It is in no way the same thing, because your choice requires a bravery I could never understand, but as a white girl with difficult hair, it took me years to embrace it. To work with it and not against it. To say to the folks who always asked “why don’t you just brush your hair?” that trying to be like them WAS the…

You get to feel your feelings! Hair anxiety is real! Sending my support through the tubez.

Just wanted to add to the support here and say you got this! It’s scary, but I went natural 6 years ago after BC and it’s been great. It’ll be frustrating at times, but so worth it. Also, YouTube is your friend, so many great resources! Good Luck!

Good luck! You can do it! I big chopped and I don’t regret it for a second, although there were some awkward stages when I grew it back out - that “too long to be short but too short to be long” thing is a pain no matter what your hair type. It’s been nine years and I can’t imagine getting another relaxer. I have so…

You’re going to look fucking fabulous. <3

I’ve grown up with people being fascinated about black hair

I’m bi racial and my hair has a lot of texture. It’ll grow but it’s so dry and fragile...best of look and buy some Mixed Chicks (the conditioner saved my hair).

I went natural about 10 years ago and although I sometimes hate it, I am never regretful for making the decision. It’s more time consuming, but once you figure out what works for you, it’s fine. I still blow my hair out and flat iron it during the fall/winter. During the spring and summer however, I refuse to fight…

Sending internet hugs! You can do it. There is so much information out there now to help you take care of and style your natural hair. Just remember to go with what works for you and your personal texture, not what works for someone else. It feels weird being natural after a lifetime of negative messages about your…

You can do it. I will say this as someone who went with her natural hair at 30 that it will be a shock for a while when you look in the mirror and see yourself with your natural hair. I grew my hair out for about 3 years (by wearing braids and wigs) before I loc’d my hair. So, it looked A LOT shorter. My parents and…

I recently watched the short film “The Big Chop” on HBOGo, and it gave me (a white woman) a newfound sliver of understanding for what a fraught decision that must be. Best of luck to you! You’ll be beautiful no matter what!

change is scary, and hair change can be terrifying, especially if it doesn’t do what you want it to when you want it to, and depending on how long it takes it to grow you might get stuck with something you don’t like for a long time.

that being said, scary can be good, I once chopped 18 inches off my hair and loved it…

Best of luck to you, friendo. Going fully natural was the best decision of my life.

It’s scary to make the leap! I remember how nervous I was the first time I wore my hair au natural to the office... I’m one out of like, 5 black people in a company with 150+ people. It kind of felt like wearing yoga pants to work when you usually dress up. Crazy hair, don’t care!

*sending positive vibes* have fun with it!

More MO posts. I don’t care if it’s about what she had for dinner. The nostalgia is real :(

Businesses are run with only the bottom line and enrichment of investors/stockholders in mind.

I look forward to CNN’s new show “Why’chall Give ‘em a Chance?” starring Van Jones and Steve Harvey.

God, can we just all take a moment to appreciate what a glorious movie Soapdish is?

It has arguably one of the greatest casts ever assembled, happily vamping it up for the better part of two hours.