politicallyimbalancedbullshit:
For women:
Having short hair does NOT:
1) Mean they are now lesbians or like women
2) Does not make them “butch”
3) Is not “brave”, it’s a choice
4) Does not mean they want to be maleMaking comments like “You were so pretty with long hair though!” Is not cute. Or “Oh my gosh I could never cut MY hair!” No one cares, okay? Keep your hair how you want. “No one wants a girl with short hair.” No. Stop right there.
Stop with those stupid comments. Chances are, if you don’t find someone attractive just BECAUSE of a haircut, then they probably wouldn’t want to be with someone like you anyway.For me, I feel more feminine and confident than I ever have before. It forces me to keep up with my appearance. It’s also MUCH easier to take care of. I had really long and thick hair an it was impossible. I DO love long hair as well, don’t get me wrong, I’m just sick of seeing these comments.
For Men: Having long hair does NOT mean
1) They’re gay
2) They’re feminine
3) They want to be a woman
4) They’re dirtyNo no no. Stop, maybe they just like having long hair. Just stop.
~ Aphrodite
Something a lot of people don’t know, shockingly, is that there are people like me who physically cannot grow hair.
I have a story!
My friend from first quarter, and ex roommate, decided to shave her head for fifty bucks (with a little bit of convincing from me). She cried. I get that. Hair is a strangely important thing to people (as evidenced by this post even existing). What pissed me off though was the chick on the bus who decided it was her job to console my friend whilst we headed back to campus.
“Oh, I could never cut off my hair!”
“Most girls don’t pull it off, but you look so cute!”
“You’re so brave!”
And the fucking worst:
“At least it’ll grow back!”
And just spewing out that kind of shit the entire fucking ride.
I was sitting next to my friend (this girl was sitting across from us).
My friend is brave for choosing to shave her hair. My friend pulls off the short hair look, but most girls don’t. Most girls could never do something so drastic. At least she has the chance for it to grow back.
Well congratufuckinglations for completely disregarding the bald as fuck chick sitting right fucking there. I was almost in tears, I was that mad.
As someone incapable of growing hair, I get so sick of hearing about how brave it is, and all that other obnoxious shit, for girls to shave their heads or have even a pixie cut, because it gives the impression that there is something inherently wrong with being female and not having long hair, and the sole reason that so many young girls that end up with alopecia are so incredibly self-conscious and actually end up depressed because their hair falls out.
Honestly, I don’t give a flying fuck what anyone has to say about my state of hairlessness, but this is a sensitive subject because I have known girls who have lost their hair and then ended up crying, all because society puts so much meaning on such a superficial concept.
I could go on for days about this whole thing, but I’ll leave my followers with this:
Get the fuck over this whole hair thing. You’ve got dead skin sprouting out of your scalp, and you should never let something so simple and stupid dictate any facet of your life.
(Also, thanks Mod Aphrodite for touching on the male half of things! A lot of people don’t.)