On the table today: Researching the new "So In Style" (black) Barbie and Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair.
Hoping to write a piece on hair weaves, chemical relaxers, etc. I've come a long way! Just last year a friend "revealed" to me her hair was a weave. I felt sooo naive. Or maybe I just wanted to believe it was real, and avoid all those questions that aren't a part of my particular ethnic make-up.
It is sometimes awkward, writing about a culture you're not a part of. But we do it all the time. And it would be cowardly to not pitch the story just because I'm afraid of some political incorrectness. So here goes!
About Me
- Dayanti Karunaratne
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- I'm a freelance journalist based out of Ottawa. A graduate of the Carleton University School of Journalism, as well as the infamous Selkirk College Ski Resort Operations and Management program, I'm happily without full-time employment right now. As a freelancer I'm always looking for interesting stories, and though I should be self-serving and keep my good finds on my hard drive, I can't help but put (some of) this stuff out there. So if you come across this blog and anything tweaks your curiosity, gets your heart pumping, or causes your head to do that side-tilt thing that dogs have down-pat, please comment!
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