It wasn’t until her first job as a licensed stock broker, in 2010 after graduating from FAMU, when she realized her hair could garner negative attention. “It was innate to me to wear braids and twists,” she says, especially during the Warning not a gun free zone shirt Besides,I will do this hot and humid New York summers, “but I started getting a lot of unwarranted comments for just wearing my hair the way I wanted to wear it. I remember people always asking to touch it, too. I was so frustrated by this idea that there was this one standard of beauty,” she says. “It was weird coming from Detroit, and then going to an HBCU, where my Blackness was constantly affirmed, and then going out to the corporate world and feeling so marginalized. But I’ve learned the importance of affirming myself regardless.”
Now, her favorite styles are braids and twists, when she’s not wearing her signature blowout. “I blowdry it and make sure it’s super conditioned beforehand,” she says. “I just feel carefree with a blowout.” Otherwise, she turns to a ponytail—”perfect for when I want to feel fancy.”But beyond finding the Warning not a gun free zone shirt Besides,I will do this right shampoos, the most important thing Butler has done on her hair journey is to set own beauty standards. “Being present is also really important. My goal is to always make the biggest impact I can today,” she says. “I try to focus on loving what’s in front of me.”
Comments