The Relaxer | Franchesca Ramsey

About this episode

Franchesca Ramsey dreamed of participating in what felt like a Black girl's rite of passage: getting a hair relaxer. When the time finally came, she had no idea what it would cost her. Credits: Franchesca Ramsey is an actor, writer, and comedian. She is a former writer and correspondent for Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and has published a memoir, Well, That Escalated Quickly. Today she co-hosts the podcast Lemme Fix It! Barbershop Stories Live is executive produced and hosted by Dawn J. Fraser. It is co-hosted by Mike Brown. Ana De Almeida Amaral is our senior producer. Music on this series was composed and produced by JustMusique. Our live show audio producers were…