Dark Girls...a Preview

Dark Girls: Preview from Bradinn French on Vimeo.

Clips from the upcoming documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture. The clips in itself are so emotionally charging, and profound. I see a little of what I experienced in it. I wouldn't trade my dark skin for anything, and I hope that you feel the same if you rock that deep dark mahogany brown buttered skin!

Loc & rock on my sisters! Rise above hatred, rise above ignorance, rise above in love!



Stay Blessed & Happy Locing!

How I'm Feeling...

Hey Queens, I just wanted to let you all know how I've been feeling lately since I'm on this God given path. Its one of the most time consuming, and emotionally tolling paths I've ever been on that I can actually remember. So, I just want to share with you my journey thus far in the form of prose. Enjoy & comment!

 

I have learned a lot in the 6 months I’ve formed Purple W.I.N.G.S., things I’ve learned about myself and others. Trust me I did not think it would be easy. It is never easy to form something, to try and change an environment. It is not easy to save others, even from themselves. You go into philanthropy with the best intentions. Full speed ahead, thinking you will change the world! Then you get hit with the reality that the world likes itself just as it is. That half of the people you are trying to help like their current situation with no intention of changing. They look at you as if you are insane for even insinuating that something is wrong with the way they are living. Couple that with a community who isn’t remotely interested in helping its people. They don’t see a problem…they think, “Kids want to drop out of school? That’s their problem, let’s cut the education budget, because what’s the point?” You become appalled by the attitude but accept it as a cultural norm. Then they continue…“Yeah, were one of the top three hubs for sexual slavery and human trafficking.  We have legal prostitution 90 minutes away, we advertise sin, and hedonistic lifestyles but we don’t need a statewide campaign specifically for the girls of Nevada.” Then you feel like you are trudging on an uphill battle.

Ask Writing Addict

 Dear Writing Addict,

Hello, my name is Destiny, I am from The Bahamas and I have been admiring your blog for the past year and I love the length of your locs! My locs are about shoulder length and lately I've been noticing that they are dry because of the weather; its really, really hot here. I was wanted to ask if there's any tips that you can give me to keep my locs moisturized?

Thank you so much.

Out and About

Hey Pretties!

I have been be bopping here and there in the city of Vegas, meeting a lot of people that God want's me to meet. You know I pray that he give me the power of discernment, and remove individuals in and out of my life. I never question his judgement but keep elevating to the level he would like me to be. So in the course of all of this moving and shaking my poor hair has been well, just kind of there.

I recently shampooed and conditioned my locs to bring back some softness. My hair is growing wildly, and my bangs are growing out. I kind of want them to go on and grow out, but I'm in that awkward stage (insert side lip here). Oh well, I can only continue to roll them and press on! I have attached a few pics of me around town!  What are you ladies (& gents) up to? I love to receive your emails, so don't hesitate to contact me and I will try my best to answer back as quickly as possible.

Me & the President of the Women's Peace Federation (What an honor!)

Me & the host of a lil swanky beauty event, Mrs. Nevada America, and PR

Stay Blessed & Happy Locing!

Here We Go Again...

So my long time loyal readers of On the Road to Queendom know that I am a feminist at heart. That I try and speak out on the injustices we face, and so forth. About a year ago I blogged that I felt there was a war being waged with Black Women. Because everywhere we turned we were being put down, disrespected, disregarded, and just flat out dogged by the media, etc. Hmph, well it doesn't look like I was too far off base now was I? I mean think about it as you read the following article someone wrote some Quack wrote on the Psychology Today website. Just remember I told you so (sorry I had to say it). Now more than ever it is time for women to come together, to unify and stand up for what is right. To speak about the injustices we have been enduring in music, music videos, and more. If we don't speak out against this mess who will?

Weave Theft on the Rise?

Just when you think you've heard it all....weave theft is on the rise. Yep that's right people are actually robbing hair stores, and some store owners/employees are being killed for the good, expensive stuff! The following story was taken from the New York Times, read on...

The thieves pulled the iron bars out of the windows, outsmarted the motion detector that would have triggered a burglar alarm and did not give the safe or cash register a second look.

Michael Stravato for The New York Times

Lisa Amosu, a Houston salon owner, gluing hair onto a client. She valued human hair recently taken from the salon at $150,000.

Instead they went straight for what was most valuable: human hair. By the time the bandits at the My Trendy Place salon in Houston were finished, they had stolen $150,000 worth of the shop’s most prized type, used for silky extensions.

Locd'Beauty of the Month

Monifa Nicole Yemisi Miller

Monifa is the Kamoy Magazine Beauty of the Month! Since I am the editor of the magazine, I had to share her beauty with you all. She is rocking her Queendom! Read on to see what she had to say about being selected:

It’s an honor and pleasure to-be selected to be the beauty of this month. I’ll be 24 on the 6th of this month and I was born and raised in metro area of Atlanta Georgia to Jamaican Parents. I’m a single mother to my 3 year old son Mekhi. I am currently pursuing my modeling career as well as a degree in childhood education. I’ve always had a passion to impact the lives of the youth and expose and teach them to the TRUTH. I hope to use my modeling as an vessel to reach out to young people all over the globe and break down the walls of commercial beauty. To build their confidence and teach them to have acceptance of their flaws, for that is truly what makes us all beautiful and unique. This is something I personally lacked as a child.

Good Hair was All She Wanted....

All she wanted was straight hair
Where others dream of becoming a model, Isabella was discovered by a photographer in Geleen, a small town in Holland where she grew up.

A close friend invited the traffic stopping beauty to Chicago to pursue the American dream because he believed she had what it takes to become a top model.