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A review by rea_scott
Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession by Elizabeth Benedict
4.0
3.5 stars
This is a very enjoyable, quick read. Each chapter is a separate contributor telling an anecdote about her hair (her hair journey, relationship to her hair, etc).
As is the nature with a topic as dynamic and universal as hair, it's hard for a book to contain every single view point. While this book does a decent job at including a diverse narrative, there are many voices that are not present (examples: one woman feels most herself when she wears her hair in natural, but there isn't a contribution from a woman who prefers to relax her hair; there are several accounts of women who went against religious norms and wore their hair uncovered, but here isn't a chapter written by a woman who chooses to conceal her hair).
It's not a failure, it just could have been better. More voices would add to the discussion and reinstate the point of the book--which is that everyone has a unique relationship with their hair, and their choice, as long as it is their choice, is always right.
This is a very enjoyable, quick read. Each chapter is a separate contributor telling an anecdote about her hair (her hair journey, relationship to her hair, etc).
As is the nature with a topic as dynamic and universal as hair, it's hard for a book to contain every single view point. While this book does a decent job at including a diverse narrative, there are many voices that are not present (examples: one woman feels most herself when she wears her hair in natural, but there isn't a contribution from a woman who prefers to relax her hair; there are several accounts of women who went against religious norms and wore their hair uncovered, but here isn't a chapter written by a woman who chooses to conceal her hair).
It's not a failure, it just could have been better. More voices would add to the discussion and reinstate the point of the book--which is that everyone has a unique relationship with their hair, and their choice, as long as it is their choice, is always right.