My hair's curl pattern is a lot tighter and kinkier, and it took me eighteen years to not feel the need to straighten it so that I more closely fit someone else's aesthetic, one that was inappropriate for me personally, culturally, and psychologically.
There is a lot of emotional and psychological baggage attached to hair.
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Date: 2009-04-07 04:00 am (UTC)There is a lot of emotional and psychological baggage attached to hair.