books about hair – Equal Opportunity Reader

[REVIEW] The Colored Museum, by George C Wolfe

The colorful cover of the play The Colored Museum, depicting a Black woman in a headscarf stirring a cauldron, is held u in the aisle of a busy commercial flight. Sorry to my fellow passengers.

(Buy this book ethically at Bookshop!) About 3 minutes read time A hostess on the Middle Passage gives grim travel instructions. A Vietnam vet recounts how he helped his fellow soldiers reconcile with their futures. A drunk, impassioned drag queen tells it like it is, and still remains. An upwardly mobile Black man comes faceContinue reading “[REVIEW] The Colored Museum, by George C Wolfe”

[REVIEW] Wash Day Diaries, by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith

The purple cover of Wash Day Diaries, depicting a diverse foursome of Black women smiling, posing and embracing, lays on a table surrounded by hair gel, a boar bristle brush, a big tooth comb, and other Black hair tools

(Buy this book here) Hey, fellow readers. How’ve you been? I took a little break, and for a while wasn’t sure I’d be back in a hurry. This is partly because my Day Jobbe is eating my brain, and although steps are being taken to vanquish the zombie source of income, for a while IContinue reading “[REVIEW] Wash Day Diaries, by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith”