That hits home. A true Diva.
https://youtu.be/bpuf6AmQH4M
(https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/reise/images/nutbush/alternates/BASE_4_3_W600/nutbush.jpeg)
(https://www.luisamarshall.com/kimi/wp-content/flagallery/8-01-luisa-in-nutbush-tennessee-simply-the-best-tv-show/nutbush31.jpg)
Like a lot of black women (unnecessarily so), Anna Mae never felt good about her hair and always wore wigs on stage (an ill-fitting one at the Midnight Special in 1973 if I may say so). There was nothing wrong with her hair.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/c4/c8/89c4c82fb1843b6472c38873b183a139.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/1b/38/ea1b386f4e9bab3832c72bb196cd979d.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5a/fb/12/5afb126cfd09d154aa1cffabf6b6c28e--yearbook-photos-tina-turner.jpg)
I find that "Black anchor woman" look dated, no matter whether chemically straigtened (cancer!) or with a wig.
(https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200507154622-abby-phillip-background-full-169.jpg)
(https://i.insider.com/5be07491d1e844225e3c6d77?width=900&format=jpeg)
Notice how politically balanced I was in my choice of pictures? :popcorn: That's why I can now innocently post a pic of a black woman whose hairdo I find refreshing:
(https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/05/05/gettyimages-1240471749_wide-4a73b1d0239f4922912ce831409161f752066815-s1600-c85.webp)
Blame my elder brother. He had a poster of Angela Davis in his room, I always thought her hot.
(https://npg.si.edu/media/a1000110c.jpg)
Not that an Afro like that doesn't require as much or even more maintenance than straightened black hair! :mrgreen: But at least it's not carcinogen.