In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.
In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.
Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.
Hair is not just hair in African diaspora cultures, and this is why the appropriation and stigma surrounding our hair is so harmful.
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Heyyy, sorry for such a long absence;-; I completley forgot to post my stuff here so after I was done putting it all on Instagram I deleted the photos •~•
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Idk who needs to hear this but non-Native people who want to build a communist or socialist state to replace Canada & the US are just as colonialist as their capitalist counterparts.
If the movement doesn’t prioritize returning governance to Indigenous people it’s just colonizing but a little to the left
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I colored this a while ago using alcohol markers and regular brush tip markers :)
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My DTIYS for 100 followers on insta:D
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My Instagram just made it to 100+ followers!!! I'm so excited and thankful for that, I never though I could get that many in such a short amount of time:D I'll be doing a DTIYS over there soon so if you wanna check it out and maybe follow over there too I would love you forever
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https://www.instagram.com/incoherent_artist_noises/
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Ye ole upside down man, a lot of people had to do this for art class apparently
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I honestly cannot believe how far T(W)ERF rhetoric has spread on this site. They used to be the ONLY ones I saw openly mocking the concept of identifying as queer, the ONLY ones I saw referring to people as ‘kweer’ in a mocking way.
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rb if you support heteromantic asexuals and heterosexual aromantics!
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i want to live in the peaceful feeling you get underwater where everything sounds softer and the lights are all tinged blue and the world feels silky and light and surreal
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