On Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” Chris Rock came by to discuss his documentary of the black hair industry, “Good Hair.” While the white hosts (Joy Behar and Barbara Walters) continually brought up the question of whether the purpose of the industry is to make black women look more like white women, the two black… Continue reading The View on Good Hair
Growing up, I thought obsessing about hair was a “Dominican thing.” Later, I found out it was also a “black thing.” And after converting to Judaism, I realized it was also a “Jewish thing.” I can remember back to a time when I looked forward to covering my hair. It was exciting. So much cooler… Continue reading The Rastafarian Beret & Other Adventures in Hair Covering
http://www.spike.com/efp La Chancleta (The Flip-Flop) | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com People tell you to stop screaming when you’re really talking. You grew up afraid of something called “El Cuco”. You clap your hands while laughing. You’re able to dance without any music. You learned how to dance merengue and bachata before you could walk.… Continue reading You know you’re Dominican when…
How I feel about “good hair” and “bad hair” is pretty much summed up in “Bagels & Locks” and the numerous previous posts on hair where I talk about the history of my own kinky hairstrands. And in “Every friend’s just a little bit racist”, I wrote: “They can tell me on the day that… Continue reading Straight Hair at Any Cost?
Here’s a nice letter I recently received from a reader:I’ve been following your blog for months and it is a revelation. I am a young South African woman of a mixed race background who has been struggling with the question of an orthodox Jewish conversion for about 2.5 years now and when I discovered your… Continue reading Dear Aliza: I’m Glad Someone Understands
That’s me at the bottom with my two or three feet of hair. In high school, a guy came up to me in the lunch room to ask me out. And then right in the middle of doing so, he stopped and stared at my hair. “Your hair kinda reminds me of pubes,” he said.… Continue reading Hair Memory
Someone forwarded me the new trailer for Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” film which debuts in October. For the documentary, Rock takes us behind-the-scenes into the African-American hair industry. But this story will definitely appeal to Hispanic women like myself who grew up being told they had “pelo malo” (bad hair) that was only “good hair”… Continue reading Good Hair, Bad Hair.
Whoa, lots of posts about hair this week. If you enjoyed them, you can check out 51 other fun posts on hair by clicking on the “Hair” label at the bottom of this blog. Do you think I’ve got enough for a whole memoir on hair? It’s an idea. It does seem like people are… Continue reading All about Hair
Yeah, it’s the kosher and uncircumcised version of “Bagels and Locks” at Chabad.org, my mini-memoir on my love/hate relationship with my hair. Even if you’ve read alternative versions at shorter lengths, you’ll get a kick out of this one.
According to “Triple Threat: Entertainer Rain Pryor on Comedy, Caberet and her famous father,” Richard Pryor’s daughter isn’t just white or black or Jewish or Buddhist or funny. She’s a damn funny biracial Jewbu. Except when she’s being serious (see below). Oh, and did I mention she can sing?
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