January 08, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 40) • Page Image 16
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // The Statement 7B I thought I’d aged out of this years ago. I’m sitting criss-cross applesauce in my apartment while my roommate straightens my hair. The brush catches my hair knots and pulls my head back like the boys in my elementary school used to do, though it wasn’t because they liked me. The hair situation isn’t going as planned. My curls are begin...…