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Sept. 8, 2009 was not only the second Tuesday of the month my sweets. This day, according to media mogul and our best girlfriend, Tyra Banks, was National Real Hair Day!
Accordingly, Miss Tyra, for the season premiere of her talk show, 'The Tyra Banks Show,' revealed her very natural hair. Well, not natural, but real.
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Until now, Tyra has been the unapologetic poster child for the weave (she rocks a new look almost daily between her talk show and the other show she hosts, 'America's Next Top Model') -- the lace-front specifically. As the lead-up to the show, she promised:
"This season on 'The Tyra Show,' we're taking it to the next level and getting more real than ever before by encouraging women everywhere to own and rock what they've got and be proud!"
(Tyra after getting her hair styled -- in all of its weave-free glory!)
Tyra came out with her hair wet (and pretty long), and invited studio audience members on stage to touch and feel her hair and scalpto ensure that it was in fact, real.
Tyra then had her personal stylist Oscar do her hair before the studio audience after he cut three inches. Guest Perez Hilton said it was quite "coquettish."
Tyra Banks: "I feel like it's my responsibility to redefine true beauty, so I've shown myself with no makeup and now I'm showing my real hair -- and it's all because I want more women to be proud of who they are...inside and out."
Before the "reveal," our Afrobella asked whether this was a one-day thing or forever? (Answer: for the season, off and on.) And, frankly, do we care? Clutch mag pointedly asks what Tyra is trying to say by using the word "real" instead of "natural": "But seriously, we applaud Tyra for trying to bring earthiness and naturalness back to beauty, but we don't know about all that realness stuff . Why? Because realness is supposed to be inside a person, right? Not outside. And you can be as natural as the dirt on the ground and still not be real inside. And that's real talk." Well, Tyra used the word "real" because her hair is definitely chemically enhanced. Now, you can't expect Tyra to come out with no weave AND an Afro, right? Talk About It: The BV Community Sounds off on Tyra's Hair
Tyra, who said she will wear her natural hair as well has her usual wigs and weaves for the entire season of the show, stressed that weaves should always be an "option, like a hat you take off and have fun with."
The College Survival Guide
A Fridge
Regardless of whether you have a wonderful sized meal plan, your fridge may come in handy with leftovers or when you feel like stocking it with bottled drinks.
Computer
The convenience of a computer is essential when sending your kids off to college. Forget the hike to the computer lab across campus students need a computer in the comfort of their room. A printer comes in handy as well. Depending on whether your child plans to carry his laptop around campus, you might opt for a desk top since they're lighter on the pockets.
Snacks
You will surely survive with off of a meal plan but it doesn't hurt to stock up on snacks when you don't feel like leaving your dorm room. Bottled water, pop corn, cereal and Ramen noodles are all low budget snacks to stock up on. Just be weary of the freshman 15.
Things from home
Some college students suffer from homesickness the first year. It's best to surround yourself with things like photos of the family, pillows or even stuffed animals. Anything that reminds your child of home.
MP3 Player
With all the stress that comes from school and exams, sometimes it's nice to block out the chaos in your life and even your roommate with music. It's nearly impossible to find students walking to class who aren't jamming to tunes.
Budget
Students who enter college often come in at the ripening age of 18. A great time for credit cards. Parents beware, your child may end up ruining their credit at a young age
Alarm Clock
When you're in college you don't have the luxury of getting awaken by your parents. It's now your responsibility to get to class on time so alarm clocks are a must. But keep your roommate in mind. You shouldn't wake him up ever morning with a blow horn alarm.
Cleaning supplies
Now you don't necessarily need to bring in the rubber gloves, mop and gas mask but it doesn't hurt to bring along Clorox all purpose wipes for spills or dust. Vacuums and brooms come in handy too depending if you have a carpeted dorm.
Bedding
What most parents aren't aware of is that most college beds are twin sized but extra long and require special sheets. When shopping keep your eye open for sheets that clearly state 'extra long' or else your child may come up short.
Shower shoes
You really don't know what some people do in the shower these days. College showers are known to be creeping with germs so spare yourself the fungus and purchase flip flops for the shower. You'll thank us later!
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By: sally on 9/13/2009 10:23AM
I am a white woman, and I have no idea what is involved in making an African American woman's hair do what you want it to--but I think Tyra looks beautiful with her "real" hair (non-wig)as well as with the enhanced styles she wears. My own hair has always been fine and straight and I had to use curlers everyday just to give it style at all. Now most of my hair has succumbed to genetic alopecia and I wear a wig every day. Women should be proud of who they are and how they look naturally, but also be able to take advantage of the help the beauty industry offers to look attractive--I look 15 years older without hair.
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By: sandra on 9/13/2009 2:18PM
I thought your "and Frankly do we care" comment in your blog was disrepectful. Yes...we do care! And even if it is a few of us it matters. And to disrepect Afrobella's point of view with this comment was even lower. You both work for Black Voices and you need an attitude check and should apologize to Afrobella. Frankly we do care...
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By: christina_keys on 9/17/2009 4:37AM
Tyra is a fool, and so insincere in really heartbreaking interview. "Wow, that's really sad. So anyway..."
I never watch the show, the "hair" show was my first time, because hair is my passion, after all. But damn, what's the point of showing your "real" hair if it is not even in its natural state?
"Ok, little black girls, let's celebrate our hair, but only if it looks straight and/or relaxed."
PLEASE. She wants to do this, she needs to be 100 with it, not this half-ass-relaxer-is-still-real- mess.
I have been natural all my life, and I hate that, even still, black women (like the two black female guests on her show) wear weave because they hate their real hair. Argh
And DONT try to to tell me, "Well, white women do it, too."
Uh, NO.
White women are not running around with afro/kinky weave like we are running around with this blonde, Eurpoean silky mess.
We have the best, most UNIQUE hair in the world, and NOBODY can rock it like us. Why the hell are relaxer companies still in business??? Fuck a lace front, I rock rough and stuff with my afro puffs!
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By: happy on 9/17/2009 10:54PM
why can't we dye our hair without ppl assuming we don't like ourselves? A white brunette can go blond without being assumed 2 want 2 look or be black. A white blonde can go brunette with NO stereotype. A white woman with straight hair can get a perm 2 make their hair curly without bein assumed 2 wanna look black r wuteva. So what if we have 2 be rockin afro-puffs 4 every occasion 2 be proud of who we are? peopl should stop assuming the worse of ppl when their trying 2 do something positive. I've gotten relaxers sometimes when I wanted a real straight look longer but it never meant I didn't like my hair. Jus meant I wanted a different look at that time like any white girl that changes her hair without being questioned. It's called a hairstyle, not a race change. And african americans do have different textures.Some less kinky or more than others. I really think Tyra had her hair that way 2 show the length of her hair too because if it weren't straight, we wouldn't know how long it was.. duhh. That's important too since ppl always act like we can't have long hair too.
Just because her hair wasn't kinky or in a fro don't mean it wasn't in it's natural state. African americans just like any other race do have different hair textures just as we do complexions. Come on? Because her hair was dangling beautifully, it ain't her natural state.. Come on. Anyway, I already knew she had hair because I'm NOT like most ignorant people who think that just because a black woman is wearing a weave she has to be bald too.. Come on ppl. 2ndly, I'm african american & my hair does get tangled & curl up when I wash it, but it pretty much hangs like tyra's when once I've combed it out which is probably what she did too.. comb it out. I have white girlfriends & their hair gets tangled when they wash it too. It don't just automatically hang straight. Thanks
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By: Reneelucky7 on 9/17/2009 10:42PM
I think that it is a shame that black women attack other black woman about having fake hair. It's like get a life. Who cares??? When a woman puts on a mascara- is her eye lashes fake? When a woman wears a bra to lift up her boobs- does that make her chest fake? Black women as a whole need to stop tearing down one another. I think that anyone that insults Tyra about her hair is just simple one thing and that is JEALOUS. Hate only hates the hater not the hated.
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