Our hair holds lots of energy. Historically anti-Blackness tried disempowering our enslaved ancestors by shaving their heads or forcing them to wear headwraps.
Overtime “rocking your crown” became a form of resistance.
We LOVE how we reclaim and embrace our hairstyles. But there’s still one style that gets a bad rep.
Many people, especially women, are judged for rocking short hair or a bald head. Often this judgment is rooted in toxic gender and sexuality stereotypes, but sometimes it’s coming from a religious perspective as well.
In some religions it’s taboo to cut your hair. This centers around believing our hair is where we store our power. But here’s another take on this.
Hair stores energy but there’s lots of energy out there. Our hair could be holding really empowering energy but it could also be storing negative energy. This negative energy could be due to trauma, anxiety, or a period of time in which you weren’t feeling super confident.
And as the great Toni Morrison said, You wanna fly, you got to give up what weighs you down. Is it time to pick up the trimmer?
When was the last time you got a cut? New hair means transformation.
It doesn’t matter if you’re rocking hair to your knees or a baldie, as long as you’re rocking your POWER.