You're the ish to me, forget the other girls

[bentmywookie]

For pumpkinbrat, this is what my hair does naturally which makes me think maybe i ought to just let it dredlock itself.

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[pumpkinbrat]

that's fucking awesome!!

it wants to dread... it really really does...

[bentmywookie]

you think so?

well, may 6th, (the day after my new court date) i will most likely begin the process. especially if i am living in...well, it doesnt matter where. i wanna do it. but i can't go to court with dreds 'cause that'd be like going up to the judge and saying "i smoke pot!" whereas i am going for "i make good grades, i have turned my life around, please dont fuck me over" even though i still smoke pot.

sometime maybe this weekend i will take pictures of it when i have wallowed all night and it IS a big dred in the back.

[thestrokesln]

your hair looks awesome like that!! I am kind of jealous, I wish my hair would so that.

[bentmywookie]

thanks..and no you dont. when one's hair wishes to dredlock, one must devote more time to brushing.

[robotparade]

it's gonna look great if you let it go do it's own thing...

And yes, I definately miss mine. It wasn't something I wanted to do...but I had too. Now a huge emotional weight has been lifted. But I am sad too

[bentmywookie]

aww, why'd you do it?

[robotparade]

I kept thinking about how dreadlocks have the deep cultural and historical history through religion and what not. Then I kept thinking about how American culture or capitalism eats up those things, repackages them, and sells them to people. I could see both sides of the story, dreads are a natural occurence-everyone has a right to them but this other side of the story was weighing on me and I couldn't give up that I was a representation of the culture...even if I did grow my dreads naturally for spiritual reasons. The side just really really started weighing in on me and I had to cut them off. I'd never really thought about cutting them for the 3 1/2 years I had them. I love them....but I just couldn't bear the self-conciousness that it created within myself....hence the shedding.

I don't think it's wrong for anyone to have dreadlocks. I just knew that it wasn't right for me anymore.....
If you're interested in reading some of the voices in the dreadlocks and cultural appropriation Naani

[bentmywookie]

so was that a real site or what? the way things were written i thought it might not be. i would hate to think people would think i wa stealing their culture. no. i would be emulating pop culture, as much as i hate to admit it. eew. oh well, weird.