******** UPDATE BELOW WITH INFO ON A CHANGE.ORG PETITION ******** When I saw the video (see link below) of little Tiana Parker crying because her school disapproved of her locks, it broke my heart. Tiana is the straight A student who attended Deborah Brown Community School. At least she did attend the school until her father Terrance Parker was forced to enroll her … [Read more...]
Natural Hair Politics All Over the News!
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Aaaand We’re Back! Hey folks! So I take a few measly days off to do this thing called “birth my daughter” and it seems like the politics surrounding natural hair just BLOW UP! Yes, you heard that correctly. #BabyGirlFavors made her arrival! She is a six pound seven ounce chocolate drop of awesome and #HubbyFavors, #LilDudeFavors and I have been spending some time getting … [Read more...]
Roxë15: Putting Natural Hair & Sci Fi On Screen
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Roxë15: A breakthrough short film that puts a natural-haired black woman at the center of a futuristic, tech-oriented story. See how you can help bring this film to life at the end of the interview! The gorgeous natural haired actress April Matthis stars as Roxë Jones, an edgy virtual reality programmer who gets more than she bargained for when she’s inside a program she … [Read more...]
Does Jesus Like Your Weave?
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By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the pastor who declared that weaves were no longer welcome in his church. Now he didn’t out right ban the hairstyle but he clearly indicated his displeasure with the prevalence of the style in his church pews. According to AmericanPreachers.com, Pastor A.J. Aamir at Resurrecting Faith church in Waco, Texas believes that: Women wearing … [Read more...]
Russell Simmons, Harriet Tubman and #BlackPowerIsForBlackMen
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So if you haven’t heard, Russell Simmons created a Harriet Tubman sex tape. Yes, you read that right. A sex tape parody in which Mother Harriet has a fellow slave friend hide in a closet and tape her essentially seducing her master. In the video “Harriet”, played by Youtube comedian Shanna Malcolm, records: a sexual escapade with her master to blackmail him into helping her … [Read more...]