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commonpeople

Out of this Weekend

Jun 12, 2011 21:45

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meemeedarling June 12 2011, 21:29:20 UTC

I watched Good Hair not too long ago, I found it to be so fascinating. I was amazed at the cost! I complain when my haircut is $50. lol
I was also feeling so bad for the poor children getting that toxic straightener/relaxer on their scalps.

commonpeople June 13 2011, 07:32:54 UTC

Children always get the worse end of the deal in all this stuff: ads on TV, junk food, hair products, you name it...

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commonpeople June 13 2011, 07:32:26 UTC

Hmmm! Interesting project! Is it for one of your DJ sets? I think the first two Smiths albums have plenty of yelps and so forth. Maladjusted has a song that's just him talking and has him repeating "liar. lawyer. liar. lawyer" over the sound of whipping.

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commonpeople June 13 2011, 18:05:21 UTC

I wanna go too!

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olamina June 13 2011, 07:12:13 UTC

Good Hair focuses on America but this hair thing goes on with black women WORLDWIDE. the weirdest thing i ever saw was my friend in Slovenia tying and sewing fake hair into the sparse head of hair of this (black) Brasilian girl we knew there. the Brasilian girl gets these long waist-length weaves that make her real hair fall out, but she is too vain to take a break from the weaves so she is now nearly bald. she has some vague plan to save up her money and get hair plugs, but until then she just about has to get the fake her glued to her hair in places. it was a horrific and saddening sight.

though to a much lesser degreee, i am also obsessesed with my hair. but at least it's my own real hair and nothing i need to buy in a pack and have attached. so i feel a little saner.

commonpeople June 13 2011, 07:28:47 UTC

I was wondering about how widespread it was! What about in Africa? Has it become popular in some countries there, a sign of wealth?

I also noticed that Chris Rock spoke of his daughters and showed them, but never mentioned his wife. I just did a Google on her and the first predictive text that came up was Chris Rock Wife Hair. ;-)

olamina June 13 2011, 15:22:29 UTC

Yes, in Africa too. For sure. In ALL the countries. But then again in Africa (at least in Ghana, which is the part of Africa I know firsthand) there are ancient traditions of weaving animal hair into natural hair for different rituals and also for daily wear. of course, that hair was never about being long and dangling and trying to look the way beyonce looks. it is definitely a sign of wealth (and being "clean" and "kempt") in many many places. that said, people don't hate natural hair quite as much in africa.