locs
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Short Locs and New Beginnings
I was twenty-two years old when I loc’d my hair. It is the only other time it has been this short (or a little shorter than this). As a spiritual-minded person, I do not think of hair as just hair. I see it also as energy. (I believe the keratin protein in hair contains crystalline… Continue reading
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This Hair Will Not Apologize
You can reason all the reasons Why I embraced the nap Call it kinky crap like kitchen naps Cause it no longer snaps, crackles, and pops There are no more cracking chemicals back there But Kings fight private battles here There are wars taking place here There is strength here There is healing here water… Continue reading
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Delilah’s Responsibility
I wonder if it was a spiritual experience wonder if blades covered their eyes against the war to which you had grafted them wonder if angels had taken the time to whisper to strands of hair of their coming demise I wonder if they saw laughter dancing in your eyes and if they had prepared… Continue reading
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Remember, When Going Natural…
“It doesn’t have to be dreads. You can wear an Afro, or braids like you used to. There’s a lot you can do with natural hair” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I was speaking with a sista recently who recently tried the natural challenge. That is, she went out on a limb and got locs. Thing… Continue reading
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Emotional Hair
“Can you remove your hood in the store ma’am?” That was the last I heard of the store clerk after removing the hood. I’d stepped once more into a sea of misplaced smiles, the check-out line occupied by a mixture of awe and wonder, of marvel and disgust alike. And it all started six years… Continue reading
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