“You can`t use hair spray, because hair spray is going to affect the ozone. I`m trying to figure out - okay, I`m in my room in New York City and I want to put a little spray, so that I can - all right? Right?” WantTryingLittlesI CanUseRoomsCitiesFiguresNew YorkHairOkayNew York CitySprayOzone Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I don't think that a white woman is in denial when she dyes her hair blonde. And I actually think we are the most varied in terms of the choices we make about our hair. Some of it may be political or psychological, but an awful lot of it is just aesthetic, how we like to view ourselves when we look in the mirror.” ThinkingLooksMayPoliticalChoicesTermWhiteViewsHairMirrorsPsychologicalAwfulDenialAestheticBlonde Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we get it done... how we have to focus on it... the questions we have to answer about it... and so forth.” SelfDoneBlackAnswersFocusChildhoodHairAspectCriticalBlack WomenDefiningGet It Done Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. Listen, I live in a poor black neighborhood where women wear blue hair, green hair, and all kinds of stuff. So, I simply see it as a different set of choices.” ThinkingKindMayDifferentDesireChoicesStuffBlackPoorHairBlueGreenAssumingCarefulAll KindsNeighborhoodBe CarefulBlondeWigsWhitenessPermsBlue Hair Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
