The experiences of Black womanhood in America are often bound up with a hyper-awareness of how one's natural hair could be perceived — and all the simultaneous trauma and joy that comes with it. A new docuseries, The Hair Tales, uses the complex world of Black hair as a portal to explore Black women’s cultural contributions, unique identities, and dynamic humanity. The six-part series is now available on-demand on OWN and streaming on Hulu.

We're joined by the show's creator and co-executive producer, and esteemed fashion writer and black-women-artists-disrupted-the-history-of-the-met.html">editor: Michaela Angela Davis.