Trans Clippers Project Gives People A Chance To Reclaim Their Gender Expression During The Pandemic (because apparently having long hair temporarily is destructive to mental health and well-being)

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[–]motionlessoracle 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Same, except... Not same.

I've been rocking a short cut for ages. Like you, I enjoy the easy care of it. The wash and get on with my life aspect. Like you, my hair hasn't been professionally cut for months.

I differ from you, though, in that I don't feel unlike myself now that it's longer. I rarely look in a mirror. I certainly don't take selfies. When my hair became long enough to annoy me, I cropped the annoying bits back a little with a pair of scissors and got on with more important tasks.

Feeling out of sorts when you don't look a certain way is a bit concerning, to be honest. Everyone knows right now that people are not going to look their best. We have an excuse not to please anyone else's gaze or our internalized sense of the world looking at us. Are you not still you, scruffy hair and all? (A hairdo is not a personality.)

[–]hellamomzilla 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seriously? I also don't feel completely myself in a dress. I mean, I like having short hair. I've worn my hair that way for the vast bulk of my life. I don't think it's weird AT ALL. I'm not saying I'm not myself, just that I'm uncomfortable with hair in my eyes and sweaty and sticky on my neck. I don't like it.

And, I never said what I feel, AS A BIOLGICAL WOMAN WITH SHORT HAIR, was the same as transidentifying males. I was just expressing my opinion. And, since you actually don't know me, back off. I absolutely NEVER TAKE SELFIES. I'm not performing a presentation for other people. This is how I like to look with a part of myself which is normally easy to maintain and keep the way I like. I don't give a shit if ANYONE likes to wear their hair long. You are really reaching to make what I said both in support of transidentifying males and somehow making myself look weird or damaged.