Ayanna Pressley Appears Without Wig On House Floor After Alopecia Announcement AyannaPressley
, Pressley talked about the stigma attached to everything she does as a black woman in American politics — and why that stigma played a role in her decision to share her alopecia diagnosis with the public.
“The reality is that I’m black. And I’m a black woman. And I’m a black woman in politics. Everything I do is political,” she said. “So I’m trying to find my way here. And I do believe going public will help.” But by publicly revealing her hair loss herself, Pressley was able to take full control of the narrative surrounding her disease and her appearance, and it was a truly powerful move.
“This is my official public revealing,” she said at the time. “I am ready now because I want to be freed from the secret and the shame that that secret carries with it, and because I’m not here just to occupy space. I’m here to create it. I am making peace with having alopecia. I have not arrived there; I am very early in my alopecia journey. But I’m making progress every day. It’s about self-agency, it’s about power, it’s about self-acceptance.
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