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@chlosih

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Katılım Eylül 2012
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chlo@chlosih·
black british women are milesssss behind both african american women and african / caribbean diaspora in the US too. the obsession with class / beauty maintenance is quite specifically pernicious in the U.K.
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chlo@chlosih·
@ver_nanaaa this is such a rudimentary way to think about socially enforced insecurities. i’d recommend you read belly of the beast by deshaun harrison.
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**@ver_nanaaa·
@chlosih We all have insecurities but I think our number one priority should be making sure we dont make our insecurities problems others have to deal with. And obviously parenting is a big example but also just with your peers
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chlo@chlosih·
why “let black women do what they want with their hair” is stupid. the cost of black hair practices: 1) financial cost 2) health cost 3) mental health cost e.g. low self esteem, over fixation on physical appearance 4) black friendships + black children
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chlo@chlosih·
@welzjfj if i seem pissed off then you seem dumb af
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w.e❄️@welzjfj·
@chlosih What other people do should not piss yall off this much. It’s SICKK
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☠︎︎@ibegforhead·
@chlosih Thank god none of this affect me and im still secure with money in my pockets w a healthy body n healthy friendships
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chlo@chlosih·
@ver_nanaaa what insecurities i’m literally perfect ¿
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@chlosih It’s honestly not normal how much people project their own insecurities onto others. And that should be fixed before we care about hair
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chlo@chlosih·
i hate when people use their degree to mislead people on the legitimacy of their claim. so i hope it doesn’t appear that i’m doing that. my comparison was no more than an observation. that said, i do engage with this topic through the lens of sociological praxis + theory.
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chlo@chlosih·
@deettho yes - belly of the beast - deshaun harrison thick - tressie mcmillan cottom black girl, no magic - kimberly mcintosh. has a good “intro” chapter on beauty capital there’s a bunch of sources at the bottom of this dissertation: chlosih.medium.com/society-stole-…
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kehiye@deettho·
@chlosih Very interesting, any reading you’d recommend please?
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chlo@chlosih·
engaging in beauty practices leads to negative experiences for those who can’t / won’t participate. how are you using your agency and your privilege? if YOU are the black executive and you always have a buss down, you are both the victim and the enforcer.
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chlo@chlosih·
i mean let’s be fr
Jamie@JamieBankroll

@chlosih I think you’re blind. So many beautiful black women of African descent in the UK in London. Maybe you’re too busy looking in the mirror?

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chlo@chlosih·
@theyearshallrun there’s plenty of critical literature on white women’s beauty practices. feel free to find it.
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akua 🇸🇱🇬🇭@theyearshallrun·
@chlosih y’all act like Black women invented wigs 😭 whole time it’s a multi-billion dollar industry across every race. why are we the only ones being policed?
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chlo@chlosih·
@exwifejack idk i spent years studying & writing about it but i guess since exwifejack says so..
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Merwa@exwifejack·
@chlosih You don’t care about anyone’s finances chlo please fuck off
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Dee@DeeTweets00·
@chlosih How much time did you spend in the uk?
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chlo@chlosih·
@PinkRhynos just because you’re unfamiliar with the topic, doesn’t make it a plantain topic. i’ve been writing about beauty capital for 6+ years. it’s an academic area of study that impacts all facets of black life. also, fuck off.
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Shifting Scales@PinkRhynos·
@chlosih You analysed the Black British Community. With all the issues we have. You chose to write about Beauty maintain? Lol the plantain topics are gonna plantain I guess 😂
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chlo@chlosih·
correlation does not equal causation. MPs are a tiny proportion of the upper class (debatable). look for sources where being perceived as black & unkempt bears value. find sources that show racial prejudice against black people with afros & locs. weigh those up & get back to me
Rielle@Rielle212

@chlosih Actually being less put together is an class signifier in Britain. Hence Kemi badenoch, kwasi kwarteng and even Nana Boateng with the unkempt thing going on. To signal to the public that they’re not “that” kind of black.

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chlo@chlosih·
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Sidequests@Sidequests77

@chlosih I've noticed the same. Question; does this still hold when you look at the UK vs cities in the US which have widely comparable weather and water hardness? As the UK's temperature, hard water, and humidity combine for conditions that are particularly harsh for Black hair + skin.

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chlo@chlosih·
if the friendship ends cuz i told you your man is cheating then let it end. idk i’m not adjusting my principles to accomadate your stupidity
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