Out of the Mouths of Babes
by Lexx Brown-James In many communities of color there is a belief that “children should be seen and not heard.” I recently met with a… Read More »Out of the Mouths of Babes
by Lexx Brown-James In many communities of color there is a belief that “children should be seen and not heard.” I recently met with a… Read More »Out of the Mouths of Babes
At the age of 2 my mother gave me a relaxer. I did not have hair up until she game me the relaxer, I have… Read More »Lexx’s Hairstory
In my 14 years of doing counseling, yesterday I did something that I have never done. I cried in a therapy session. A client Vanessa*… Read More »Yesterday I Cried
Like many little Black girls my age I had pressed and then relaxed hair as a child. My mom always used a hot comb that… Read More »Tonya’s Hairstory
I have wanted, no needed, some alone time for a couple of weeks now. Last week I started to make plans to carve out a… Read More »Time Alone, the Hard Way