“Isis Brantley, you’re under arrest for braiding hair. You’re going to jail.” The year was 1997, two years after the state of Texas cited the natural hair advocate and expert ‘braidologist’ for doing hair in her home without having a cosmetology license. It was the single catalyst that resulted in 18 years of legal wrangling… Continue reading Culture Vs. Commerce: Isis Brantley’s Hard-Fought Battle To Braid
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Rock The Natural, NOT Relaxers: ‘Attractive’ Isn’t ‘Assimilated’
Ladies, I get it: there has been centuries of Eurocentric influence and pressure from within and without to conform to the mainstream ‘standard of beauty’ at any cost. Some of us have made it a family tradition to relax one another’s hair and to tame the presence of the kink to get easier hairstyling and… Continue reading Rock The Natural, NOT Relaxers: ‘Attractive’ Isn’t ‘Assimilated’