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Old 11-07-2009, 03:14 PM   #1
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Thumbs up black women and beauty - editorial

this editorial is sort of about hair but not really, it's more about the standards of beauty. i enjoyed it and wanted to share

beauty comes in a variety of forms

i particularly love the last few sentences...
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Old 11-07-2009, 05:22 PM   #2
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I love Leonard Pitts. I always enjoy his columns. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:36 PM   #3
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Beautiful!
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Old 11-07-2009, 06:53 PM   #4
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Loved it. Thanks.
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Old 11-07-2009, 08:30 PM   #5
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great article...thanks for sharing
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Old 11-08-2009, 12:29 AM   #6
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Loved that!
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Old 11-08-2009, 12:39 AM   #7
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I almost cried. So beautiful.
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:08 PM   #8
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bump...

just want to make sure people see this great article
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:16 PM   #9
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What a wonderful article. I cried. I printed.

Such love and appreciation.
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:28 PM   #10
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thank you sooo much for sharing this!!
i needed to hear this today.
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:37 PM   #11
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Beautiful.
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Old 11-10-2009, 02:56 PM   #12
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loved this:
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the difficulty of loving oneself when one uses as a yardstick of worth another culture's physical standards
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Old 11-10-2009, 03:56 PM   #13
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This was an absolutely beautiful article. Love it.
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