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" My hair videos are usually styling videos answering people's questions about natural hair. "

Franchesca Ramsey

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" Everyone's journey is their own journey. Everyone gets to where they are supposed to be. Everyone's journey works out the way they're supposed to. "

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" With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways. "

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" Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had. "

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" I'm very fortunate to have a husband and friends and family that are super supportive of my career in all aspects. I do so many different things, it's really nice to have a support network that includes him and my parents and my friends that encourage me to continue to work towards whatever it is that I want to do. "

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" I think the beauty of the Internet is that it's giving a lot of people the opportunity to reach people around the world that they never would have been able to, and for people to tell their own stories where they don't see themselves reflected in mainstream media, or the media is misrepresenting the truth, right. "

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" It's just not funny to disrespect other people's beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or identities when those are deeply rooted in longstanding oppression. Jokes that punch down on marginalized people require no creativity because they've existed since the beginning of time. It's like telling a knock-knock joke and believing you're Richard Pryor. "

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" I think what's been really awesome about the Internet is the ability to reach people from so many different walks of life and stages in their life. "

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" I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people. "

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" I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response. "

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" I'm so inspired by people like Issa Rae who started on YouTube or Abbi and Ilana from 'Broad City' who also started on YouTube. "

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" I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.' "

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" I think society perpetuates a lot of mixed messages about what it means to be beautiful for all women, but especially for black women and women of color. "

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" My channel is an opportunity to give people a new perspective on natural hair. Love what you have and work with what you've got. I think that's really important. "

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" The Internet is part of my job, so I have to approach it with a level of professionalism. I don't necessarily think it's changed who I am, but if anything, it's impacted the opportunities that have come into my life and the people that I've been able to develop relationships with - which I'm very fortunate and thankful for. "

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" Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body. "

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" People feel really uncomfortable talking about race and identity, largely because the subject is so taboo. "

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" Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for a world that embraces and uplifts black people of every kind. Our voices are powerful and have the ability to make change. "

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" Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity. "

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" Black women are so very often stereotyped in pop culture. "

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" There are some white people who are very unhappy that I am in an interracial relationship. "

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" My debut book is a collection of personal stories and advice about communication on the Internet. More specifically, the downfall of communication because of the Internet. "

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" I left acting school really hoping that I could be on a television show of some sort, working in movies in Hollywood. "

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" In reality, there are tons of unrepresented voices that we don't see in comedy. "

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" Women really love their hair. Like, our hair is very important. "

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" What's really great about social media is we have tremendous access, and there's a wealth of information about the people that we admire online. "

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" I initially started making videos about my hair because I was struggling to style it and didn't know where to find help. Similarly, I started creating comedy content and doing characters and talking about things that were important to me because I didn't find a place to do that in the career that I wanted as an actress. "

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" It's important to understand you can't remove the historical context of racially charged stereotypes or slurs as much as we like to pretend that we can. "

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" YouTube is an amazing platform to talk about social issues because it gives people the ability to tell their own stories and reach audience around the world who may otherwise never be exposed to these people and conversations. "

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