tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post1145123006889145634..comments2023-08-09T03:21:13.354-05:00Comments on Letters from Gehenna: The World on a Slant: The Dog That Bit UsDw3t-Hthrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584245136407694660noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post-45276428488268300812008-03-05T11:54:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:54:00.000-05:00Kiya, fully intending to post this one day, with a...Kiya, fully intending to post this one day, with a long commentary on hair. I'll link you, when I do.<BR/><BR/>Because embarrassing as it is, it really does speak for me!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zdB1zyjI48" REL="nofollow">Almost cut my hair</A>Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post-25398136259799845622008-03-02T15:13:00.000-05:002008-03-02T15:13:00.000-05:00Hair is also, for whatever reason, one of biggest ...Hair is also, for whatever reason, one of biggest gender cues; even though it's normal enough now for women to have short hair and men long hair, ask an average person what it means to be "feminine," and long hair will nearly always be in the first few things she mentions. Shaving my head in high school was one of the biggest political statements I was able to make, and everyone, from teachers to strangers, treated me differently with GI's haircut. And amongst the queer women in my town (and elsewhere?), cutting off all one's hair is a rite of passage nearly as important as coming out.<BR/><BR/>I've been puzzled before by all the meaning that gets tangled into hair. I think you're right that that's because it is a distinctive, innate part of ourselves that is nonetheless changeable at will. Sort of halfway between skin color and clothing, charged with the combined significance of both of them.S.L. Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574823753608510026noreply@blogger.com