Title: Cut
Description: Cassandra writes about shaving off her hair as a form of self-acceptance, while addressing the internalized antiblackness that complicates her feelings of her hair. She discusses how she learned to hate her hair, getting in trouble at her Catholic high school for her bright red box braids, the first time she wore her hair natural, tension with her mother, and the decision-making process of shaving her hair. There are pictures of Cassandra throughout her adolescence and adulthood and a screenshot of a Facebook messenger conversation with a friend. She also includes links for further reading.
Subjects: Hair, Removal, Social aspects, Hairdressing of African Americans, Mothers and daughters, Haitian Americans, Self-care, Health, Minority women, Social conditions
Places: United States, Canada
Time periods: 21st century