The Natural Hair Movement
Nov. 21st, 2012 02:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Here's a good post about the natural hair movement in black culture.
I love Afro-ethnic hair. Woolly hair. Squiggly hair. Nappy hair. Hair in amazing braids. Hair in dreadlocks. Hair in a short little cap. Hair sculpted into phantasmagoric shapes. All hair can be wonderful hair.
Thinking about this, I realize that I customarily write my black characters with natural hair. I can't recall ever having written one with artificially straightened hair, although I suppose I might have. I don't think I'd do that unless it had a point in the story. *ponder* Partly because of my own diverse tastes, but also because I tend to pick characters who like themselves.
I love Afro-ethnic hair. Woolly hair. Squiggly hair. Nappy hair. Hair in amazing braids. Hair in dreadlocks. Hair in a short little cap. Hair sculpted into phantasmagoric shapes. All hair can be wonderful hair.
Thinking about this, I realize that I customarily write my black characters with natural hair. I can't recall ever having written one with artificially straightened hair, although I suppose I might have. I don't think I'd do that unless it had a point in the story. *ponder* Partly because of my own diverse tastes, but also because I tend to pick characters who like themselves.
Thoughts
Date: 2012-11-27 06:01 am (UTC)I like the hairstyle. Alter!Pat has impressive dreadlocks in one dimension.
>> And... I imagine writing a character who doesn't like herself at least by end-of-story isn't very pleasant to write. <<
Yeah, that is rarely fun. The few times I've done it, most have been a journey of self-discovery. I can only think of one or two where the character was just that bleak.