'As an adult, I now understand that there is no such thing as 'feeling fat' or 'looking fat;' you either are or you aren't, and either is perfectly fine.”
reflects on the internalized fatphobia that convinced her she’d look horrible with short hair — and how she broke free from it.
Around the age of eight or nine — when my parents deemed me old enough to make my own choices about my hair — I started refusing to get any significant haircuts so it would grow as long as possible. But during my freshman or sophomore year of high school in 2009, I decided to take an uncharacteristic risk with my then-waist-length hair and requested a razor-cut bob with dramatic side bangs . It turned out to be less emo-girl chic and more.
"I love it!" I cooed as she twirled me away from the mirror. It was the best performance of my lifetime.
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