doing 'the natural hair thing'

So, I wear my hair natural, and my boyfriend has locs. Sometimes somebody (usually a Black woman with relaxed hair) will come up to me and say, "I see you got the natural hair thing going on."And I think to myself, 'what the hell is 'the natural hair thing'?Does it mean that I burn incense in my room?Does it mean that I go to the 'women of the diaspora' spoken word poetry slam every weekend?Does