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Articles, Culture, Loc'd Business

Interview Looks with Locs

My whole working career I’ve had my hair natural. I didn’t have locs for my first professional job, and typically wore my hair in a puff. It’s been a few years, but I believe I had my hair in yarn braids on my interview day for that job. When I moved to San Diego I locd my hair soon after.…

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Loc’d Business: Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

As defined by google:   a·mal·gam əˈmalɡəm/ noun a mixture or blend. “a curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern” — Ariell R. Johnson is getting me nostalgic about my home city of Philadelphia. She is breaking headlines as being the first black female comic book/coffee house owner on the East Coast. Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Inc. is located in…

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