“Nope. You can’t touch my hair. Even if my hair catches on fire, do not come to my rescue; just let me do a Michael Jackson spin move to put the blaze out.”
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
“...there is a predator-like mental scan that black women have to do before speaking, and even after we've done risk assessment, things can still go astray.”
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
“When you get sworn into office, yell, “I’m a feminist,” and then throw your fist in the air like you’re Judd Nelson at the end of The Breakfast Club. 3A.”
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
“Run, run, far away from him or her, and say what President Bartlet once said on The West Wing: “Stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it.” White”
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
“No one tells you this, but when you enter your thirties, you will find vaguely in-shape bodies ridiculously attractive as opposed to your Chris Hemsworth predilections of the past. This is not to say that ripped dudes turn you off.”
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
― You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
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