Hair Stories
Interviews
A Japanese American artist and teacher, Asuka tells about how her hair has expressed different aspects of identity over the years, her relationships with her mother and grandmother, and her braided hair styles.
Her hair takes up space, and has been a teacher on a journey to learn the times when she needs to stand out and demand attention, and when to just let things be...
Shannon has great wisdom with the mind-body connection. In this interview she shares her experiences with losing her hair during chemo and how others react to the changes. We also discuss connecting to community through social media, and how our...
Hair Stories is an ongoing, interactive portraiture and oral history project which considers the rituals and meanings embodied in hair. The project illuminates the intersections of human experiences through the lens of female hair cultures. It is a platform for...
Amber is a Bay Area singer who tells about her journey of learning to care for curly hair, being rejected from a salon, and seeing both sides of appropriation.
Elvie shares her stories of her life transitions that were marked by changing hair styles, as she moved to a place of self love and finding a way to tame her hair that feels right. She shares her beautiful perspective...
Sanaa shares her perspective as a woman whose story does not fit neatly into a box. Sanaa shares her stories about her mother's love of her childhood hair, shaving off one side of her hair to mark a major life...
Erin tells the tales of her traumatic childhood hair events that lead to her having such long hair, the changes her hair has under gone, and how she sees hair as a big part of her identity through her photography...
Talking about her shift towards loving beautiful, natural African American hair, and wondering about the roots of identity.
A Ghanaian woman tells me about her childhood experience in Nigeria where hairstyles were a part of the school uniform, how she feels about the time it takes to get her hair braided, and the hilarious story of the first...
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