Tenderheaded

In this “outstanding volume” ( Boston Herald ) that “ought to be at the top of everyone’s must-read list” ( Essence ), Black women and men evocatively explore what could make a smart woman ignore doctor’s orders; what could get a hardworking employee fired from her job; what could get a black woman in hot water with her white boyfriend? In a word: hair. In a society where beauty standards can be difficult if not downright unobtainable for many Black women, the issue of hair is a major one. Now,