@universoultruth Thank you! Well said.

sistas why all the hate???????
We as "sistas" are our own worse enemies. As a sista with a shaved head (been rocking it for 16+ years) and must say that it is a sad state when the most negative comments on my hair/head are hurled at me from the palm of a black fist. STOP!!! what is the big d**n deal about me/her/any woman wearing their hair exactly as they want. It has been my experience that the more a person hates themself the more they project that hatred onto others. CHECK URSELF BFORE U WREK URSELF!

I am so glad that the majority of comments made on Miss Jaye's interesting article on her brief 'bald' head experience does not in my view represents a broad church of Black people's thinking around the whole issue of 'hair. My what sweeping statements some people are prepared to make. To the inverted racist who was so vehement in her critique of Zadie Smith, Ms Jaye and other Black British writers. I say read a book for a start, any book!! You might then find yourself beginning to think and even behave like a 'human being' rather than coming across as a self rightgeous synchophant.

I liked this article as it was light hearted and fun. She cut her hair and realised it didn't suit her- I think she makes that quite clear in the article! A bald head is not for her. End of story!

I agree with Lisa. Pls go back to the Old Format.

this article made me sad. next time - wait until you are sure you have something to say either way before going online/public.
either you went and had a shaved head and hated it. or you did and loved it.
this story is just rubbish.
like saying you wanted sexual liberation, had a one nighter, then refused to ever confess it even to the point of blocking it from your own memory.
what is your point? who's learned anything from this except that you are a bit hasty,and uncomfortable with staring at your natural self? please go away.
essence please use people who can express themself and their experience better than this instead of posers geesh.

There is nothing empowering about cutting off all your hair. The bald look is disgusting to me; who is she trying to impress anyway. I'm not convinced at all that she is refreashed because they are showing her with a head full of hair.

@ Confused
Ditto!

PIC... as I said you are clearly un travelled, uneducated and ignorant! Dare I say very angry. It really isnt very attractive. You can't make sweeping generalisations such as this and expect any Black British Person or any human to take you seriously. With such utter rubbish. Come on!! EDUCATE YOURSELF!

it not that they are british it that they are afarican and they woriship whitness,

I hate this layout, I mean come on, please go back to your old format.

This article was lame. What was the point? That she was bald for a second? Come on, now if she talked about being bald in her everyday life and how people reacted to it or how she felt about it, I would understand. This article had no point to it. Okay, I'll be quiet now. Have a nice day everyone.

To Black British woman!
Most of the black british women authors worth their salt are married to white boys. For example, Zadie Smith is full of black self-hatred and is married to a white boy - she has never dated an afro-british guy. I suspect you are also a white man's niggress. You come across that way!

PIC... you clearly are not travelled and ignorant! Which Black British Writers do you know? Clearly None

As Black women Our hair is what define us. We have all been their when we do a style that although it was a good idea at first when the style is done it does not suit us... and you will have to wait a few weeks or months for the style to grow out. Being Bald as a Black woman is quite a major thing but What do you do to cover such a signifgant style that when you have done it you dont like? Lola, Thank for being honest and real! I think you should write a Black women Hair stories Diary.