X.PressiVe Imagination; Life on the Rocks-My Drink of Choice

Thought this was interesting and very sad at the same time. Always have thought this was an interesting argumenting as a Black woman, considering orginally back in the day coarse and thick hair was seen of higher value than other grades of hair. Natural hair, and all the creative things that were done to it were naturally beautiful, without TCB No-lye relaxers, and hot combs and Gold N Hot blow dryers that blow out when plugged in with the curling iron. Back in the day, they did what we do with perms with natural hair. So now who's more innovative?! uh oh America.... I say we're lazy. Me included. Now it's sad when we have 3, 4 and 5 year old girls being teased about good and bad hair. have we digressed back to year 1943? Better question...did we ever leave? Hmph. Commercialism. The Media = The Devil. Now let me say this before I get comments about how I'm hypocritical. I get perms regularly. I know that they're bad, i proceed to do it, out of mere obssession with the texture and control that toxic chemicals it now have over my hair. Ok. Got that out there. But, I do not feel that any Black woman or any individual with hair classified as anything else but "good hair" should feel obligated to have to chemically treat or use excessive heat in their hair to attain this "good hair" qualities for temporary social appeasement. Now I didn't see this episode of Tyra, i missed one. MAN! lol. But seriously, take a look at the monster of a stereotype we have fed into for so long, look at what it has created and what it has come to and who it now affects.



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