Comments on: HAIR! http://www.femmegalaxy.com/2009/12/hair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hair Celebrating Diversity in Femmeininity Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: closetfemme http://www.femmegalaxy.com/2009/12/hair/comment-page-1/#comment-980 closetfemme Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:26:14 +0000 http://femmesguide.com/?p=1135#comment-980 my hair has been short short since i shaved my head around 16. at that time it was a v important part of claiming my dykeness. within the last year i've been moving in a much more feminine direction than im accustomed to, yet still the decision to start growing my hair out was a tough one. its been almost 9 months since my last hair cut and now the only hard part is waiting for it to get long! oh yes and of course i have wigs too :) my hair has been short short since i shaved my head around 16. at that time it was a v important part of claiming my dykeness. within the last year i've been moving in a much more feminine direction than im accustomed to, yet still the decision to start growing my hair out was a tough one. its been almost 9 months since my last hair cut and now the only hard part is waiting for it to get long!

oh yes and of course i have wigs too :)

]]> By: Ladycakes http://www.femmegalaxy.com/2009/12/hair/comment-page-1/#comment-979 Ladycakes Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:57:05 +0000 http://femmesguide.com/?p=1135#comment-979 I've always had short hair- it kind of goes in patterns- cut it super short, let it grow to about ponytail-length, cut it again. Lately, I've been in a growth part of the cycle, and now that it's nearly at my shoulders I'm thinking about what to do with it- it's the longest it's been since middle school, and this growth period is also coinciding with my growing comfortableness with my femme identity. I know that I kept it short for so long because in addition to liking short hair and having thinner hair that takes better to that style, it identified me as queer in some way and I needed that. Now I'm enjoying my hair being long, and have no plans to cut it soon, and I like coming out to people, whereas before I hated it and liked to let my clothes and hair do it for me. I like messing with their assumptions about what my femininity means. I love your pink streaks and your bangs (we're rocking very similar bangs right now!)! I've always had short hair- it kind of goes in patterns- cut it super short, let it grow to about ponytail-length, cut it again.

Lately, I've been in a growth part of the cycle, and now that it's nearly at my shoulders I'm thinking about what to do with it- it's the longest it's been since middle school, and this growth period is also coinciding with my growing comfortableness with my femme identity. I know that I kept it short for so long because in addition to liking short hair and having thinner hair that takes better to that style, it identified me as queer in some way and I needed that.

Now I'm enjoying my hair being long, and have no plans to cut it soon, and I like coming out to people, whereas before I hated it and liked to let my clothes and hair do it for me. I like messing with their assumptions about what my femininity means.

I love your pink streaks and your bangs (we're rocking very similar bangs right now!)!

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