December 31, 2025
Gail Mitchell is the Founder of the Loc’d Life Foundation, which seeks to change the narrative around people who wear locs. Photo provided by Gail Mitchell.
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Local Woman Looks To Change Narrative Around Having Locs
Gail Mitchell likes to say that she didn’t choose the loc life, it chose her. Her hair journey took her from relaxing her hair to going natural and eventually getting locs. She noticed the questions and perceptions that the hairstyle brought and wanted to do something to change the narrative, so she started a blog called Loc’d Life Magazine in 2009. She’s had the blog for five years and has even printed two editions of it.