Hairpeace

This article was a little confusing at first. I couldn't really tell what the author was getting at, and didn't understand what she was even complaining about. My thought is that possibly she was being partially sarcastic about her need to fulfill a quota of hair stories because it can be such a huge deal to people, and she's trying to make out the point that it's just hair, and although she used to spend 2 hours a day obsessing over it being straight and perfect and not the way she wanted it, she finally realized, at age 18 that it just wasn't worth it anymore. She was supposed to "fix" her hair to make it "good hair" instead of letting it be natural. She shares stories with the reader that exemplify how much (excuse my language) shit that people gave her over her hair being curly instead of wavy and beautiful and strait. By half way through the piece i managed to understand this general idea of what she was getting at, and she really makes a good point. It's sad that people feel they need to change their own image to be right, and even worse that those people judge others for not doing the same. I also like the title that Pearl Cleage gave her piece. hairPEACE.... implying the ending of per story where she comes to peace with her hair, and realizes that she doesn't need to alter her body in order to be beautiful, bc she already is.