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Natural Born Sistah
An audio diary that documents black women's natural hair journeys. We answer the question: what’s it like to embrace your naturally textured hair? Here, you’ll find the courage to be you and the guidance you need in this journey of rediscovering yourself. In each episode, you’ll hear Lisa E, have unfiltered and informative discussions with different women who tell their personal true stories about how they are rocking their natural hair with confidence despite discrimination and bias. We overcome hair discrimination by creating a movement. We break down our insecurities and our internalized feelings of inferiority by taking a stand together and wearing our natural hair together. You’ll learn about the many different pains and pleasures of living with big black hair as well as how to care for it, what to do before your big chop, and how to deal with the judgmental people you will naturally encounter. Confidence is our Victory! And, if you would like to share your story through your natural hair journey on the Natural Born Sistah Podcast, email Lisa E. at naturalbornsistah@gmail.com. The process is easy.
Natural Born Sistah
Episode 21: It’s My Hair, It's My Story, And I Love It!
Episode 21: It’s My Hair, It's My Story, And I Love It!
Host: Lisa. E.
Catch the YouTube Version here: https://youtu.be/4kQpklcqO_g
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 with Jerrica Millbrooks, we talk about how much she loves her hair and the things she loves to do with it. This 10 year old beauty breaks it down on how important her hair is for her and how important it is for no one to touch it.
Jerrica’s incident with bullying in school shows how she feels about invading her personal space and demonstrates how to handle situations like these in school. Her predator knew what time it was after the first incident, as Jerrica handled so well.
Key points from this episode include;
- [0:528] Jerrica talks about what she likes to do for fun.
- [05:55] Jerrica talks about something that no one else knows about her.
- [07:05] The rocks in the road Jerrica faces regarding her hair in school.
- [0:7:33] The first incident with her bully, pulling her hair.
- [08:24] Jerrica is talking to the Math teacher about the incident.
- [08:40] The teacher offers Jerrica the opportunity to speak to London (her bully) about how she felt about the incident.
- [09:17] London the Bully, gives Jerrica a new name.
- [12:16] Jerrica talks about what she loves about her natural hair.
- [14:00] Jerrica talks about how the other girls wear their hair in school.
- [14:43] The style that Jerrica likes to wear.
- [16:00] The products that Jerrica’s Mom uses in her hair.
- [18:00] Jerrica talks about the DIY products used on her hair.
- [19:30] Jerrica talks about her horrific experience about using avocado.
- [21:53] Jerrica talks about the heat damage she attained and what that looked like.
- [23:36] Jerrica talks about her edges and the amount of edges she has, she does not like.
- [26:16] Jerrica expresses her thoughts on how she feels when she sees another child not wearing her natural hair.
- [27:31] Jerrica about a young lady she met in school, who came for her about wearing her natural hair.
QUOTES
- "I have a lot of textures in my hair "
- “I don’t really care about what people say about my hair, you can have your opinion it’s my hair and I like my hair like this”
- “I’m excited to see how many men and women would wear their hair out”
Connect with the Host
IG - @naturalbornsistah
IG - @kinkyinthekitchenpodcast
FB - @Natural Born Sistah
www.kinkyinthekitchen. Hair
naturalbornsistah@gmail.com
