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A review by sophiasunlitreads
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
5.0
I love this story so much. It's so relatable. When I was younger, and hairdressers would say my hair was too full, it was too hard, they would use heat (I still hate heat so much). So Marlene is literally a lot of us black and brown girls and we know what it's like to feel like
Our kinky, nappy, curly hair isn't good enough for societal standards of beauty. But I'm glad that we've accepted that every curl is beautiful and remember to love the process of growth whether your hair is locked, in braids, in twists, under a wig, in cornrows, or even shaved.❤
And it's important to have friends like Carmilla who validates our feelings as well as encourage us to never let what people say get to us.
"You didn't do this for them or anyone else. You did it for you. Are you happy?"
It's important to do things for yourself, for your happiness. You don't need anyone's validation to define what beauty means to you.
Our kinky, nappy, curly hair isn't good enough for societal standards of beauty. But I'm glad that we've accepted that every curl is beautiful and remember to love the process of growth whether your hair is locked, in braids, in twists, under a wig, in cornrows, or even shaved.❤
And it's important to have friends like Carmilla who validates our feelings as well as encourage us to never let what people say get to us.
"You didn't do this for them or anyone else. You did it for you. Are you happy?"
It's important to do things for yourself, for your happiness. You don't need anyone's validation to define what beauty means to you.