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02-26-2004, 12:14 AM #71Active Nappturality Member
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Originally posted by paulicia@Feb 21 2004, 01:23 AM
This is straight from the magazine, ladies.... Enjoy!
ESSENCE would love to hear from you. (I bet)
Address correspondence, including your full name, address and daytime phone number to
Letters, ESSENCE
1500 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
fax: (212) 921-5173
E-mail: letters@essence.com
Of course, they say that letters may be edited for length and clarity.
w/o the help of extensions? it's as if they're reinforcing the stereotype that we need to add something to our own hair for it to look acceptable. i'm definitely writing in my letter of disapproval. :fightWorry about nothing...Pray for everything!
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Originally posted by shuaia@Feb 25 2004, 07:14 PM
i was not pleased when i read the article on faux locs. please! i'm tired of all these so called magazines saying that they're featuring natural hairstyles when they are actually passing off fake hair as natural. when are these (black) publications going to realize that NATURAL, black hair IS beautiful
w/o the help of extensions? it's as if they're reinforcing the stereotype that we need to add something to our own hair for it to look acceptable.
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02-29-2004, 05:23 AM #73
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i finally got a chance to read that article..."mesh"...nasty. But I am loving the style on pg. 56. The very first picture of the twisted afro is one of the "more traditional methods" for locing.
As soon as I get that much length I'm'on be good to go
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03-08-2004, 04:12 AM #74
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I wasn't offended,just bummned out. I have a subscription because it was a Xmas gift,but that magazine keeps dissapointing me again and again.....
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03-09-2004, 02:13 AM #75Active Nappturality Member
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Has anyone written Essence to express this concern?
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Originally posted by edi2463@Feb 22 2004, 04:23 PM
None of us are old enough to know what it was like when the relaxer first hit the market, but I am sure it took time to "catch on"(can you imagine the test cases of lye relaxers? :doh)[url="http://public.fotki.com/paulicia"]http://public.fotki.com/paulicia[/url]
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03-09-2004, 01:54 PM #77Active Nappturality Member
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Well, there are no letters of opposition to the locks story in the most recent issue of Essence. Not to say that no one wrote in about it, but just an observation.
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03-09-2004, 03:29 PM #78Super NappAddict
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Some how I really doubt they are going to post that in their magazine. At least, not without tweeking them a little.
P :rainfroStarting Loc journey again. . . and boy is it fun!
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03-13-2004, 06:38 AM #79Senior Napp
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Originally posted by expecting@Mar 9 2004, 07:54 AM
Well, there are no letters of opposition to the locks story in the most recent issue of Essence. Not to say that no one wrote in about it, but just an observation.[url="http://public.fotki.com/paulicia"]http://public.fotki.com/paulicia[/url]
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03-13-2004, 10:02 PM #80
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I've returned to this thread for two reasons:
1) I finally read the article. My first response related to the notion of fake locs; after seeing the article and the pics I was basically like :rolleyes this is what you expect from Essence.
But after reading this thread in its entirety I'm like...this is EXACTLY what you SHOULD expect from Essence. And in this respect I find myself agreeing with Expecting.
Remember, Essence is catering to its majority audience: black women who wear just about every kind of hairstyle EXCEPT nappy hair in its natural state AND, I would guess, are self-conscious about looking "just any old way" (e.g., "rough," "nappy," etc.). Insta-locs gives them the look they want without the stress...because (insert heavy ladle of sarcasm here) we all KNOW that having nappy hair is stressful, right? It's bad enough when it's short and rough and won't grow...God FORBID we walk around looking like Buckwheat on top of that. :rolleyes
I'll keep my eyes peeled for letters but I won't be resubscribing to Essence any time soon because unless black women get a MASSIVE clue and start turning away from chemicals and extensions in droves, they won't have any real incentive to change anything they're doing. Better to stick with magazines like Fierce that don't spend a lot of time discussing this crap.
2) Today in the mall I saw a woman wearing what looked like half-real locs, half (formerly) silky locs. They looked WEIRD, y'all. I can't really describe them very well but I wondered at what point she would be willing to go all the way real. The real locs looked like they were just shy of her shoulders.Hello, 2021. Glad to see you. Hope you're bringing us goodness and light this year!
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