Black Women and the Perfectionism Trap
It’s no wonder then that we try to affect how we are externally perceived, to give ourselves a fighting chance of proving who we are on the inside. And thus, the perfectionist trap is locked and loaded.
hair shame
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Code-switching and Natural Hair
She slips in quietly, into our small talk, meetings, and discussions. She’s not mean, in fact quite the opposite. But, she is the survival tactic that society has taught us is needed to keep us professionally thriving and safe.
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The Gaslighting of Relaxed Hair
Getting a bad hand in the hair type genetics game of chance can become a quest for altering or concealing something that makes us who…
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Transitioning to natural hair–why wait?
Your frame of reference to many things is shaped when you are a child, whether you are 25 or 55. Transitioning to natural hair can…
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The Cancer of Hair Shame
My hair shame story started as a 14-year-old moving halfway across the country. Making new friends, negotiating a new high school, and trying to make…
