Comments on: Hair and Now http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/ The Digital Magazine for the Young, Contemporary Woman of Color Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:28:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rashana Hooks http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-13128 Rashana Hooks Tue, 27 May 2008 23:45:34 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-13128 Thank you!!! Thank you!!!

]]> By: Tiffany http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11984 Tiffany Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:18:59 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11984 Great article Great article

]]> By: asha http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11899 asha Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:20:25 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11899 it's funny. yesterday, i sent out a S.O.S. email to my core group of sistas to ask their advice about my hair. i turned 35 in january and have been going through a mini life crisis. it didn't happen when i turned 30 but 35, go figure. anyway, over the years, i've rocked everything from my childhood pocahantas braids for school and a press and curl for church and picture day to a salt-n-pepa self-cut asymmetrical in high school (i was brave and stupid) to the halle berry/toni braxton short cut (minus the thick ass sideburns) in undergrad. i wore microbraids and wet-n-wavy braids, just no jade braids. for a brief minute in highschool, gel was my best friend and I sculpted something that looked like a nefertiti (a gumby that came to the front). fast forward some to one of my all-time favorites - the foxy brown afro and my freddie textured 'fro. somewhere along the line, i got into weaves but they were pretty much all the same, long but not totally un-be-weaveable. all of this to say, at 35, the day before a big event, i was in the midst of a hair crisis that mirrored the confusion that I was experiencing in the other parts of my life. suffices to say, after email and phone tag, i settled on something similar to chrisette michelle’s new do..and then chickened out at the last minute. anyway, i love my new do…for the time being. thanks for letting me know that i’m not out there on my own. it’s funny. yesterday, i sent out a S.O.S. email to my core group of sistas to ask their advice about my hair. i turned 35 in january and have been going through a mini life crisis. it didn’t happen when i turned 30 but 35, go figure. anyway, over the years, i’ve rocked everything from my childhood pocahantas braids for school and a press and curl for church and picture day to a salt-n-pepa self-cut asymmetrical in high school (i was brave and stupid) to the halle berry/toni braxton short cut (minus the thick ass sideburns) in undergrad. i wore microbraids and wet-n-wavy braids, just no jade braids. for a brief minute in highschool, gel was my best friend and I sculpted something that looked like a nefertiti (a gumby that came to the front). fast forward some to one of my all-time favorites – the foxy brown afro and my freddie textured ‘fro. somewhere along the line, i got into weaves but they were pretty much all the same, long but not totally un-be-weaveable. all of this to say, at 35, the day before a big event, i was in the midst of a hair crisis that mirrored the confusion that I was experiencing in the other parts of my life. suffices to say, after email and phone tag, i settled on something similar to chrisette michelle’s new do..and then chickened out at the last minute. anyway, i love my new do…for the time being. thanks for letting me know that i’m not out there on my own.

]]> By: tremaine http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11778 tremaine Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:12:03 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11778 I am in total agreement with you. Speaking as someone who cut off seven & 1/2 inches of her own hair last June, I whole-heartedly concur. Having my hair fall right before my eyes and made to crop my head nicely in a short, spunky cut has brought about this feeling of relief. Oddly enough, there's a weight lifted off of my shoulders, and I keep telling myself, "I can never go back to thick, long hair." This article speaks volumes, and I am certain you'll find many who can relate and are probably feeling the exact same way about their current hairstyle and life. I am in total agreement with you. Speaking as someone who cut off seven & 1/2 inches of her own hair last June, I whole-heartedly concur. Having my hair fall right before my eyes and made to crop my head nicely in a short, spunky cut has brought about this feeling of relief. Oddly enough, there’s a weight lifted off of my shoulders, and I keep telling myself, “I can never go back to thick, long hair.” This article speaks volumes, and I am certain you’ll find many who can relate and are probably feeling the exact same way about their current hairstyle and life.

]]> By: Omotoke Olagbaju http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11689 Omotoke Olagbaju Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:54:23 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11689 I feel like you just wrote my life in the past year and a half. I stopped straightening my hair after my 25th birthday because like you I was sick of the old me. Long, silky black permed hair just wasn't who I wanted to be any longer. So I went off to the salon and got a fab japanese bob and it was great but it still didn't show me off the way I felt I was so alot of growth and a year later I went into the salon and against the pleas of the salon I chopped off all my old permed hair and revealed a new curly afro chic me. I felt like a new person and you're right your hair does define you and the stages in life you're going through. I now look forward to a full, halfway down my back head of hair and I can't wait to get there but I'm loving every step and stage along the way too! I feel like you just wrote my life in the past year and a half. I stopped straightening my hair after my 25th birthday because like you I was sick of the old me. Long, silky black permed hair just wasn’t who I wanted to be any longer. So I went off to the salon and got a fab japanese bob and it was great but it still didn’t show me off the way I felt I was so alot of growth and a year later I went into the salon and against the pleas of the salon I chopped off all my old permed hair and revealed a new curly afro chic me. I felt like a new person and you’re right your hair does define you and the stages in life you’re going through. I now look forward to a full, halfway down my back head of hair and I can’t wait to get there but I’m loving every step and stage along the way too!

]]> By: Angie http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11615 Angie Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:18:33 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11615 Loved this article!!!! Every women has experienced the aforementioned metaphors of life. Because of how good it makes us feel, each new cut should reflect a new leaf and provide empowerment to create a positive change in each of our lives. Loved this article!!!! Every women has experienced the aforementioned metaphors of life. Because of how good it makes us feel, each new cut should reflect a new leaf and provide empowerment to create a positive change in each of our lives.

]]> By: Tavasia(Luscuiousdivasent) http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11605 Tavasia(Luscuiousdivasent) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:54:27 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11605 So eloquently put! I turned 30 and wanted to change my look, after reading this article I think I am. Thanks for the inspiration. So eloquently put! I turned 30 and wanted to change my look, after reading this article I think I am.
Thanks for the inspiration.

]]> By: A.Banks http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11485 A.Banks Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:48:57 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11485 Wow that was such a great article...... I never knew that women through so much trials and tribulations..... Good Job on the article..... Wow that was such a great article…… I never knew that women through so much trials and tribulations….. Good Job on the article…..

]]> By: Adrienne http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11433 Adrienne Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:35:48 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11433 Shana this article was written in the words of a real woman in today's society. For a woman who has gone as short as Eve and had Kelis's famous "bossy" hairstyle I can totally relate! Whenever I got a new haircut I felt rejuvenated and was ready to take on the world. Now that I am teetering back and forth in that oh so familiar stage of the "in between look", I look at the scissors for change everytime I sit in my beauticians chair. I think hairstyles definitely define the person within because I am contemplating with different issues in my life as well. Do you think I should cut my hair? Shana this article was written in the words of a real woman in today’s society. For a woman who has gone as short as Eve and had Kelis’s famous “bossy” hairstyle I can totally relate! Whenever I got a new haircut I felt rejuvenated and was ready to take on the world. Now that I am teetering back and forth in that oh so familiar stage of the “in between look”, I look at the scissors for change everytime I sit in my beauticians chair. I think hairstyles definitely define the person within because I am contemplating with different issues in my life as well. Do you think I should cut my hair?

]]> By: Fairweather Friend http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-11369 Fairweather Friend Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/hair-and-now/#comment-11369 Excellent article Shana! You're absolutely right about hair being a metaphor for life. A few years ago I cut my hair after the loss of a dear friend because I felt like I needed to shed something. Since the void was impossible to fill at the time, I decided to cut my hair. It gave me something else to focus on and made me feel like I was entering a new chapter of life. In addition to cutting my hair, I see how my mood changes with my hairstyle. Tight bun-serious focused mode; Ponytail- girly or I need a serious wash & set; Curly Fro- channeling my inner Carrie & Joan; Fresh blow out- Watch Out Now!..LOL Thanks for the thought provoking article and I'm ready for the next one so get CRACKING! Excellent article Shana!

You’re absolutely right about hair being a metaphor for life. A few years ago I cut my hair after the loss of a dear friend because I felt like I needed to shed something. Since the void was impossible to fill at the time, I decided to cut my hair. It gave me something else to focus on and made me feel like I was entering a new chapter of life.

In addition to cutting my hair, I see how my mood changes with my hairstyle. Tight bun-serious focused mode; Ponytail- girly or I need a serious wash & set; Curly Fro- channeling my inner Carrie & Joan; Fresh blow out- Watch Out Now!..LOL

Thanks for the thought provoking article and I’m ready for the next one so get CRACKING!

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