My hair? Sick of it. My solution? Get rid of it. That almost rhymed, that’s the best I can do for you. Enjoy watching my 9-month journey of me releasing attachment to my hair.
When I saw my shaved head for the first time I felt a weight lift, both physically and emotionally. It was the first time I felt independent from the hair that defined me for my whole life as a Black woman. I felt liberated.
... Because my hair was a statement in itself, I realised that I desired clothes that would offset it. I could elevate the simplest basics and make the most feminine outfit look edgy. It was going to take some practice to get all of this right. That morning, I ended up wearing a long-sleeve bodysuit with jeans and trainers — an outfit that I would have deemed too boring for me when I had hair.
If you landed on this video and have no idea why or how, this is fate telling you to say goodbye to your hair.
You can read more about her story here. She is far from alone, as women in Iran, and across the planet, have cut or buzzed their hair in solidarity with Mahsa Amini and other women in Iran who are oppressed every day. Dictatorships do fall, and they have in the past in Iran.