In Uganda, Black Women Also Have 'Perpetually Bad Hair Days'

While I'm supporting the cause of America's African American women having no more breakdowns in the airport, when their hair gel is taken away, I want to call out the plight of another group of women who also know what it is to have a bad hair day -- and the blond who's trying to make a difference in their lives, too.

Uma Thurman will star in "Girl Soldier"Clearly Uma Thurman's project takes priority over mine, but with any luck, Uma's blog lovers will call out the plight of America's African American women, as an example of the sisterhood helping each other around the world. This is how the Internet works.

I just posted in A of C's new Women's International Rights channel that Caspian Pictures will feature Uma Thurman in "Girl Soldier", a film about Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its kidnapping of tens of thousands of young women as girl soldiers and for sex trafficking.

Young women in Uganda are frequently sold into sex slavery & forced to fight as soldiers in the rebel's two decades old war.I made the "bad hair day" connection, when I saw this photo, highlighting the fact that LRA rebels often mutilate their victims, cutting off lips, ears and noses.

I can't promise PR reciprocity for our American women, but with the NYTimes and TIME both on the case, I think we have an excellent chance for global exposure on the "always a bad hair day" challenge for many American women who suffer from this curse. Anne

Still More Michelle Obama 'Hair Matters"

My personal points about hair were made yesterday. With back to back articles from the NYTimes yesterday, and now TIME today, we will be having a major dialogue around African American women and their hair.

In an effort to find a new conversation trajectory out of what is a rehash of a decades-old discussion -- now highlighted by Michelle Obama's current decision not to wear an Afro -- is my main argument, since FLOTUS appeared at Vatican.

Clothes and appearances make statements about who we are. They carry an intended meaning. Yes, we pay a price for the discipline of managing appearance (including weight), and some of us pay a higher price than others, most definitely when it comes to African American women and their hair.

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