Katie from Katie Goes Platinum offers advice, product recommendations, and support for women of every age and at every stage of their journey to gray hair. So whether you're just thinking about going gray, are mid-transition, or are fully silver, Katie has your back!
🤔 Why do people care about stuff like this?
Hello Reader,
A few years ago, a friend of mine had a weird incident at her workplace.
My friend (let's call her "Fiona") was a producer on a very popular national talk show. Fiona worked completely behind the scenes - she was NEVER on camera.
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Which is what made what happened next so bizarre!
Fiona's natural hair texture is very curly, but she wears it straight most of the time. One day, she decided to wear her hair curly (for once) and she drove to work.
Shortly after arriving at her building, she was hauled into the boss' office where she was given a BIG dressing-down for daring to wear curly hair at work (!).
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Fiona was told it was unprofessional and that there would be consequences for showing up to work like that in the future.
It's unfathomable to me why this type of thing is allowed to happen.
In Fiona's case, she had a very high-paying job and couldn't risk angering her boss, so she went back to straightening her hair.
I thought about this today when I was putting the finishing touches on my latest video - long gray hair is seen as a No-No by a certain segment of our population, and that drives me crazy.
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​VIDEO: 50+ Photos That Prove that Long Gray Hair is Fabulous!​
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Why does anyone care? Let women do what they want with their own hair, for gosh sakes!
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This is a HUGE problem affecting the Black community but (as my friend Fiona - who is white - learned) nobody is immune, it seems.
What are your thoughts on this? I'd love to hear them.
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Katie xo
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Katie Goes Platinum: All About Gray Hair!
Katie from Katie Goes Platinum offers advice, product recommendations, and support for women of every age and at every stage of their journey to gray hair. So whether you're just thinking about going gray, are mid-transition, or are fully silver, Katie has your back!
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