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When personal choices carry unwanted political weight

I want to cut my hair short but I keep worrying that people will think I am making some kind of political statement when I just like how it looks.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Simple aesthetic decisions can feel fraught when they challenge conventional expectations of female presentation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Femininity — constructed and contested?”

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