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Chris Rock's 2009 documentary "Good Hair" revolutionized the hair industry and African American women noticed. Women like Charlottean Kobi Brinson. "It doesn't really make sense for me to not have my natural hair texture," said Kobi Brinson. "I don't know what it looks like so we'll see." Kobi has no idea what her real hair looked like. Her mother began relaxing it at the age of 11. "Because once it's relax ...

"Nappy hair." "Bad hair." "Good hair." "Weaved hair." "Curly hair." "Kinky hair." "Permed hair." "Short hair." "Natural hair." "Dreadlocked hair." And on and on and on. Nobody, and I mean nobody is more obsessed with our hair, how it looks, how it feels, how others feel about it, and how we feel about it than African-American women (also known as "Sistas"). I want to get right to what ails us, and it ain't ...

By: Driadonna Roland The hair on my head has been permed, bleached, mohawked, braided, fried, dip-dyed and weaved. A look at the so-called “Photos of You” on Facebook is misleading. I’ve had so many different looks you can’t tell it’s the same girl! It’s not that I love switching up the game. The reality is I grew up despising my hair. While my sisters had fine hair that turned to springy curls when water w ...

By: Veronica Miller Some how a movement that began as a way to encourage black women to be free with their hair suddenly turned hostile to women doing just that. It’s been so long since I’ve blogged about natural hair,  sometimes I forget there are rules to this whole thing. Like Natural Hair Rule #157: If you’re of mixed race, and not a “fully black” woman, you’re not allowed to say you “big-chopped.” I wa ...

By: Michelle Whittaker As an African American woman who grew up in a predominantly white community, I have always had to explain my hair. When Melissa Harris-Perry recently did a segment on her show on the Politics of Black Hair, I wanted to share it with all of my friends. Her teachable moment beautifully summarized all of the hair issues that I have struggled to explain since the age of 8. Yet, even more ...