While my struggle to want to fit in is not my hair, I think everyone can relate to that on some level. Society does a huge number on our self image, that's for sure. Just remember that you are badass and your hair is badass too.

I was talking with my cousin a while back and somehow the subject of mixed race people came up. She mentioned how only some mixed race people are lucky, how some of them get "the kinky hair" and I was just stunned that someone in my family would think like that.

And just because your areas are more accepting does not mean other women do not face pressure to change their hair in other areas of the country.

"It actually boils down to who you work for."

They still don't have the same hair texture as black people??? Like yeah, extremely curly hair in general is still seen as less professional but if a black woman and a Jewish woman walked in with their hair just natural who do you think society is going to rag on more? (I just want to make a note that I personally…

Black women have an additional challenge with their hair. As a white chick I could spend about 10-15 minutes styling my hair and call it a day because my hair is already the standard. I don't need to chemically alter my hair or wear a wig to fit in. Their hair is not the standard which is why many resort to wigs or…

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She would of done this with or without hormones. Let's not make the 'crazy women parts' argument here please.

I didn't even find it funny though. I was just left with a o_o face. Maybe I just don't get it; it just horrified me on the sheer concept.

Like what person would be like 'YEAH, THAT DOG GETTING PREGNANT IS TOTALLY WHAT REPRESENTS ME AS A MAN I BETTER GET THIS AFTERSHAVE"

100 years from now the children will be studying WW3, somewhat baffled by it's cause - a movie premiere.

I don't think they were were condoning horrible things for the sake of the culture, but rather giving a reason to why certain ways are the way they are. Understanding the way things became to be helps us better address how to face issues for now and the future.

With the way you replied it seemed to me you were trying to claim it as a Southern thing with it being in Austin; just taking a jab at Texas.

The smell of industrialization and yuppies is slowly creeping into my backwoods towns. Hopefully the time zone change will protect me from this plague.

Texas is it's own ecosystem, I refuse to consider it part of the South. =P

So yea, it's a Yankee thing.

I should of mentioned I live in the Panhandle. Good to know the closest one is 8 hours away.

I've never seen a Whole Foods, I live in Florida. Is this a Yankee thing? =P

Thanks for sharing. Someone else I am talking to reported that they could only seek treatment after they stopped taking Lutera.