How a New Hairstyle Helped Me Confront Internalized Stereotypes

I found freedom in my pandemic-era hair journey

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These days, you’ll find a vast selection of hair products inside my bathroom cabinet. Bottles and jars, big and small, lined up side by side like soldiers. It’s funny to think one year ago I wasn’t even aware of some of my essentials, like Originals Hair Mayonnaise and Shea…