Episode 15: Hair Shame, We All Have It

Natural Born Sistah

Episode 15: Hair Shame, We All Have It

Host: Lisa. E

EPISODE SUMMARY

This podcast is dedicated to celebrating the journey of black women to embrace their natural hair, with our host, Lisa. E, aka Natural Born Sistah, who inspires black women to groom and confidently flaunt their natural hair.

In this episode Lisa E, a Natural Hair Mentor and Enthusiast, is talking about “Hair Shame. We all have experienced some sort of hair shame in our natural hair lives. Now don’t look at the word shame as a negative connotation. The experience of hair shame comes in forms of control and the uncontrollable.

Lisa talks about how different types of hair shame could affect your natural hair journey and the willingness to accept your natural hair. She talks about the 3 top shames and breaks them down so that you understand what it means and what it is to have these shames. Lisa even offers a huge tip to one of the shames she discusses in this episode. Take advantage of her help, if this is your shame.
Key points from this episode include;

• [00:47] Meet Natural Born Sistah, Lisa E.
• [01:09] Summarizing last week's episode.
• [03:20] Lisa E. describes what is hair shame.
• [04:25] Lisa E. talks about the most acceptable types of hair textures.
• [06:45] Lisa E. talks about how synthetic hair is not good for her hair type.
• [08:11] Lisa E. talks about Professional Hair Shame.
• [08:54] Laws being put on our hair so that we conform to social norms.
• [09:30] Lisa E. tells how Google describes the Crown Act way beyond chemical treatments.
• [11:32] Lisa E. talks about when the Natural Hair Movement swept America.
• [13:32] It’s ok to have hair shame as long as you do something about it.
• [14:14] Lisa E. uses the word nappy and says why.
• [14:54} Lisa E. wants you to identify your hair shame.
• [16:44] Lisa E. talks about her hair shame.
• [17:16]Lisa E.’s solution to trichology.
• [18:35] Let’s talk about your hair shame on the show or in private.
• [19:11] Protective styling should only be used as a break not a solution.
• [19:55] Lisa E. wants to help take you to the next level of overcoming your hair shame.
• [20:35] Reach out to Lisa E. at [e-mail]

QUOTES

• “I love the original texture of my hair now”
• "We can claim that the movement has failed black women"
• “They feel so threatened by our hair that they had to put laws on it”
• “I’m going to share the most”
• “It was supposed to encourage black women with natural hair”
• “The looser curl tribe was more glamourized”
• “You want to embrace your natural hair not hide it”

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IG - @naturalbornsistah

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Email: [e-mail]

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