Who runs the world? Girls!
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The Black Gyrl Art
Art of the Month
In 2021 the art series with examine moments in African American history in an attempt to UNERASE our past
When Africans were kidnapped and bound into slavery, they brought many skill sets with them. One of the greatest myths was that the people came here without skills. In Colonial America, enslaved Africans began fulfilling the needs that colonist needed to be equal with Europeans. Some Africans making wigs and styling hair to help their masters keep up with the current trends. Having a nice wig, which covered bald spots in men, was often a sign of privilege.
As early as 1820 former slaves began opening businesses including those as hairstylists. Most of their clients were white people. But with the end of slavery, women of African descent began to spend time on their own hair. It opened a new market for women like Madam CJ Walker and Annie Malone, who created empires from helping African American women take care of their hair.
Malone and Walker also created a method where African American women could earn income outside their home by doing hair and selling products. They could do white people’s hair. They could do African American people’s hair. It was once said, hairstyles were created in Harlem, before they went out into the world.
Affirmation
Even when it it hard to see, it is still there. Some days you have to focus on it.
Here it is!
Season Two is here.
In episode 1 We Need A Hero, the Sistas examine some of the first shows on television featuring African Americans. These were the first representations of African Americans as workers, mothers, friends in society. They had an impact, but was it a good one?
Listen We Need A Hero
Portrait Season
Before you know it, they are all grown and gone. Portrait Season is the opportunity to capture this moment in time so that you can remember. If you would like to book a session, email me uppcreative@yahoo.com
Book of the Month
Dancing During The Storm is a collection of short stories that represent people dealing with the storms of life. There are times when we have to decide are we going to lay down or fight. All of these stories tell of people who are either coming out of, in the middle of or going into a storm. In this second volume, the stories deal with justice, women’s issues and deception.
Available on Amazon
Season 2!!!!
We will soon be Talking TV
TV Talk with the Sistas is gearing up for Season 2.
Fill In The Gap Magazine
In the 2020 Issue of Fill In The Gap. Join us. We are looking for Contributors for 2020. Submit a story idea at fillgmagazine@gmail.com.
T-Shirt of the Month
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Friends are your best super power. This month we focus on the people who
help make you you.
Pick your village.
