How To Be a Plain Girl

Lolly Bowean writes that every black woman has a hair biography. Hers includes an aunt with “growing hands,” a cousin who straightened her hair against her mother’s wishes, and a disastrous teenage Jheri curl. Eventually, she comes to realize that for black women, finding the right hairstyle isn’t about looking like everyone else — it’s about looking like yourself.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 2, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,414 words)