Ayana Pressley looks like a goddess

[StarfishSaver]

As a black woman who experienced and understands the depth of black girl hair culture and who has family members suffering from alopecia, I am so proud of and grateful to her.

And while I know beauty is only skin deep, my breath was taken away by her glorious natural beauty.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. K&R.

[RandySF]

2. She is so brave.

But the sad part is being forced to come forward because of the constant scrutiny of black hairstyles.

[Lars39]

3. She has a gloriously shaped head.

I know what my dome looks like bald...didn’t come anywhere close.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Truly

Yes.

[Alliepoo]

5. She is a beautiful woman.

[Gothmog]

6. Did you watch AMJOY this morning?

Congresswoman Pressley is an amazing and brave woman

Link to tweet

[Ohiogal]

7. A brave and beautiful woman!

[brer cat]

8. She glows from within.

K&R

[tulipsandroses]

9. She is gorgeous with or without hair. I adore her. She is so inspiring.

Waiting for Trumpelstilskin to say something stupid.

[Docreed2003]

10. A beautiful woman with incredible strength!

[Chicago1980]

11. I can't help it...

Welcome to Wakanda!

[phylny]

12. She is beautiful. Much more so than I am with a full head of hair.

I just heard this exact sentiment this morning on SiriusXM Progress.

[George II]

13. She was beautiful on AM Joy this morning.

[Aristus]

14. Ravishing.

[appalachiablue]

15. I read about this, thanks for posting. She is magnificent. There's a

young niece who's part Hispanic in the family with alopecia for 10 years, she wears a wig mostly and gets by.

[NurseJackie]

16. "Glorious" .... yes! That's the perfect word!

[peggysue2]

17. It's a real testament not only to Pressley's beauty but . . .

her courage. I found her video very poignant, something most women could identify with because our hair--though it may be a superficial part of who we are--is really important to most women. It just is, the way we fuss and fume on a bad hair day?

So, to this woman's moxie. I wish I could be as strong and confident to do a reveal like this one. Or look half as gorgeous.

Wow!

[LuckyCharms]

18. Yep, she's stunning. n/t

[mcar]

19. She is one of those women

about whom is said, "she'd be gorgeous even if she was bald." That said, I can't imagine what she's gone through.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Proud to have her represent my state!

She is beautiful with or without hair. Inside and out!

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. The first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. We're pretty proud of

all the waves she's making here, and in Washington.

[WhiteTara]

22. I think Empress

She is incredibly regal.

[llmart]

23. Stunning!

I watched her video and all I could think of while watching was that the rest of us women, black and white and any other color, need to stop letting others define what "beauty" is. So much time of women's lives are taken up with their appearance and wondering if it meets the standard of what our culture defines as beautiful.

In my younger years men who were bald were sometimes poked fun of. Mostly they were the older men you'd see that were bald. Men turned that around and now even young men actually try to be bald by shaving their heads and people grew to accept that.

[blm]

27. So true.

[Farmer-Rick]

24. I'm sorry but shave My head and I don't look near as sophisticated and smart as she

It's her charisma and intelligence that pulls her beauty out.

[blm]

26. Absolutely. I could not look nearly as good.

And I’m not half-bad in real life.

[wryter2000]

25. She is beating

You have to be to look that great sans hair

[Piasladic]

28. Look at that!

Drop dead gorgeous. I just her listened to her talk on AM Joy, so I know she has not just looks but brains and compassion. Woo wee...

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

29. Another natural girl chiming in. I think she is absolutely breathtaking! GORGEOUS!!!

She looks better now bald than she does with the hair. Such an inspiration!!

[bdamomma]

30. I think she looks

great! She looks like a model. Very stunning.

[calimary]

31. She reminds me of that sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.

Beautiful. And regal as can be.

[tberry65]

32. A beautiful woman, with or without hair!