{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Socamom","provider_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w","author_name":"Eva Wilson","author_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/author\/socasoca\/","title":"Freedom to be Curly for Little Girlies - Socamom","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MCKA6aiUar\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/freedom-to-be-curly-for-little-girlies-2\/\">Freedom to be Curly for Little Girlies<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/freedom-to-be-curly-for-little-girlies-2\/embed\/#?secret=MCKA6aiUar\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Freedom to be Curly for Little Girlies&#8221; &#8212; Socamom\" data-secret=\"MCKA6aiUar\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/hair_socamom.jpg","thumbnail_width":400,"thumbnail_height":281,"description":"[CLICK HERE TO READ ON OUR NEW MOBILE FRIENDLY WEBSITE] Photo credit: Eva Wilson Smooth. Sleek. Straight. \u00a0Edges must be controlled. Flyaways must be tamed. Seems like as a woman with curly hair only thing you have freedom to do when it comes to your hair is it choose what products you will buy to beat it into submission.\u00a0 For most of my life, this is what hair care boiled down to \u2013 fixing what was wrong with my hair. Apparently, nothing about my hair in its natural state was good.\u00a0 My edges definitely defied control, and my whole head was a fly away.\u00a0 The thick curls didn\u2019t lend themselves to smoothness, were the antithesis of straight, and as far as anything being sleek \u2013 not happening.\u00a0 I accepted that my hair NEEDED to be FIXED.\u00a0 It had to lie down.\u00a0 Problem is \u2013 my hair wasn\u2019t meant to lie down. My mom\u2019s cabinet had all kinds of things to \u201cfix\u201d my hair. Hot afro pick, hot comb, hot oil (looks like \u201chot\u201d was important in the fixing process) were all front and center.\u00a0 Then there was the blow dryer, various brushes, combs, detanglers, sprays, lotions, creams, rubber bands, and clips, and I was convinced that my hair was something to be conquered on a bi weekly basis.\u00a0 My hair was an ordeal. You\u2019ll be hard pressed to find a child of Caribbean heritage who has not had plaits so tight that they had difficulty sleeping or even blinking for at least a day after getting their hair \u201cdone.\u201d The control exercised in the house over a child\u2019s behavior certainly extended to each and every follicle on a girl\u2019s head as well."}