Comments on: What is “Good Hair?” (Movie Review)

By: jeannette

jeannette — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:43:24 +0000

you’ve totally inspired me mama! i’m going to do a post on my website documenting how i do the curls. i’m terrible (likewise) at doing anything related to straightening my hair. there’s just SO MUCH HAIR.

By: Emily Writes Here

Emily Writes Here — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:07:39 +0000

To this day, friends an coworkers get all excited on the rare day I wear my hair curly. They can’t fathom why I’d want to straighten it. But I don’t know how to care for it that way and hate waking up feeling like an undomesticated chia pet. If I knew how to care for it, perhaps I’d feel differently. But it is what it is.

By: jeannette

jeannette — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:43:31 +0000

so i really want to see good hair, too. i heard that at least part of the movie addresses people like me. i have REALLY curly hair, but i’m not mixed. other than maybe some native american, i’ve just got extremely curly hair, and i had a mom that has always had really short hair. so, i never even had my hair straightened until i was in my 20′s. i’ve had my hair blown out twice professionally, and i am treated so much differently. i get hit on so much more when my hair is straight, but it is such a pain.
i also have this big issue … i feel like men and i should accept my hair for what it is. i mean it is my hair, and that’s the way god made it. it sticks up. it is curly. but i can’t help but feel like i would’ve gotten many more dates and probably even a few more jobs if my hair had been straight. at least i could brush it when it was dry.

my mom never really helped me do my hair, my dad did. and he constantly brushed it straight when i was younger. and it was huge. i was always made fun of for my hair, too, but it was sort of a trademark over the years.

it’s a love/hate. that hair.

By: mizChartreuse

mizChartreuse — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:06:13 +0000

Relaxing…as in using the stuff that comes with black women on the box? Or was it a different kind for “white” hair? Curious.

By: Sarah Merion

Sarah Merion — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:41:12 +0000

God bless my mother, but she had no idea what to do with a curly haired girl like me. I had an afro until I was 10, and believe it or not started relaxing my hair when I was 13. I can’t wait to see this movie. The main reason I identify with African American women in the entertainment industry (actresses, singers) is because of my hair. Interesting stuff.

By: Emily Writes Here

Emily Writes Here — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:56:37 +0000

I highly recommend it. You’ll laugh and you’ll learn a few things at the same time!

By: Emily Writes Here

Emily Writes Here — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:56:14 +0000

We do what we can! :)

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:55:10 +0000

I’ve been really wanting to see this one. Even more so now!

By: mizChartreuse

mizChartreuse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:36:07 +0000

Yes.

I am all about supporting the people. I already buy most of my haircare products from Koreans…but when I go to the salon I go to a beautiful place called Time Hair Gallery, owned by a fierce 30-something woman named Kenya.

By: Emily Writes Here

Emily Writes Here — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:21:06 +0000

I love that my hair (and Nina) is what brought us together! :) Your feelings mirror mine quite a bit. I think the movie does a good job of explaining our sensitivities, but it does make you think about and examine your own feelings about your hair. Like I said, I don’t plan on changing anything about how I style my hair, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing to start thinking about the economics of who gets my money when I spend on haircare :) I go to a minority owned and operated salon (Joseph Tyler) and that makes me feel good!