August 2023

Once I became a mother, there have been a number of things I knew needless to say: changing diapers, the necessity to hold the child’s head sturdy and burping right after a feeding. Since I used to be a Black mom with somewhat girl, I also knew that I used to be expected to maintain her hair picture-perfect in any respect times. But here’s the thing about great cultural expectations — I didn't possess the gift of styling my child’s hair. Too over and over I sent her to pre-school and elementary with crooked parts, lopsided afro-puffs, uneven French braids, and on the times I used to be really struggling, we did “free hair”: a cute afro and colourful headband. One...