What a beautiful piece!! As someone who is not white, has very curly hair, and experienced that brain chemistry-altering moment when a pretty white blonde girl told me I would "look so much better with straight hair" - thereby starting a 10+ year period of incessantly straightening it, I can relate. It took me so long to unlearn all the biases I had internalized about having curly hair. But now, (armed with a really good curl cream) I've been straight-hair sober for almost a year, and it feels liberating. Never thought I'd get there. Thanks for writing this piece 💗
as half chinese & half australian growing up in a white dominated area, i too always felt out of place and like something in between. but now growing up and looking back, i think i've come to terms with my identity and am trying to learn more about my asian heritage, so glad we can all heal together <3 thank you for sharing your story!
as a latina i pass as white too and it annoys me! i’m so glad you went through that journey, and that you feel more confident in your skin and ethnicity. you’re even more beautiful and interesting because of that! 🫶🏻✨💗😊
What a beautiful piece!! As someone who is not white, has very curly hair, and experienced that brain chemistry-altering moment when a pretty white blonde girl told me I would "look so much better with straight hair" - thereby starting a 10+ year period of incessantly straightening it, I can relate. It took me so long to unlearn all the biases I had internalized about having curly hair. But now, (armed with a really good curl cream) I've been straight-hair sober for almost a year, and it feels liberating. Never thought I'd get there. Thanks for writing this piece 💗
thank you Mel 👼🤍 can 100000% relate!!
is this my sign to not get a nose job
it may be…..
as half chinese & half australian growing up in a white dominated area, i too always felt out of place and like something in between. but now growing up and looking back, i think i've come to terms with my identity and am trying to learn more about my asian heritage, so glad we can all heal together <3 thank you for sharing your story!
we looove an ethnicity limbo don’t we. thank you for sharing a piece of your story dani 🥰 happy you liked the post
so fire
thank you 🤍🫡
so incredible as always
faith! ily ❤️
as a latina i pass as white too and it annoys me! i’m so glad you went through that journey, and that you feel more confident in your skin and ethnicity. you’re even more beautiful and interesting because of that! 🫶🏻✨💗😊
same to you aurora <3 it really is a gift, just unfortunately takes ages to realize that
this sentence: 'using hair straightener as a scalpel for the umbilical cord between self and heritage' is GLORIOUS