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TEHILA OKAGBUE

JULY 20 2025

On Misogyny and Black Women’s Hair

TEHILA OKAGBUE•JULY 20 2025

On Misogyny and Black Women’s Hair

For many Black women, the pressure to straighten their hair is not just an aesthetic choice, nor only a necessity for survival in professional spaces, but a burden imposed by colonial and patriarchal standards of beauty.

On Misogyny and Black Women’s Hair

TEHILA OKAGBUE•JULY 20 2025

On Misogyny and Black Women’s Hair

For many Black women, the pressure to straighten their hair is not just an aesthetic choice, nor only a necessity for survival in professional spaces, but a burden imposed by colonial and patriarchal standards of beauty.