Real Talk: Good Hair

I am sooo excited for Chris Rock's documentary, Good Hair!! I feel that women everywhere of all ethnicities needed to be enlightened about what the definition of good hair is. I personally have tried to delete the term "good hair" from my vocabulary because of its sterotypical connotation. My hair was always healthy because my mom didn't allow me to get a perm until the age of 13. When I finally joined the club of the "creamy crack addicts" people used to always say,"You have that good hair, are you mixed?" Afterwards, I always used to wonder, "Why do I have to be mixed to have good hair?" Growing up, "good hair" in the black community has always been defined as straight, thick, versatile, and easy to maintain. This type of hair was commonly found among women who claimed different ethnicities in addiction to being African- American. Those who lacked the genes of Asian, Indian, Spanish and/or White races (like mwa) chose to get perms for various reasons(for me it was mainly for the easy maintenance because my mom was tired of spending countless hours combing out the knots in my hair). Women without perms were almost looked down upon for rocking their hair in the natural state. Although, many women (such as I) still get perms, I notice that rocking the natural state of hair has returned in full force (like skinny jeans and plaid). Now I feel as if the script has been flipped and natural is the way to be right now. I would love to get my hair back to its natural state, but that's a lot of work I"m not even willing to do right now. Basically I feel that there is no such thing as "good hair" because good hair is healthy hair whether its long, short, thick or thin. If you like the way your hair looks be it weave, wig, perm, braids or natural than rock it as if you were Sasha Fierce herself (whom I usually see myself as after a nice wash and set with a little curling of the ends). I definitely give props to Chris Rock for shedding light on such a touchy subject with women in general. At least now white people can get the answers to what they have been wondering for years about black hair but simply been too afraid to ask. Anyways check out the trailer for Chris Rock's Good Hair, which hits select theaters October 9th and will be open nationwide October 23.