Reading about this in “The sisters are alright really put this into perspective for me”... in case anyone thinks it’s just vanity measure. https://twitter.com/kashmirviii/status/1315639653463199745">https://twitter.com/kashmirvi...

There’s already a stigma that we don’t workout (which is false) and people fail to acknowledge that many gym spaces aren’t affirming or welcoming for our bodies or presence. We can’t do what other women do in while there without people ogling at us or judging.

Bodies aside, our hair is always a conversation piece for people outside the community (poc) and where you work determines how you are going to wear it. How you wear it to the gym is strategy.

If you sweat in the head then you can do braids but is that work appropriate? If you’re natural then can you retwist or keep it twisted during workout days or do you just adapt to frizz? If you’re relaxed is the heat damage worth it? Do you go without the wig and wear a cap?

Can you maintain pixie cut yourself? Does your gym allow headwear? Will the headwear stay on while working out? Do you feel comfortable restyling your hair in the locker room?

It matters if the hair style acceptable for your work or appropriate for your line of work, whether or not you can maintain it, whether or not working out interferes with it and if you can get it together away from home... assimilation, sense of belonging, and anti blackness

That shit be a lot.

I misplaced my quote marks https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face"> but this is the book I was referring to in the initial tweet. It’s worth the read and covers a plethora of topics. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626563519/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_5KjHFbPX24H6T">https://www.amazon.com/dp/162656...

Also I typed this on my daily walk because I’m afraid to go back to the gym so excuse my typos https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">. 3 miles a day. Stay lifted https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊🏾" title="Erhobene Faust (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobene Faust (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">