Women's Empowerment Wednesdays...

“You can braid it… or weave it.. whatever’s your style”- Pac Div

I find that in today’s world… it is SO much said about women (specifically BLACK women) in regards to weave… extensions.. clip-ins etc. Briefly put: If it didn’t grow naturally from their scalp… it’s talked about. *Rolls eyes at the thought. I’m not sure what the fascination of it is all about but I REALLY don’t see what the big deal is. Personally, I feel a woman can have on a terrible outfit… be in the dumps… but if her hair good (in other words.. done) … a part of her FEELS good. It never works the other way around. She can’t have on a bangin outfit and be in high spirits if that hair raggedy… it doesn’t work that way lol.

Anywho.. It baffles me.. that people don’t give someone props about stuff like that. Whether it’s her hair or not.. shoot she looks good..AND if that makes her FEEL pretty… then what’s the big deal? It’s the same as lip gloss.. lotion..clothes… your favorite scent.. anything. It makes you FEEL better about your appearance and your esteem.. so why knock the next if she does a thing or two to her hair? It upsets me even more with this constant pressure I see from black men nowadays on black women about them having extensions etc etc. Sure you MAY just want her to know hey I think you’re pretty without ‘em… but you should also add hey babe you look good with them too. I like you either way. All this bashing of I don’t like fake hair etc etc… but be quick to name a “kardashian” into reference of "real hair" [ just an example.. no shade ]… ummmm.. news flash… OTHER ETHNICITIES GET EXTENSIONS TOO! (as you can see below with Kourtney Kardash’ getting her tracks sewn in the back and walkin out of the salon with it looking gorgeous)

It’s so much bashing. The weave doesn’t MAKE women as a person. It just simply adds to what their perception is of their appearance being beautiful. If you have natural hair.. that’s fine too… but no need to mention that 247 to the sistah who doesn’t. You never know what someone is going through…you don’t know if she’s sick and all her hair fell out… or if she just simply doesn’t have any self esteem and they make her feel pretty. You don’t know. We gotta stop firing each other up (unless the weave looks bad hahaha jk) and start uplifting. Men included… I could REALLY get started on ya’ll today and this matter… but I don’t EVEN wanna get my blood pressure up -_-

For all my ladies who have had or have now.. extensions.. clip ins… weaves… wigs.. natural hair. Whatever. If that makes you feel good as a woman.. then you go ahead about your business hun. If you want to dye your hair… cut it.. add weave in it.. dread it.. braid it… whatever floats your boat hunny… do it! You only have one life… why not spend it with what makes you comfortable.

 
DOES THE WAY I WEAR MY HAIR MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON?
DOES THE WAY I WEAR MY HAIR MAKE ME A BETTER FRIEND?
DOES THE WAY I WEAR MY HAIR DETERMINE MY INTEGRITY?
I AM EXPRESSING MY CREATIVITY…

Side-Commentary: Just an observation. Def. had to speak on this...