Tag: Hair
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Why I had to leave home to learn to love my big, beautiful, messy, curly hair
In a society that views curly hair as something that needs to be set straight, keeping your curls is not just a political act, it’s a call to a revolution. Here’s a hair-raising tale of change, emigration, and liberation, at long-last, from the tyranny of lock-shaming As a new mom, I remember thinking that I…
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A change is as good as a haircut
Younger sister had to consciously shift her understanding of who her brother was. She flushed, proud of him, as I watched her watching him. He was no longer the smelly older brother, but had transformed into a handsome young man.