Ever since I got a really short haircut, I've been told
- you have a stereotypical feminist haircut
- the inmates at thane mental hospital/beggars home/prisons have the same haircut
- aye 'ladka'
- you look like a hottie
- you can totally carry this look off
- I need some time to get over this
- why would you do this to yourself?
- hairdressers these days, they dont know how to cut hair, they cut it too short
- so, will you go bald next?
- lesbian?
- It brings out your eyes
- Your teeth look too big
- Its okay, it will grow out
- She cut her hair because she has too much 'masti'
- I love it!!!!
- You look like a former Chief Minister of Bihar
If I am completely honest with myself, I know that I love my hair. I love that it goes against the gender stereotype of hair. I love that it resembles the haircut that 'so called outcasts' are slapped with. I love that it questions assumptions about my sexuality. I'm amused with the sympathy people seem to offer because they assume that I would not chose to keep my hair short. I love that people automatically make assumptions about my personality. I love that so many are so critical of something as common as short hair. And even though it teaches me a lesson in gender socialisation and gender role stereotype, what I love the most is that I don't need to comb it!
