Main Squeeze

amy miller, brandon taylor gray, paunika jones, omar roman de jesus, jax theory, @artificialage, and cortney taylor key photographed by omar z. robles 🏳️‍🌈

important caption from the post from cortney taylor key:

my only sunshine

you make me happy

when skies are gray

you’ll never know dear

how much i love you

please dont take

my sunshine away

My mother, referring to my hair.

I have always had a, struggle with my hair. Force to keep it long I snapped and buzzed it at 18. After years of having bible quotes thrown at me I had a hatred of my hair, and still do in a way. My hair is part of me, as a woman it is vital to my identity where having long hair is viewes socially beautiful. My hair defines who I am, yet it can also be a burden.

The choice I have made, with my hair and coming to the realization that I don’t like long hair on me. The longer it grows the more anxiety it gives me, I cannot put to words the fear I feel. Looking within the mirror.

Seeing a face that is mine framed by strands that are not of myself. Hair, as a woman we are told to keep our hair. Our hair is a veil, or our hair is a sexual object that must be shielded.

Hair, we are told “if it too long you are easy prey for predators”.

If its too short we are told “Oh your safe! No kidnapper etc shall want you.”

Yet within the same breath you will hear, “Arent you, y’know worried about being mistaken as a man?”

Society has taught us a woman with masculine hair is fiting into a unwanted stereotype. We are shamed, for a masculine woman is looked down upon.