My hair. My business.
That's the whole thesis of this episode, but it took hearing the same comment from four different women, across four different conversations, before I saw it clearly enough to say it that plainly. This is the first episode in our Summer Rewind series — not a rerun, a new conversation built from clips across multiple episodes.
It starts with a 90-year-old family elder telling me "what have you done with your hair, you look like Buckwheat" — and it turns out I'm not the only one who's heard some version of that line. Tammy Triolo talks about the day she shaved her head bald and stopped being "enslaved" to her hair.
Dr. Pamela Buchanan breaks down the difference between a microaggression and a macroaggression, starting with "what kind of hair is that?" Ashanti, The Unpunishable Woman, talks about showing up online with no makeup, no wig, no straightened hair — and the pushback she's gotten for it, including from other Black women.
This isn't a "natural hair is good" video. It's about who feels entitled to comment on how you show up, and what they think they're really saying when they do.
Featured Episodes Episode 59 on Erin's Hair Stories Episode 34 w/Tammy Triolo Episode 41 w/Dr. Pamela Buchanan Episode 58 w/Ashanti ☕ Coffee No Cream is a podcast dedicated to Black women sharing the moments, challenges, and lessons that shape our professional and entrepreneurial journeys. 📌 Join the Coffee No Cream Community 📚 Free Educational Resources 🔗 Connect with Ashanti: YouTube TikTok Substack 🔗 Connect with Tammy Triolo Website TikTok 🔗 Connect with Dr.
Pamela Buchanan Text STRONG to 55444 to download her speaker guide Find her on LinkedIn ⏰ TIMESHEETS 0:00) Cold Open: "You Look Like Buckwheat" (0:40) Why This Episode Exists (8:37) Tammy Triolo Joins In (9:01) The Ex-Boss & Going Gray (11:35) "I Just Shave My Head Bald" (13:44) Dr. Pamela Buchanan: Micro vs.
Macro (14:09) Ashanti: Natural, No Makeup, No Apology (15:30) The Wig Companies DMing Her (18:58) Closing Thoughts — My Hair, My Business
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