My hair is naturally very thick and very curly. I used to relax it for years but then stopped when I was in my early/mid twenties and I don't think that I could ever go back to chemically processing my hair. I love my hair this way, even though it can be quite a task to control it at times.

When I was living in Louisiana I got two responses from people. The first type of response was facination to the point of being uncomfortable. The second type of response was that people thought it was fake and couldn't believe that someone of color could actually grow hair, nevermind thick curly hair.

Now that I'm back home (Massachusetts), most people just kind of ignore it. Thick curly hair is pretty commonplace and most people straighten it.

Regardless of if I was wearing my hair natural or not, I've always gotten interesting responses from the men I've dated. They make this big deal about the texture of my hair and the color of my skin, as if that is what ultimately makes me an attractive women. I find it hard to hear. It's nice to be considered physically attractive, but it's unsettling to realize that the man you're in a relationship with would not have looked at you twice if your hair was nappier or your skin was darker.

Cinnie said:

Interesting question. My co-worker (female) decided to go natural and stopped perming her hair. Doesn't seem to bother anyone. We have nurses, and other professionals wearing their hair in locks and other natural styles. They keep it neat, so I'm glad people where I work don't seem to have an issue with the way hair is worn, as long as it's neat. We have an Indian (East Indian) physician who used to wear his hair in a ponytail when he was a fellow working with us. They hired him as a physician on our staff, once he completed his fellowship, but cut his hair short.

I guess it depends on what position you hold in employment, that you feel comfortable wearing or according to the employer's dress code. I believe he felt patients may not take him seriously as an experienced physician, if he wore his hair in a ponytail, besides the fact that he is young. However, we do have a male, white nurse on staff that wears his hair in a ponytail but tied neatly, and doesn't seem to bother anyone.

I guess keeping it "short" is the easiest way to keep it "neat"

2elijah said:

I used to believe that if I did not straighten my hair for job interviews that I would not get hired. Now I just can't be bothered. I work in a professional environment where looking neat and clean is rather important. I'm just sure to always wear my hair away from my face and it really doesn't bother anyone. I think that regardless of your hair texture, wearing it out of your face/eyes look neater.

They told us our hair was "nappy" and we believed it and forgot the true meaning and origin of "our" hair. Now shut up and pay close attention to this natural shit:

Texas in da HOUSE!!!

PvMarchingStorm05 said:

I be trying to find all the natural-haired models on modelmayhem; I got some more coming too
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I love my hair, been loc'd about 9 years now, best decision I ever made

Since I don't post pics of myself, I always post who inspired me to loc, the fabulous Cassandra Wilson

Mstrustme said:

CalhounSq said:

SCNDLS said:

Here's THE single most influential pic of her that I can never find online, I had to scan the mf!

MsMisha319 said:

Yea, I knew it was something more to that "smooches" shit

Oh my dick.

PvMarchingStorm05 said:

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^ Yay for nappy hair in all its variety!

JasmineFire said:

Very true.

Here's some more...

We can't leave this foine brotha out ladies...what I would do to him ain't fit to print!







jay-sus...

MuthaFunka said:

You are a trip

anyways I love this thread.

MuthaFunka said:

Yeah, she fine and all but what's with the leg warmer/stripper shoes combo???

babynoz said:

Lawd....who is that?

2elijah said:

Girl, that is Keith Hamilton Cobb. I've posted pics of him before.

It's funny how the good hair/bad hair deal also affects guys.

My family's Southern and our tree runs the gamut of hair types and skin tones. A cousin I grew up with has extremely straight hair and is a couple shades darker than me -- despite the relative light skin in my family (on our mothers' side), he gets his hair texture from his father's family. (My own hair was less straight and had to grow some before the curl would show up. I spent many a teenage evening putting water in it to try to coax out some New Edition-type waves.

Because he and I were so close growing up, I was constantly around to hear people praise his hair, inside and outside our family. It wasn't until I went off to college, away from our family, that I learned to appreciate my hair's own goodness. Not because it wasn't so curly or was so soft -- but because it was what God gave me.

Of course, it's funny how my family reacted when I started shaving my head. But that's another story...

I told her I wasn't gonna have sex with her until she tried to look like an old school Pam Grier...

















This chick even brought a friend of another blend


If you wanna get up in this you better cum prepared














She's a great listener.

*mods don't fuck with that last pic...that's art...lol.
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noimageatall said:

Boy. Make. Me. Wanna. Hurt. Him....LAWDHAMMERCY!!!

noimageatall said:[quote]Ok, back to the hot guys...







dude looks like lurch

babynoz said:

I used to adore him, then he fell off the radar. That last pic is AFIRE

Dewrede said:[quote]

noimageatall said:

It's not the greatest pic of him, but he's real cute