• Hair trauma, curl discovery, and embracing authenticity: stories from our live event

  • Sep 12 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

Hair trauma, curl discovery, and embracing authenticity: stories from our live event

  • Summary

  • We're kicking off the second season of the Curl Code by sharing a vulnerable, illuminating, sometimes hilarious and alwways incredible conversation from the launch party of the show last year.

    This live event brought together curlies and non-curlies of different generations and backgrounds to discuss lived experiences of having curly hair. Regardless of what else we might not have in common, we discovered funny and not-so-funny stories of hair trauma, struggle, and finally, embrace that revealed to us the things we share, and helped us learn about what's changed--and still needs to change--to allow all of us to live as our most authentic selves and embrace our curly crowns.

    Our non-curly allies helped us understand their own experiences and limitations, and even our wavy and swavy friends got a little reassurance that there is a place for them in the the curl universe too!

    This conversation exemplifies the openness, authenticity and healing we stand for in this show, and at the Curly Oasis salon and education platform. We hope you'll find solidarity, companionship, and discovery in this show, and realize that whatever you hair trauma or curl experience may be, you are not alone!

    Continue your curly hair styling and education journey on our Instagram!

    Links/more:

    The CROWN Act: The CROWN Act, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” is currently being adopted on a state by state basis to ban hair-based discrimination at schools and workplaces. Braided twists or locs, “as long as style is neat in appearance” are allowed for women–but not men–in the military.

    Environmental working group

    INCI app: On Apple and Android

    On personal products disrupting the endocrine system:
    https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine

    https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/09/nx-s1-5099419/hair-and-skin-care-products-expose-kids-to-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-study-finds#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20links%20the%20recent%20use%20of%20personal%20care,of%20exposure%20to%20these%20chemicals.

    https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/cosmetics/cosmetic-products-specific-topics/endocrine-disruptors_en

    On levels of cancer in brown and Black communities:

    https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/health-equity/african-american.html#:~:text=Black%20people%20have%20the%20highest,cancers%20at%20a%20late%20stage.

    https://www.cancer.org/about-us/what-we-do/health-equity/cancer-disparities-in-the-black-community.html

    Meet some of our guests:
    Sydnei
    Susan and Ashira, Thrive Yoga
    Luby Ismail, Connecting Cultures

    CHAPTER MARKERS
    00:00 Welcome to Season Two of the Curl Code
    01:49 Personal Stories of Hair Struggles
    09:13 Cultural and Generational Perspectives on Curly Hair
    13:47 Workplace Discrimination and the Crown Act
    31:57 The Importance of Authenticity
    37:34 Closing Remarks and Gratitude

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