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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[–]hellamomzilla 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

As a woman who has worn my hair short for the majority of my over a half-a-century on earth, my shaggy hair is making me FUCKING CRAZY. There's a reason I like it short -- it's easy, it's cool, it takes nothing more than washing, parting it, and I'm DONE. (In a world where I go out and about and have a life, I put some gunk in it to make it piece-y, but I don't bother when it's just my family and strangers at the grocery store once a week.)

I got a haircut right before the lockdown in California. It's been 16 fucking weeks. In that time, I would have normally had at least two haircuts. I don't want to shave my head -- I want my cute, pixie cut. I want it close up the back and on the sides and my bangs and the top to be precisely-razored for texture.

I am going to literally cry when I can go to my stylist again. I don't feel like me in some ways. So, I know why ANYONE would want to look the way they want to look.

[–]koalayoga[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Except, you aren't having volunteers come and cut your hair because you are so fragile you are at risk of suicide over it.

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

True, but I was simply expressing MY OWN FEELINGS as a woman with short hair. Just because women want to act like it's an unknown feeling only applicable to males pretending to be women doesn't mean it IS.