Lauren Brill is a curly haired sportscaster for WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio who is taking a stand by doing nothing. To her hair.
“There is always a feeling that if I stray away from an unspoken guideline of perfection and professionalism, it will damage my career,” said Brill who has been straightening her hair since middle school.
Brill with straight hair
“So recently I decided to put away my blow dryer, my hair straightener and the 10 products used to trick the strands on my head into an unnatural state of so-called perfection,” said Brill. “I decided to just let it be.”
Last week, she went on air at the ABC affiliate with curly hair for the first time in her career, despite being afraid of what viewers might say.
“While I was a bit self conscious, constantly touching my hair and trying to calm down the frizz, when the light turned green, signaling I was on, I did my job,” she said. “In the process I realized that the words I write and the stories I tell should and—I hope do—speak louder to my professionalism than the way my hair bends.”