No Hair! Don't Care! Resistance and Empowerment of Bald and Low Shaved Black Women

Author

Monica Rivers, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

6-2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Program

Liberal Studies

Advisor

Karen Miller

Subject Categories

Africana Studies | Arts and Humanities | Women's Studies

Keywords

black hair, bald women, alopecia, hair styling, black feminism, feminist statement

Abstract

No Hair! Don’t Care! Resistance and Empowerment of Bald and Low Shaved Black Women is an invitation to discuss the experiences of Black women who choose to wear bald and low shaved haircuts. The project examines standards of beauty, femininity, sexuality, sexual harassment, self- acceptance, and self-expression through the voices of Black women: Because sometimes the biggest statement you can make with your hair is by having none.

Recommended Citation

Rivers, Monica, "No Hair! Don't Care! Resistance and Empowerment of Bald and Low Shaved Black Women" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4310