natural hair – Garlia Cornelia

Sunday Self Care

April 8, 2015 garliacornelia

The thing about being depressed is that your self-care goes to hell in a handbasket. So for the past few years I have looked a hot mess. A mess enough that close friends / some family might comment or make judgements (you know who you are), but not enough that outside people might make too...

Remembering Sarah Baartman and the Rented Negro

June 20, 2013 garliacornelia

On June 6th, 3 Black women stood in New York’s Union Square holding signs that read,” You can touch my hair.” The photos were posted across social media and debated in the days to follow. (#youcantouchmyhair)In 1810, Sarah Baartman stood on display while her buttocks and other parts of her barely covered body, were examined...