In the first part of the video a young girl vents her frustration with her hair through spoken word poetry. In the latter part of the video (at the 5 minute mark), we talk about (or I talk about) our own frustrations. I admit to spending about an hour straightening my hair with the ol’ heat iron… and it just ends up getting wavy at best. Bad hair days take a whole new level when you have very curly hair… and my hair is cloud puff curly. Many times I love it, and other times I just want to shave it all off. But what’s interesting is how through that frustration we can achieve a deep type of self-acceptance. Mainly because the hair will not give you a choice. It’s like a weed. 
I’m curious to know from the curly-headed mop crew (especially the girls), do you notice a difference in the way people react to you when you wear your hair curly? When I wear it curly, people think I’m just wild and creative, when it’s straight I get taken more seriously, especially at meetings. What’s your take?
Zadi Diaz is co-founder and principal of Smashface Productions, a new media production focused on developing original online video content, creating co-productions with traditional media, building and cultivating online communities and providing interactive consulting services.
Zadi is also the Executive Producer of several internet shows, vlogs and audio podcasts, including: EPIC-FU, New Mediacracy, Vidlicious, and others. Her coverage focus and interests include new media, social media, digital Hollywood, video, education, online collaboration, emerging technologies & aesthetics in video & film-making, and online youth culture.
Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, CBS Evening News, Business Week, and The Independent, among others. Recent work on EPIC-FU, a site about Internet culture, has garnered a Webby Award. She is the co-founder of Pixeloden, an annual screening festival held in LA recognizing innovation in global online video.
Previously, she worked as a theater producer/director, playwright and art director. She is also a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS), as well as a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020, an international cultural initiative founded by the British Council.
