There are some lessons you can’t rush.Braiding is one of them. Each strand teaches something ancient about focus, rhythm, and presence.It’s more than hairstyle — it’s a full-body meditation, a way of training both the mind and the hands to move with care instead of hurry. 🌿 The Mind Learns…
13 Essential Habits for Non-Misogynistic Ideologies Every culture, movement, and belief system reveals its true integrity in how it treats women.Ideologies that claim to stand for justice, freedom, or faith cannot also tolerate contempt for the feminine. To build systems that honor everyone, we must cultivate daily habits that resist…
When Cicely Tyson wore her hair natural on national television in the 1960s, it wasn’t just a style—it was a statement of self-respect in a world built to deny her humanity. At a time when Black women were pressured to chemically straighten or cover their hair to appear acceptable, she…
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Discrimination is often dismissed because it doesn’t sound “reasonable.” But that’s the thing about discrimination — it never is.When Black people say we’ve been treated differently because of our hair, too many still can’t believe it. They think something as natural, as divine, as the way our hair grows couldn’t…
When I was working as a case manager/counselor in a domestic violence shelter, a family of four came into the shelter one evening. Mom, oldest son, daughter, and young little girl carrying her doll. I was showing them around. I showed them where they could access grooming items. I opened…
People often call Black women product junkies without understanding what’s really happening: we are scientists, experimenting on living art.Black hair—whether it coils, kinks, curls, or waves—has structure, porosity, and needs that vary dramatically from one head to another. Even within one family, two sisters can have entirely different hair responses…