[New post] True Roots

Longreads posted: "Ronnie Citron-Fink | True Roots | Island Press | June 2019 | 34 minutes (5.655 words)   How'd You do it? Are you doing that on purpose? Are you okay? Ever since I stopped coloring my silver hair, I've gotten a lot of questions. One of the most co" New post on Longreads True Roots by Longreads Ronnie Citron-Fink | True Roots | Island Press | June 2019 | 34 minutes (5.655 words)   How'd You do it? Are you doing that on purpose? Are you okay? Ever since I stopped coloring my silver hair, I've gotten a lot of questions. One of the most common during my hair transition was Why are you  letting it go gray? While my roots didn't ask permission before they stopped growing in dark brown, it was a complex mix of fear and determination that rearranged my beauty priorities. The question of why — why, after twenty-five years of using chemical dyes, I gave them up-is something I've thought about a lot. My world began to shift four years ago. I was sitting in a meeting about toxics reform in Washington, DC, when an environmental scientist began to describe the buildup of chemicals in our bodies. As she rattled off a list of ingredients in personal care products-toluene, benzophenone, stearates, triclosan — my scalp started to tingle. "We're just beginning to understand how these chemicals compromise long-term health," she concluded. Read more of this post Longreads | June 4, 2019 at 6:00 am | Tags: beauty standards, biochemicals, gray hair, hair color, hair salons, poison, Women's health | Categories: Books, culture, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-wjH Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2019/06/04/true-roots/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com