Jill Scott is on the cover of the October 2012 Essence magazine.
But this cover slightly differs from the black woman's average cover. Jill is wearing her hair 'au naturel'. No weaves, no wigs, no extensions. Just her.
The singer said: “This is the simplest form of myself. I look in the mirror and it’s like, ‘Hey, there you go. What’s up, girl?’
One could think that things are changing but this did not happen so easily.
In fact, Jill Scott had to give the magazine an ultimatum: cover 'au naturel' or no cover at all.
In fact, Jill Scott had to give the magazine an ultimatum: cover 'au naturel' or no cover at all.
There's still a long way to go until natural black beauty becomes mainstream.
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This is not Jill's first cover wearing her hair in the manner in which it grows. It might be something new to some folks since she straightened it and now has returned back to it's natural texture.
I can't even get excited about the cover because it's something we've all seen before.
I don't believe anything about her giving the magazine an ultimatum about appearing on the cover au naturel because Essence is now all about embracing the natural hair community and every time she was featured on previous covers she wore her hair in some sort of natural textured hairstyle.
I'm not looking for the mainstream media to accept our natural hair, I'm looking forward to the day that it wouldn't be an issue because this is how it grows from our scalps.
I see more natural hair textures in the mainstream media than I do our own media. That alone would be one collective coupe.
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