Posts Tagged ‘linda jones’

A Corporate Image Worth Copying

A few months ago my friend Louise sent me an article with good news about the appointment of Ursula Burns as chief executive officer of Xerox. The appointment makes her the first African American female to head a Fortune 500 company. The article had a photo of Burns wearing a very short natural hairstyle with [...]

The Michael Jackson I Want to See

Linda Jones ruminates on the Michael Jackson she loved… the natural Michael

Nappyisms: Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!

The Promised Land for “Mosetta” is the unaltered texture of natural black hair.

Letting Your Tresses be Expressive

If your curls and kinks could talk, what would they say?

Update on Teacher

Whatever Nappened To… Ruth Sherman

Nappies and Wannabes!

The Don Imus controversy has landed Mosetta on the |Joyner show EARLY Tuesday morning — 5:50 AM — to join their broadcast-long discussion of Black Hair.

My 12-Strand Program

Now’s the time to make things right. Some of you may want to apologize to your own hair for addicting it to chemical relaxers—also known as ‘creamy crack’!

Helping People Love their Natural Hair

Since her first gathering in 1998, Linda Jones has hosted dozens of Nappy Hair Days — stress-free, casual workshops where women can learn how to wear their hair in natural, traditional African styles.

Happy to be Nappy

I want to get at the negative stigma and tell women that there is nothing wrong with wearing African-style hair.