From Newsweek: Celebrating Good Hair.
The relationship between black women and their hair goes well beyond the occasional bad hair day. It’s about race, politics, and the expectations of women to conform to a certain standard. It’s a great film, and one that teases out (no pun intended) the complex business of having hair that makes a political statement, whether you like it or not.
But without making light of all the messy historical, political, and cultural unpleasantness tied up in black women’s hair, it’s worth discussing another point: no one I know, black or white, woman or man, is ever really satisfied with their hair. I tested my hypothesis when I visited Francky, the proprietor of Francky L’Official Salon in Manhattan Salon on the Upper East Side. How many women, we asked, liked their hair? None, he said. They always wants something totally different than what they have – though in fairness, those who visit Francky are there willing to pay big bucks for styles, blowouts, and Keratin straightening treatments.
