beauty – Myalogy

MyMedialogy on WVON: Shea what? Shea Who?

zyansaeed615 / April 27, 2017

Black women and y’all hair. I swear. For the past week or so, there has been yet another controversy swirling around the value of black folks as consumers. Not a new concept, right? Nivea and Pepsi come to mind as recent offenders. But now a new contender has entered the fray – Shea Moisture. Yes Shea Moisture, the lil beauty company that could. The one that grew literally from a nut in a village in Sierra Leone to a multi-million dollar company, mostly on the backs of black women, who they JUST turned their backs on. How you ask? Well they released an ad where…well, look. SheaMoisture is CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/T4Dru1JgAq — NANA JIBRIL ??️‍? (@girlswithtoys) April 24, 2017 Then, when one of the internet’s ashiest negroes, Hotep Master T aka Tariq Nasheed, wanted to insert himself, they did this. And then when the black woman magic contingency of the internet, got hold of their smart devices, laptops and carrier pigeons and dragged Shea Moisture over every jagged surface they could find they were forced to do this: “Wow, okay – so guys, listen, we really f-ed this one up. Please know that our intention was not – and would never be – to disrespect our community, and as such, we are pulling this piece immediately because it does not represent what we intended to communicate. You guys know that we have always stood for inclusion in beauty and have always fought for our community and given them credit for not just building our business but for shifting the beauty landscape. So, the feedback we are seeing here brings to light a very important point. While this campaign included several different videos showing different ethnicities and hair types to demonstrate the breadth and depth of each individual’s hair journey, we must absolutely ensure moving forward that our community is well-represented in each one so that the women who have led this movement never feel that their hair journey is minimized in any way. We are keenly aware of the journey that WOC face – and our work will continue to serve as the inspiration for work like the Perception Institute’s Good Hair Study/Implicit Association Test that suggests that a majority of people, regardless of race and gender, hold some bias towards women of color based on their textured or natural hair. So, you’re right. We are different – and we should know better.” LOL. Yall wanted to line up with Master Hotep then issue an apology. MAN PLEASE. Apology, Schmapology. Far be it from me to stay quiet…..so I dropped in WVON this morning to discuss the matter at hand with hosts Maze Jackson and Charles Thomas. Check it. I pop in at bout the 35 minute mark. Myalogists! You can find me on WVON 1690AM EVERY Thursday from 630a-7a! Join the conversation

Hair’em Scarem!

Are you there Tamron? Its Me, Mya. How you let dis happen? Yesterday – August 3rd. In the year of all our lords. Two Thousand and Sixteen years after the alleged birth of Christ, something so nefarious happened it moved my soul to write. The former rating behemoth, The Today Show showed why Good Morning America reg-lah-lee whups that trick. The hiring of my imaginary BFF Tamron and the decision to let Hoda and Kathie Lee get blasted that last hour notwithstanding, its kinda a shit show. And Im not just saying that because someone near and dear to me works at GMA. Want proof? Say no more. Someone over there, a segment producer that should be out of work today, booked an alleged style expert, one Deepica Mutyala, to do one minute hair styles for summer. What I am about to show you shook me to my core. If you are sensitive to offensive images, have a light stomach, have an aversion to Columbusing, or are just sick and tired of being sick and tired about others having a hand in our literal heads, then leave now, cuz when you get ill, you will not sue me. This lovely beautiful bright eyed black woman walked into The Today Show looking like this: and left looking like this: Watch this assault go down here. Pay especially close attention to the part at the end when Savannah tells the model that “it helps to be gorgeous.” No Savannah. No. It doesn’t help at all. If y’all know anyone at the Today Show that can get me paid to come on to talk about life as a rich white woman or an eyewitness to the Kennedy assassination, let me know. UPDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE: Here is the young models response: Malyia McNaughton: “Hi everyone! I’m the black model from the Today shows summer hairstyles segment. Deepica practiced several times on my hair with the style and I loved it. As most of you may be aware natural hair reacts to the environment and without being allowed tools or products the final result didn’t turn out like the way we intended. I say all that to say I was honored when asked to be a model. And even more grateful to be a visual representation for women that look like me. I am thankful to Deepica and the producers for including diversity in the segment. I would not hesitate to be on another show or segment including hair. This was a dream come true to be on national TV for the first time. Deepica is a sweetheart and I look forward to working with her again. Sending good vibes.” hahahahahahahahahahahahaha: This is how this girl walks around everyday: Exhibit A: SHE BAD Exhibit B: HEY CUTIE PIE Exhibit C – infinity: LOOK! Curls that dont look like they have been thru a weed whacker! And im posed to think she was okay with what happened to her? Some women love protecting their abusers.