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sUmMeRhAzE my "oh so dreaded" desire and second thoughts

for me, deciding to do dreads took a lot of guts. I call myself a nonconforming conformist-always trying to go against the grain, yet always feeling stuck.

anytime I've expressed my desire to dread my hair I receive comments like "no, not your pretty hair," "you will have to shave your head," "dreads are stinky," "how nasty/gross/disgusting," "ewww," etc. which is very depressing for a woman who thinks dreads are beautiful.

so my research began...
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Added by sUmMeRhAzE on March 10, 2010 at 2:30am — 1 Comment

Joshua Lee McCleary Beginnings, or moving forward, Part I.

I visited my Grandma today, she is full blooded Cherokee, it was the first time seeing her since I gave my hair to Mother Nature, she now calls me Ugagitlu or Gi-tlu (gee-tuh-loo) which means "leafy hair" or Hair of the Trees, as she says in Tsalgi. I rather like it, I think I'll keep it. :)
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Added by Joshua Lee McCleary on March 9, 2010 at 8:44am — 3 Comments

LowRyderMan Love....Jah

There is but one love of Jah, as there is but one person in the poor, Jah. We take vows of chastity to love Jah with undivided love; to be able to love him with undivided love we take a vow of poverty which frees us from all material possessions, and with that freedom we can love him with undivided love, and from this vow of undivided love we surrender ourselves totally to him in the person who takes his place. Continue

Added by LowRyderMan on March 7, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments

Ben Belzer Thinking about dreads, will my hair work? (pics)

I'm a fifteen year old white guy who is currently in highschool, and I've been seriously considering dreadlocks for quite some time now. I have a few questions though however.. This is what my hair looks like now: [URL=http://img214.imageshack.us/i/13752248940163968697828.jpg/][IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/151/13752248940163968697828.jpg[/IMG][/URL]… Continue

Added by Ben Belzer on March 4, 2010 at 1:07pm — No Comments

Rama Varma Taking a vow

When I first came here, I fell in love with the ethos of natural dreadlocks. So simple, so easy, so enriching. NO need to worry about what your hair looks like, because it's not you choosing, it's nature. O, I was the perfect new disciple, dancing to the tunes and chanting the mantras.

Except that I was clearly a massive hypocrite. I didn't believe what I was saying. I can't have done, because within days, I was worrying again. Every day I was thinking of something to buy, something to… Continue

Added by Rama Varma on March 4, 2010 at 4:50am — 4 Comments

Leslie Lou A Shout-out To My Favorite Dreadheads....

Love to you, my favorite dreadheads:

Soaring Eagle
Guitar Mikal
Jody Dale B.
Sneeky McA
Zion- Mystic Roots Band (Marry me?)
Michael Franti
George Clinton
John Butler
Ronon Dex
Elke Robitaille
The Marley Men

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Added by Leslie Lou on March 3, 2010 at 3:05am — 3 Comments

Acrid Gore Hey, thanks for being so sweet and welcoming! you guys are awsome! Im dying my hair right now again …

Hey, thanks for being so sweet and welcoming! you guys are awsome! Im dying my hair right now again YAY! im going for some new colours this time because ive had blue and purple hurr for a uber long time. I think im gonna do orange?? i dunno, still debating.. my hairs bleaching right now so i have some time.. hopefully i com… Continue

Added by Acrid Gore on March 2, 2010 at 8:05pm — 1 Comment

hannah bebont BEAUTY IS SURROUNDING ME

and i cant help but smile, laugh, and love! the sun is poking out everyday, just to tell me it's okay! and i can't thank you enough sunshine, because you're the light of my life. literally! Continue

Added by hannah bebont on March 1, 2010 at 5:45pm — No Comments

kat 2.5 months update

well, through the second month, I mostly did not dig my dreadies too much.
They sort of did what they wanted and it was sort of freaky to me.
I bought these break-away rubber bands from dreadlock HQ and they are awesome.
i can use them and not worry because they weaken and pop off usually within a month and they are not as torturous as the rubber bands they offer with their dreadhead kit.
I am really so so glad i took the wax out....thank you, SE, you saved me from this ignorantl… Continue

Added by kat on February 26, 2010 at 1:06pm — 1 Comment

hannah bebont so strange,

i've almost completely lost it Continue

Added by hannah bebont on February 25, 2010 at 10:19pm — 3 Comments

Boobie i cant believe it had to come to this...

so my mom got married the day before valentine's day and before the wedding she kept nagging and complaining about my hair... then basically shunns me because of the simple fact that she cant get used to my hair. so i got sick of all her drama and cut them. i have decided to grow my hair back out though because i fuckin love dreads and i cant stand having short hair. but this time im going all natural and just throwing the comb away. SE makes too many good points about how growing dreads natu

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Added by Boobie on February 22, 2010 at 9:30pm — 6 Comments

Antony Misconceptions on why I have dreads

(copied from my blog: antfjc81193.blogspot.com)
I understand that Dreadlocks are not the most accepted thing in society (except if your black and you got them done so they look too "perfect" and even), but a lot of people take it as a signal that someone is trying to be something they're not. Like today, on a website called formspring
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Added by Antony on February 19, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Chell "Songs of the Dead"

I just read this amazing book by Derrick Jensen and I know everyone should read this book! It violated me right to my core, I wanted to throw it down and stomp on it, rip it apart! I read it almost non-stop in one day. It's one of those books that articulates feelings that are so hard to communicate.There are a lot of important issues he touches within the problems of this patriarchal society. Injustices done to earth and it's people and the mentality surrounding it. There is one part of the boo… Continue

Added by Chell on February 18, 2010 at 8:55pm — 1 Comment

lino sanchez nothing to do with dreads... but just wanted some advice... Is this really weird?

So on sunday I meet this amazing girl at a giant public pillow fight and like... right now it's a HUGE clash of happiness and optimism, and feeling hurt and pessimistic. basically I kept chasing her throughout the crowd that night, well not literally CHASING her, but scoping her out.. not like a creep! just I reallyyyy wanted to meet her. she was like reallyyyy hippiesh like hugging hella people and being friendly to everyone who said hi to her, and all that. So I finally manage to go up and tal… Continue

Added by lino sanchez on February 17, 2010 at 9:16pm — 12 Comments

DreadfuLocks Graduation, Work and Family

So I am now graduated with my associates in the arts of criminal justice (go me!) I cant even express how great it feels to have accomplished this, all the hard work is paying off. It has been difficult between work, my 9 month old son and school but It is getting easier as time goes on. I am so excited to have found this site though, I really do have to thank my friend Lesa (Dreadloc Dreadsta) for introducing me. On the note of family, my son is growing so fast it is crazy to see it day from da… Continue

Added by DreadfuLocks on February 12, 2010 at 1:02am — 5 Comments

Robert Miles How do you dry your dreads?

I'm just starting my dreads for the first time and I'm about 3 weeks in the natural process and I was just curious if there was anything special you do after your dreads get wet? should i do anything different since i'm just starting mine? Continue

Added by Robert Miles on February 6, 2010 at 7:02pm — 7 Comments

Becca Ohio Residents Read! Ohio Medical Compassion Act for Medical Marijuana!

Sign, change.org Take Action! Continue

Added by Becca on February 4, 2010 at 10:51pm — No Comments

Jessica Lauren My Dreads: a pocket history

As a few of you have been so kind as to compliment my dreads (thanks good people!), here's how they came to be. I'm not in any way promoting the methods I used, as I know there are strong opinions here on the forum about the different techniques and materials used for making dreadlocks (if any!), just telling you how I did it. Make your own minds up - different strokes innit! I bought a Dreadlock kit from Dread Head HQ online and got a couple of friends to do the partitioning/backcombing etc ac… Continue

Added by Jessica Lauren on January 26, 2010 at 12:46pm — 3 Comments

Stephanie Saunders Dread Update

I am happy with my hair today for the first time pretty much since the start. One month anniversary woo! I am even getting compliments. My dreads represent staying connected to myself and the earth to my truth univer

sal truth and my spirituality and path. Bless All and so much love to everyone here!! Continue

Added by Stephanie Saunders on January 25, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

kat matting up

Well, I have really started matting up. My sections from the beginning stay, although deflated after all the waxing i did to them. MY hair is really taken to matting in the back since i have been "washing" them in a thick baking soda wash. it gets a bit gross on the first day, all that baking soda dust falling out, sort of itchy on my shoulders and back. Plus, I think is others see it they will think i have horribly dander :o But after a day or so, the dust settles and i have some really substan… Continue

Added by kat on January 20, 2010 at 11:49am — No Comments

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