Cutting My Relaxed & Damaged Hair Off!

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If you follow me on instagram (@rootsundone) then you’ll already know that I’ve cut my hair off but if you don’t then well, now you do. Below I’m going to talk about the main reasons to why I’ve cut my hair and what my plans are now that I’ve returned natural (I don’t want to say now that I’ve gone natural as we were all natural at one point anyway so it’s more like returning) Continue reading

Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation?

blog.jpgRecently people have been on one after seeing Justin Biebers new hairstyle – dreads. While I’m not one of those people who have a strong opinion on this topic, I’ve studied topics similar to this for my Media Studies and Communication and Culture coursework and feel that I should take advantage of my blogging platform by hopefully clearing up any misunderstanding from my personal level of understanding. Continue reading

Instagram Rant

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As I was scrolling down instagram and preeing random people’s profiles the other night, I came across a screenshot of this tweet and it kind of hit a nerve as this irritates me so much!

 

Just like the whole “team lightskin vs team darkskin” divide, how can the black community be so backwards that we Continue reading