Elle Driver
Veteran
@Phoenix_Knightly23 I'm good girl, I'm all the way good.
I agree with all of that, I'm just saying my experience has been that I've been told that I don't understand the struggle because my curls are too loose and my hair isn't nappy enough.
What? I respectfully beg to differ. My issue with the natural hair movement (as wonderful as it is) is that the goals are often long hair with loose curls, when that isn't realistic for a lot of women. Not saying that black women can't grow long hair. I'm saying--read this carefully--that long hair with loose curls are not realistic for a lot of women.
Like, twist-outs are super cute (and they're a staple for me) but you have to acknowledge that twist-outs are just women molding their hair into a for that's considered attractive--looser curls than their hair actually grows in. The day I can wake up and not do anything to my hair except put a bow on is the day I will believe that natural hair is actually accepted.
Thanks to @TheStripper for pointing this out.
I agree with all of that, I'm just saying my experience has been that I've been told that I don't understand the struggle because my curls are too loose and my hair isn't nappy enough.