“I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity.” LongImportantLosesIdentityHairRealisingLong Hair Author:Delta Goodrem
“My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.” IdentityHair Author:Troy Polamalu
“When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about being black on air, viewers write and say, "You're black?!" I feel [straightening your hair] is giving up a sense of your identity. Let's be honest: It's an effort to look Anglo-Saxon.” IfsGivingFeelsWritingLooksBlackWalksEffortDoubtAirStreetsHonestIdentityHairGiving UpBeing HonestNo DoubtViewersAfrosAnglo Saxon Author:Jami Floyd
“The hijab or a variation of the word shows up eight times in the Quran. And it never means headscarf. And so what's happened is that the identity of a Muslim woman especially is being equated to this piece of cloth on her head. And in that ideology there's a very fundamental assumption that people need to think very deeply about, which is do you believe that a woman is too sexy for her hair?” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveMeanShowsPiecesHappenedIdentityHairFundamentalsSexyEightIdeologyAssumptionVariationQuranVery DeepMuslim WomenHijab Author:Asra Nomani