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and has the photo to prove it Oprah, and her natural hair, in the morning (photo courtesy of the Huffington Post) So apparently Oprah is on twitter, and a lot of her 'tweeple' have been complimenting her on her weave. At the end of her show Friday, she set the record straight: " This is not a weave, this is my hair. This what my hair look like... This is me before it gets pressed and curled in the morning. "

this is janelle monae, an artist who, i think, is woefully underrated. a lot of naturals know about her, her hair is dope and i've *heard* that she styles it herself. but, to me, i think that j. monae is the embodiment of natural hair 5.0 . see, it's like i'm in 'survival' mode right now. you know, doing the twist/twist out/braid/braid out circuit. but one of the beauties of natural hair (as expressed by j. monae) is how VERSATILE it is . and one of the reasons i decided to go natural is cuz i was tired of everybody saying that you just can't do anything with natural hair, except flat iron it. i still feel that there's a WORLD of styling options out there (which is why i take up so much space on this blog just showing styles), and i am hopeful that one day naturals will evolve to a higher level of styling innovation (i know some of you are already there.) i mean braids and twists are great, don't get me wrong. but i wanna do some rolls and bumps and ...