So, about that Buffy re-boot

[elisi]

Never mentioned it (not keen on Joss these days), but this is an excellent article:

How a Black ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Can Change TV’s Villainization of Black Women

And since I'm on the topic, one of the most incredibly useful Twitter threads I have ever come across:

Black Hair for Non-Black Artists: a Cheat Sheet Thread.

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[elisi]

I feel like I would at least try a Buffy reboot.
If it's anything like the speculative article, then I'd be very happy. Although I wish Joss would not be involved.

Black women's haircare and styling videos are a YouTube rabbit hole I get sucked down from time to time. I find them really interesting?
Black hair just... *more*. And the more I learn, the more impressed I am. My hair is like, zero maintenance. It's very fine and just below shoulder length and apart from washing it every day, I don't do anything with it. (Well, I dye it, but half an hour every 2 - 3 months is hardly a great investment.)

Plus I'm sure it confuses Google, which is always good fun.
Always a bonus!

[promethia_tenk]

If it's anything like the speculative article, then I'd be very happy. Although I wish Joss would not be involved.
I was going to read it, but they had an ad blocker blocker on and the internet has gotten too scary to turn your ad blocker off for random sites. I like the idea, though.

Maybe he would not really be in charge? He's 'involved' with Agents of SHIELD but you'd never know it.

Black hair just... *more*. And the more I learn, the more impressed I am.
I work with a lot of black women, and it's like going to an art show every day.

My hair is like, zero maintenance. It's very fine and just below shoulder length and apart from washing it every day, I don't do anything with it. (Well, I dye it, but half an hour every 2 - 3 months is hardly a great investment.)
Mine's short and curly and, on a very good day, looks something like Lix's there. IDK, regular white girl hair care is kind of predicated on the idea that hair needs an endless amount of products and messing whereas curly hair, I've founds through a long process of trial and error, looks better the less you do with it. I don't even properly wash it all that often anymore--maybe every week or two. I mostly just rinse it through and give it a good detangle every day to help distribute the oils and let it reshape itself. I've actually taken a lot of inspiration from black natural hair care? So much of it boils down to 'just stop messing with your hair' And as the twitter poster points out, black hair is just curly hair turned all the way up.

(Though, tbh, I suspect 'just stop messing with your hair' is good advice for everybody.)

[elisi]

I was going to read it, but they had an ad blocker blocker on and the internet has gotten too scary to turn your ad blocker off for random sites. I like the idea, though.
Main points - she was unhappy with all the people who didn't want a black Buffy, and then laid out various wishes; that Buffy's parent would be a single father (going against the stereotype of the absent black father) and that Buffy's Watcher would also be black and female, but living in a predominantly white neighbourhood, to showcase that side of things - how you can succeed, but then often have to navigate a new world.

I work with a lot of black women, and it's like going to an art show every day.
You lucky.

Mine's short and curly and, on a very good day, looks something like Lix's there.
That is very cool.

(Though, tbh, I suspect 'just stop messing with your hair' is good advice for everybody.)
Very true. My hair currently very very dark (basically black) which was not intentional. The colour was supposed to be 'golden brown'. But now I look like Morticia Addams according to the girls (which is not a bad thing btw). Esp funny since Miss M looks SO MUCH like Wednesday, except she's cut her hair very short. If she bought a wig with long black plaits we could totally rock an Addams Family cosplay. ;)