Listen to this when
Don’t Touch My Hair
a soft but firm no 🖤
Who it's for
Solange and Sampha use hair as a symbol of identity and self-ownership, quietly refusing to let others touch or define it.
Intruded upon→Calmly self-possessed
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Don't Touch My Hair" is a 2016 song by Solange featuring Sampha, from her third studio album, A Seat at the Table. It centres on Black women's hair and bodily autonomy, treating hair as a statement of personal identity and pushing back against others policing or devaluing it. The music video, directed by Alan Ferguson, features many hairstyles, including Marcel waves, afros and braids.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour;Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVII
