{"product_id":"afro-forever","title":"Afro Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eTransformation\u003cbr\u003e\nIn LoreeÕs Beauty Shop\u003cbr\u003e\nhot combs sizzled \u003cbr\u003e\nagainst\u003cbr\u003e\nwet oily scalps\u003cbr\u003e\nbranding\u003cbr\u003e\ngrown woman fantasies\u003cbr\u003e\ninto tender young\u003cbr\u003e\nheads.\u003cbr\u003e\nThick busy afros\u003cbr\u003e\nbecame\u003cbr\u003e\nlong glossy black curls\u003cbr\u003e\ntransforming\u003cbr\u003e\nnatural Black queens\u003cbr\u003e\ninto\u003cbr\u003e\ncommercial mahogany princesses (Boyd, 14).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem by Julia Boyd from In the Company of My Sisters is tragic, but it happens all the time. Afros and natural hair is transformed into something artificial, Òfake boobs, fake hair, men donÕt seem to care whether a woman is real or false.Ó The hair salon is the main site where the transformation happens. This paper accompanies the web-based project Salon Utopia (now defunct) that aimed to transform its clients in a natural way. In the virtual realm, it is not yet possible to do any hairstyles to transform anyone, but the site did aid in transforming the source of where hair comes from, the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donna Kay Cindy Kakonge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44931411869857,"sku":"9781365794247","price":29.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/14q5rzyn-front-shortedge-384_9b07a63b-3d44-418e-8fa9-21eca663ccba.jpg?v=1748325815","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/afro-forever","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}