Word on the street says that Black women who sport natural frocks have attitude. I have to agree with that sentiment. Now, now, my fellow natural sisters - before you get too upset let me say that in this case "attitude" is equated with confidence. If you think about it, it makes sense. It takes a bit of confidence to rock a style that not only goes against the norm, but smacks conformity square on the mouth!(Like that visual? Me, too!) Hmm, example time:
Saturday Morning
The woman who comes to work everyday with the "accepted" hair coiffure wakes up one Saturday morning and decides - she's had all the "creamy crack" she can stand and says ENOUGH. So she goes to the salon or even the barbershop and gets the BC (no, not before Christ - big chop - sorry, couldn't resist). You can't tell me this doesn't take MAJOR confidence. So she has all weekend to get used to her TWA (teeny weeny afro). So what does she do? Does she lament her decision to BC? Not this diva (and she is, you know). She proceeds to purchase some earrings - big ones - and scarves and a few other hair accessories.
Monday Morning
Our newly BC'ed diva struts out the front door on her way to the office. When she arrives the first thing she hears is "Oh my God!" What happened?" "What did you do to your hair?" To which she replies, "I set it free." (Nice...) Those remarks were from the women in her office. And to be fair, most of the remarks were shocked responses...not mean and catty (ok maybe a couple were mean). The men in her office? Most stared, some smiled and one bold solider walked up to her and said "You used to have such pretty hair. Why would you do a thing like THIS to yourself?" Her response, "Because, I can."
'Nuff said...
So I had my own fun, fearless moment and decided to rock my flat twists (flat twists are similar to cornrows except you use two strands of hair instead of the three needed to make a braid/cornrow) to work yesterday. It was like I had a large elephant on my head, a large pink elephant that no one wanted to mention, lol. Well, that's okay. I prefer that response to a chorous of "What are you wearing on your head?" (the twists, not the elephant, keep up) And what am I rockin' today? Did I cave to the silent pressure to undo these twists? Not a chance. In fact, I stepped it up a notch. I am sporting a full head of twists WITH a newsboy cap sitting jauntily on top. (SMILE)
Saturday Morning
The woman who comes to work everyday with the "accepted" hair coiffure wakes up one Saturday morning and decides - she's had all the "creamy crack" she can stand and says ENOUGH. So she goes to the salon or even the barbershop and gets the BC (no, not before Christ - big chop - sorry, couldn't resist). You can't tell me this doesn't take MAJOR confidence. So she has all weekend to get used to her TWA (teeny weeny afro). So what does she do? Does she lament her decision to BC? Not this diva (and she is, you know). She proceeds to purchase some earrings - big ones - and scarves and a few other hair accessories.
Monday Morning
Our newly BC'ed diva struts out the front door on her way to the office. When she arrives the first thing she hears is "Oh my God!" What happened?" "What did you do to your hair?" To which she replies, "I set it free." (Nice...) Those remarks were from the women in her office. And to be fair, most of the remarks were shocked responses...not mean and catty (ok maybe a couple were mean). The men in her office? Most stared, some smiled and one bold solider walked up to her and said "You used to have such pretty hair. Why would you do a thing like THIS to yourself?" Her response, "Because, I can."
'Nuff said...
So I had my own fun, fearless moment and decided to rock my flat twists (flat twists are similar to cornrows except you use two strands of hair instead of the three needed to make a braid/cornrow) to work yesterday. It was like I had a large elephant on my head, a large pink elephant that no one wanted to mention, lol. Well, that's okay. I prefer that response to a chorous of "What are you wearing on your head?" (the twists, not the elephant, keep up) And what am I rockin' today? Did I cave to the silent pressure to undo these twists? Not a chance. In fact, I stepped it up a notch. I am sporting a full head of twists WITH a newsboy cap sitting jauntily on top. (SMILE)
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