Good Hair
Hair, for women in the black community is always a touchy issue to navigate. In some cases, to me at least, it seems like a lot of identity politics for black women is wrapped up in their hair. Even in my own family its been an issue, with my mother being the stereotypical 'light skinned' girl with 'good hair' and my aunt...well...not.
As such, I never explored cutting my hair until well into adulthood for fear that if I did it would never grow back. I know it sounds silly, and there are a lot of other factors to healthy hair growth, but my experience has shown that not everyone can have said 'good hair'. I took a chance last week and had my hair cut the shortest its ever been (and relatively not that short actually) after seeing someone with similar curls with a super cute cut a few weeks back. So far, I'm really loving the short hair. It dries like ten times faster than before, and is a lot more manageable. No more 30-40 minute showers trying to comb my hair out, and default ponytails because I'm too lazy to do anything more with it. I'm not sure I'll keep the short hair, or if I'll even go shorter, but for now, I'm happy.
As such, I never explored cutting my hair until well into adulthood for fear that if I did it would never grow back. I know it sounds silly, and there are a lot of other factors to healthy hair growth, but my experience has shown that not everyone can have said 'good hair'. I took a chance last week and had my hair cut the shortest its ever been (and relatively not that short actually) after seeing someone with similar curls with a super cute cut a few weeks back. So far, I'm really loving the short hair. It dries like ten times faster than before, and is a lot more manageable. No more 30-40 minute showers trying to comb my hair out, and default ponytails because I'm too lazy to do anything more with it. I'm not sure I'll keep the short hair, or if I'll even go shorter, but for now, I'm happy.