Word: haired
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...around to see the change. There were two stages. The first time I tried to get it all chopped off, the hairdresser told me she’d still keep me looking “feminine.” Before she started with the scissors, my thick hair was down to the middle of my back. I swear I could hear a soft thud as the stylist’s sharp scissors gently sliced off one lock at a time. As I watched the pile of hair on the floor continue to grow, I was seized with a temporary paranoia...
...hairstylist left me with a cute 1920s bob. Anyone who knows me understands that cute has never been my style. I wasn’t just looking for a short haircut. I wanted my hair to make a statement for me so I wouldn’t have to explain anything to anyone...
...More hair had to come off. This time, I instructed the pink-haired stylist at the beauty shop in the Garage, “I don’t care if you cut it short and it looks like a boy. That’s kind of the point...
...been craving short hair for as long as I can remember. But I only had the guts to get the haircut as I was coming out of the closet. Now clearly, just because a girl has short hair doesn’t mean she’s gay. But if she suddenly chops it all off, joins the rugby team and quits going home with boys when she’s drunk, chances are she’s trying to tell people something. At least in my experience...
Perhaps it’s a self-perpetuated stereotype or one enforced by mass media, but I feel like people automatically assume that a woman with a boy’s hair cut and whose clothes are more Dad’s closet than Banana Republic is a lesbian...