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(To view the piece I created for this project, read to the end!!)

Paying homage to the Afro-Creole women who turned a law of disgusting racial bias and oppression into one of beauty, empowerment, and fashion. Happy International Women’s Month!

In 1786 Louisiana, men were allowed not just one wife, but also many open mistresses. In the battle to be the best side snack, many women would put an air of extravagance and exoticism into their appearance in order to stand out, be deemed more beautiful, and thus more often chosen and vied for. It comes no surprise that black women showed up and showed out with their flair for accessory and love for adornment. Woven through their hair were beads, beautiful jewels, and to top it off, intricate styles that only kinky-coily hair could create.

Enter the Green-Eyed Monster.

Due to the amount of attention these black women garnered, the Tignon Laws were created and put into effect. The purpose of these laws were to ban black women and other women of color from wearing their hair out and essentially stealing all of the men’s attention from other mistresses.

And of course, this backfired completely.

These women not only completely adhered to the rules, but they changed the game while doing so, and happened to make things even worse for those who tried to oppress them in the first place. Below are a few beautiful images that showcase the beauty and power in the wraps these women chose to create. They made these from simple fabrics, repurposed materials, “thrifted” hats and scarves and made it their own.

UM, SLAY? GIVE ME ANGLES.

I Know That’s Right, Sis.

Okay, smize. Casual shoulder action.

I’M SHOOKETH.

So beautiful and powerful. Do you notice any similarities to women today?

ICONS.

As you can see, these laws were an act of oppression that added that much more style and flair into the culture behind black women and their hair, styles, protective styling, and fashion – not that we weren’t already incorporating wraps into our styles.

Now by now, y’all should know that I LOVE me some head wraps, so below is a piece I created to show some love.

Make sure you guys submit to my weekly #WRAPWEDNESDAY on my Instagram @thesamarahpoe / https://www.instagram.com/thesamarahpoe and stay tuned for more!

In Love & Wraps,

Marah xo

la victoire du tignon (To view the piece I created for this project, read to the end!!) Paying homage to the Afro-Creole women who turned a law of disgusting racial bias and oppression into one of beauty, empowerment, and fashion.

(To view the piece I created for this project, read to the end!!)

Paying homage to the Afro-Creole women who turned a law of disgusting racial bias and oppression into one of beauty, empowerment, and fashion. Happy International Women’s Month!

In 1786 Louisiana, men were allowed not just one wife, but also many open mistresses. In the battle to be the best side snack, many women would put an air of extravagance and exoticism into their appearance in order to stand out, be deemed more beautiful, and thus more often chosen and vied for. It comes no surprise that black women showed up and showed out with their flair for accessory and love for adornment. Woven through their hair were beads, beautiful jewels, and to top it off, intricate styles that only kinky-coily hair could create.

Enter the Green-Eyed Monster.

Due to the amount of attention these black women garnered, the Tignon Laws were created and put into effect. The purpose of these laws were to ban black women and other women of color from wearing their hair out and essentially stealing all of the men’s attention from other mistresses.

And of course, this backfired completely.

These women not only completely adhered to the rules, but they changed the game while doing so, and happened to make things even worse for those who tried to oppress them in the first place. Below are a few beautiful images that showcase the beauty and power in the wraps these women chose to create. They made these from simple fabrics, repurposed materials, “thrifted” hats and scarves and made it their own.

UM, SLAY? GIVE ME ANGLES.

I Know That’s Right, Sis.

Okay, smize. Casual shoulder action.

I’M SHOOKETH.

So beautiful and powerful. Do you notice any similarities to women today?

ICONS.

As you can see, these laws were an act of oppression that added that much more style and flair into the culture behind black women and their hair, styles, protective styling, and fashion – not that we weren’t already incorporating wraps into our styles.

Now by now, y’all should know that I LOVE me some head wraps, so below is a piece I created to show some love.

Make sure you guys submit to my weekly #WRAPWEDNESDAY on my Instagram @thesamarahpoe / https://www.instagram.com/thesamarahpoe and stay tuned for more!

In Love & Wraps,

Marah xo

la victoire du tignon (To view the piece I created for this project, read to the end!!) Paying homage to the Afro-Creole women who turned a law of disgusting racial bias and oppression into one of beauty, empowerment, and fashion.

A Letter to the Samarah of 2016 and '17

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You are a soul that is simply experiencing life, and in order to live peacefully you must retrain your mind and body to be a place of peace. A home for your spirit. – TSP.

Sometimes, our vision gets cloudy on the things we want to attain when we become distracted with the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Things don’t always go as planned, and you need to develop acute survival instinct to…

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New Year, New Me?

People, the New Year has A R R I V E D and in honor of this feat I thought would never frickin’ get here, there’s a few things we have to review before we bring 2017’s bad habits into this new astral revolution.

I’ve seen the same sentiment being reflected everyday from mutuals on social media to people I converse with – so naturally, I started wondering.

What about 2017 exactly made it so crappy…

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Iron Gates, 2017

Photoproject inspired by the likes of Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, and Edgar Allen Poe. What’s your interpretation?

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#carrie mae weems #edgar allen poe #expression #life #lorna simpson #photo essay #photography #portriat

(If you would like to skip all of my article-talk and get straight to the pretty pictures, please feel free to do so! Who wants to listen to me ramble, lol.)

So.. it’s Winter Break!!!!! And that means..

Christmas and Thanksgiving..

Lots of fun and freezing in the snow, wishing I were somewhere hotter but secretly enjoying the numbness in my toes.

And my fave, having an excuse to wear turtlenecks every single day, the basic clothing item everyone in life needs in their wardrobe.

Yes, it’s still autumn, but luckily my University is done with school for the year. I know there’s the Thanksgiving holiday that glorifies the interactions of Natives and Pilgrims in 1621 to celebrate the first successful colonial harvest in America. I say glorifies because we know the Natives were subjected to egregious racism, violence, and displacement to this day.. but Turkeys amirite?? (which came right on time for the Keystone Pipelines-which many Native Americans protested as a result of the harm it would do to our sacred lands and the earth-to burst and spill 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota. The largest to date. Hmm.)

Recently, school came to a close for the semester, and with that comes the (much anticipated) end of 2017. I know I’m not alone when I say it…but what a year, right? I know a few of y’all are with me when I say this year was heavy…but impactful. I’m going into 2018 a changed person than from who I was at the beginning of this year. I am still me, but the knowledge and growth I’ve accumulated are helping me to realign myself with my goals using an updated mindset, a renewed sense of motivation and purpose, and excitement for what is to come.

WU Media had our last meeting for the semester, and instead of something overly formal, I encouraged everyone to melt down, open up about how they felt this year went for them, and what they would change. I loved the vibe of the room with the low lights, incense, music, and good vibes. I had to get a couple of photos to capture the moment.

Originally I was taking photos using my Canon, but I started testing out the iPhone 7 camera with it’s different built-in filters and found I liked that even better. Paired with my handy dandy photo editor, I did a bit of editing…

Without further ado, enjoy these awesome, beautiful people.

Happy Holidays.

In Lights – Photo Project (If you would like to skip all of my article-talk and get straight to the pretty pictures, please feel free to do so!

#arsun #life #photography #photoshoot #wumedia

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@ajvni

Mental Illness vs Mental Gift

” No further evidence is needed to show that ‘mental illness’ is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious ” – Thomas Szasz

I sat down recently and had an enlightening conversation.. the subject of mental illness came to fruition.

I explain my current existential crisis:

Do I care way too much?…

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#existential #life

re·birth

“Stick to the notion, stay in motion Remember soon as you stand still So will everything else, you know this Make sure all your inner actions end with actions If you stacking frontin and back in Subtract if it isn’t adding”

– Sean Don, “Voices in My Head / Stick to the Plan”, I Decided (2017)

Photo by D.O.P.E. Visions Photography – @kaptian_92

A few weeks ago, I realized that I was missing…

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Zendaya Performing ‘Tyrone’ by Erykah Badu (Lip Sync Battle)

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📸😍: @og.big.dave • ✨👸🏾 I just want to be impactful.. I am impactful. I want to be better than I was yesterday.. I am better than I was yesterday. Speak your dreams into existence!! “I AM BLESSED!” “TODAY WILL BE A GOOD DAY!” and my personal fave: “WHEN I GET HOME MY PIZZA WILL STILL BE THERE UNTOUCHED!! 🙃” • #blackgirlmagic #photographerislit #smize #thesamarahpoe #ogbigdave (at Dayton, Ohio)