Beautiful Yet Burdensome: Why I Rejected My Long Natural Hair as a Child
The author, Kischa, on the far left of the bottom row When I was small, my great-grandmother would stroke my head and purr in my
The author, Kischa, on the far left of the bottom row When I was small, my great-grandmother would stroke my head and purr in my
A main focus of this site (and the natural hair community at large) is achieving hair length goals. This goal is significant because it disproves
By Alicia of alburnet.wordpress.com It took me twenty three years to come to terms with the kinks in my own hair. Two years after that,
*TWA stands for teeny weeny afro. This piece has been edited for BGLH. Style Icon Entoria By Asia Martin via Strawberricurls.com I was in the
By Sabrina of Seriously Natural Seasoned naturals do not know everything. No, we don’t. I bring this up because a couple of days ago on
By Tyra of Indigenous Curls When I big chopped I was a few months into a new relationship. For years I rocked waist long weaves,
By Samara of Darker then Brown Did it ever occur to any of you, that this natural hair revolution or whatever you prefer to call
*An earlier version of this post stated that Sheryl Underwood called natural hair “nasty”. After listening to the audio again, we realize that Sheryl didn’t
The internet has been buzzing since a clip of comedienne Sheryl Underwood saying that afro hair is “nappy”, “beady” and not worth saving went viral.
*The Deborah Brown Community School has changed its policy, and now recognizes fros and locs as acceptable styles. Read more about it here.* The father
By Lurie Daniel Favors of Afro State of Mind We’ve all seen this image circulating on natural hair group facebook pages, instagram accounts and twitter: And
A photo of natural kids from H&M’s back-to-school catalogue has been circulating online, and all four have tightly curly/coily hair texture! When natural hair makes
By Tamara of Natural Hair Rules As someone who has been natural since 2006, I think I’ve heard them all. But yet I’m still dumbfounded
By Rosetta of Happy Black Woman When I decided to go natural in 2010, it was after many years of thinking about it but being