
The exchange bordered on comedic because most African Americans ARE mixed with something. If you search back far enough, you'll find it as our history in this country will attest (usually Native American ancestry by choice or Caucasian ancestry often by force).
And even if you aren't "mixed," there are lots of Africans with long hair that defy the stereotype that those with presumably just African genes can't grow their hair. It's a myth, a stereotype that needs to be buried.
There are many different things that comprise "Blackness" -- from the kinkiest, coarsest of hair to the straightest. Let's take the limits -- hair, skin or otherwise -- off what it means to be "Black."
How do you handle the term 'good hair'?
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