I don’t know if this sounds strange or not, but I’m natural and I don’t really like my hair. I don’t dislike it, let me say that, but I’m not in love with it…yet? Is this normal? My hair is really nappy, like really as in no curls, nothing and I want to…
By Christabel of Chys Curlz I’ve been thinking of developing this story for a while now. It is the story of how girls were/are made to wear their hair shaved from grade to high school both in Ghana and in Nigeria. [image src=”http://curlychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Untitled1-600×500.png” width=”240″ height=”190″ title=”Girl” lightbox=”no” frame=”light” align=”left”]A little back story, I was born Nigerian…
Flip through magazines and TV channels this month, and you’ll see coily, kinky and curly natural hair models in ads from Banana Republic to Gain detergent, from HomeGoods to Kmart. “Natural hair has been a movement for several years. What we’re seeing now is a confirmation that this is a lifestyle that is very…
By Lathleen Ade-Brown It was 1988 when director Spike Lee debuted one of the most historic films to date, School Daze. The film is an anti-Greek tale that displays all the hardships that college students go through to cross over into a sorority or fraternity. The musical comedy also explored the problematic issues of light skin black…
By: Thad Angelloz From the same south Louisiana community that brought the world athletes like New York Giants’ Brandon Jacobs, Green Bay Packers’ Tramon Williams and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Kim Willoughby, comes the town’s newest claim to fame: Aevin Dugas. The difference between Dugas and her cohorts is what sits atop her head. Dugas…
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