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Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
13 reviews
wherethewildreadsare's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs and Slavery
cerilouisereads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Cursing
questingnotcoasting's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This was a fascinating, powerful read. Dabiri draws on her personal experience and explores history and pop culture to explain how Black hair is never just hair. She considers it in relation to issues of systematic racism, slavery, Eurocentric beauty standards, colonialism, dating, female friendship and even maths. It's quite a short book but she packs in so many interesting topics and I really liked her writing style. It was academic but very accessible and her personality and sense of humour came through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
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