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Dartboard could devote a column to all that is unlikeable about Davis, from his transparent venality to his spineless centrism to his inhumanly flawless hair-do. And yet with the exception of his hair, these are fairly common vices among politicians. Moreover, while they feed into California voters’ general antipathy toward their governor, these are not the crimes the recall crowd has accused Davis of perpetrating. The damning pieces of evidence, say Davis’ opponents, are the electiricity crisis of two summers ago and the present budget deficit...
...chopping off my hair became a declaration of my sexuality. I wanted people to be able to take one look at me and, from my clothes and my hair, be able to deduce I’m gay—and along with it, get the hint that I found talking about the cute guy across the hall rather boring...
Sure, cutting my hair may be playing into stereotypes, but ironically, I believe I am manipulating these assumptions as a mechanism for liberation...
...pulled off the look so well that my parents took one look at me when they met me for Class Day and said, “Why’d you cut your hair like that? You?...
Having short hair and dressing like my little brother has also been a way to force myself to become comfortable with my own sexuality. Every time I look into the mirror and see my reflection, I am reminded that it’s time to become comfortable with myself. Each time someone tells me, “Well, you’ve gone through a big transition,” or “You’re in a super gay phase,” I am reminded that appearance, for better or for worse, is firmly entrenched...