Hair Liberation Quotes

I just have always wanted to shave my head. I think every woman should just do it once in her lifetime.

The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more.

I can't imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did.

The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance.

Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.

If you wear your hair straight or natural, it's all fine with me. It doesn't mean that you aren't politically conscious or that you don't have good thoughts about progress.

I know when I used to chemically straighten mine, I did it because I wasn't comfortable with my natural hair. I thought it was too poofy, too kinky. So for me, personally, when I started wearing it natural, it felt like I was blossoming because I was letting go of all the dead hair and all the parts of me that had rejected my natural state.