Wash Day DiariesWash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared by Black women everywhere of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of washing, conditioning, and nourishing their hair. Each short story uses hair

But do they hold up anymore

and how we secure freedom on our own terms

Informed by scholarship and brought to life by the story of people living today

they lose touch as they grow older

for parents to teach their children about the dangers of inappropriate touching

Weatherford's measured prose depicts the events in a cleareyed

He starts a journal to Dr

heralding the arrival of a stellar and prodigious young talent

but what if she had a coming-out party

This lyrical

or you need to process a microaggression

and finding comfort in them when things are hard