Category: Black Hair
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“Learning to Love My White-Girl Hair”
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I warned you that my attention is being stretched in various different places these days, one of them being my new website, HairStoryOnline.com. I have a co-blogger (is co-blogger even a word?) but we’ve committed to posting everyday, which means I’m blogging a lot and I have that full-time job and…
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My Babies are in the World
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, babygirl went to her first day of daycare today. I cried. She didn’t. She was so excited to play with little people in a bright shiny facility, she barely batted an eye when el esposo and I left her there this morning. Why do they grow up so fast? *sob* And…
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South African Thieves Will Cut…Your Hair!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Since we were talking about hair, I had to share this alarming story I read last week. Apparently, the latest wave of crime to hit the streets of South Africa is called a ‘cut and run.’ Thieves are attacking people with dredlocks, chopping them off and then selling them to folks too…
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Black Hair in the Ivy League
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Guess where I spent my morning? At the University of Pennsylvania. The department of Africana Studies hosted a day-long symposium on the politics of Black hair. The panel I attended was moderated by Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show. Perry dedicated an entire show to the topic of Black women’s hair…
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Wanted: “Hair That Moves”
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Do you know I thought I’d dodged a major bullet when God had the good sense to give me two boys instead of girls. I sighed a major sigh of relief thinking I’d get to avoid the hair issues. Specifically the issues where you have to fill your kinky-curly haired daughters with…
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My New (Hair) Muse
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I turned 40 this year. I also have a daughter now, after being the only one on #TeamGirl in the Kinky Gazpacho household for the last decade. And though I hate to admit it, these factors have made me suddenly care about my ‘look.’ No, I’m not looking for a radical…
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Kinks in the Kitchen: Babygirl is Sprouting Black Girl Hair
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It is with great relief and joy that I officially announce right here on the Meltingpot, that babygirl’s hair finally seems to be achieving a level of kink. Right in the back of her head. You know, that spot we often refer to as ‘the kitchen.’ The front of her head is…
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Do Head Lice Respect the One-Drop Rule?
I originally wrote this post about head lice and mixed race hair in 2007, but it still rings true today. And as we get ready to go back to school, I’m still curious about head lice and the one-drop rule. The kids are ready to go back back to school and so we begin a…
