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Dread Update- 2 months

June 12, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Carlos to the world. Carlos is my very first natural baby dreadlock. I noticed him on Sunday morning— or rather, Nikola fished him out of my mess…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: body-image·dreads

"That's What Makes You Beautiful."

May 18, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I take great issue with this song. Well, not so much the song itself, but the fact that it is touted to young girls as a song that they should listen to in order to…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: body-image·feminism·social change

Dread Update, Week 3

May 3, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

BIG NEWS!!! I grew a Nikola shaped dread, like, overnight!!! No, but in reality there is still not a whole lot going on up there. You may think it is getting a whole lot messier…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: body-image·dreads·transition

Debating Locks

April 12, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Once upon a time I had dreadlocks. The story of my locks went something like this: On a motorcycle trip across the Western states I stopped in the middle of the rockies to see a…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: body-image·religion·spirituality·stereotypes·transition·values

The Time Has Come… part II- weight

November 15, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

It is just a number, I know, and I have struggled as most girls and some boys do, against the opression of that number. The ideal weight. Ideal to whom? Where do we get these…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: body-image·feminism

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