'I saw a woman intentionally educating the public to anticipate an onslaught of careless comments and lingering stares. I saw a woman determined to embrace her beauty and her personhood without covering up in shame,' journalist yougochante writes.
As I watched, I saw a woman working through a very personal trial, but. I saw a woman working through embarrassment to acceptance. I saw a woman intentionally educating the public to anticipate an onslaught of careless comments and lingering stares. I saw a woman determined to embrace her beauty and her personhood without covering up in shame.
This newfound information put Smith’s actions into context, coupled with the fact that in 2009, Rock produced, a documentary about Black women’s struggles to navigate their hairstyles amid Eurocentric beauty standards in the U.S. The documentary opened up a national dialogue about the pressure many Black women feel to have long, straight hair.
Let’s not forget: This isn’t the first time a Black woman’s Oscars hairstyle has been picked apart publicly. On the 2015 red carpet, Giuliana Rancic, the then-
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