Reading Hair matters : beauty, power, and Black women’s consciousness by Ingrid Banks today from New York University’s electronic library I was struck by the irony of this quote:
Although “natural” relates to ideas about purity as well as being an act or is a state that is “normal,” it takes on different meanings when it is cast against straight or straightened hair. The cultured nature of relaxed or permed hair is seen as “natural,” whereas natural or unaltered hair is seen as “unnatural.” That is, the ways in which black women are barraged with representations of beauty that are in opposition to natural, tightly coiled black hair often result in an internalization of images of beauty that in effect rejects natural hair as “natural.” (24)
If you are transitioning and looking for some sites with insightful posts about natural hairstyles visit Keep It Kinky, Motowngirl, or Afrobella.
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Kinky Lady // February 17, 2009 at 4:36 am |
Thanks so much for mentioning my blog. Hope you’re still enjoying it.
kasalina // February 17, 2009 at 9:04 pm |
Cool, it is fun to read your blog, I like the last braided style you posted of F2X from Fotki.