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

Franchesca Ramsey

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

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" The main problem with cultural appropriation comes from dominant groups 'borrowing' from marginalized groups who face oppression or have been stigmatized for their cultural practices throughout history. "

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" I always make sure to moisturize my hair. I love natural oils, coconut oil. Moisture is one thing you can never go wrong with. "

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

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" As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world. "

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

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" The truth is that the performative nature of social media can turn even the simplest conversations into a WWE style cage match with emojis and Internet slang taking the place of pratfalls and over the top costumes. "

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" You have to realize that people are always going to be confused or sometimes threatened by someone who has the confidence to do something different. "

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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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" The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves. "

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" For whatever reason, illiteracy continues to plague the racist troll community. "

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" In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes. "

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" Castor oil has long been a used as a remedy for a whole host of ailments including arthritis, digestion, insomnia and even period cramps. But it also stimulates hair growth. "

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" Social media, unfortunately, just makes it a lot easier to be jealous. It sets up false expectations of reality, so it's really easy to look at someone else's life online and assume that they have everything going great for them and that their life is perfect. "

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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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" 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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" I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV. "

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" Do not feed the trolls! Racist commenters usually troll the Internet looking for people of color to harass online. If you avoid responding, oftentimes they will get bored and move on. "

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" I believe there's a huge conflict of interest when local prosecutors investigate cases of police violence within their own communities. "

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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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" For me, YouTube was about creating content because I had an interest in beauty and comedy and wanted to find a way to mix those two things, and I could do it from my home, own my own time. "

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" Whether you have locs, natural hair, wear a relaxer, or rock wigs and weaves, thinning edges can be a frustrating issue. "

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" I love Uniqlo for all the staples, but what I really love are the palazzo pants. They are just so flattering. "

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" I can recall an instance where I was in a meeting at work giving a presentation in front of my board of directors. I was taking questions at the end and someone asks, 'Is that your hair real?' The man then reached out and started stroking my hair. It was completely bizarre to me. "

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" Unfortunately, oftentimes people hire and give opportunities to people that look like them. They don't realize how much their own internal lives or privilege gets in the way of looking for people outside of the traditional spaces where they always find people. "

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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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" 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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" I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic. "

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" For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school. "

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