You know how mothers and boyfriends get disappointed when a girl decides to cut her beautiful hair short?

I get disappointed when she decides to grow it back out long.

Every girl in my grade had long hair and I didn't like hardly any of them.

Emily, remember when you cut it all off the first time? I know you were a bit upset and Clare didn't like it much, but I thought you were the coolest. It was different. I thought it was great.

Yesterday I was listening to the radio and the men were talking about women cutting their hair, as if it were a sin. They made a joke, like, "Now it's like I'm gonna be sleeping with a dude for eight months." And all I wanted to say was "eff you."

Women can be whatever they want to be. They can have short hair or unshaved legs or wear men's clothes and still be women, if that's what they feel like identifying as.

They can have long hair too and there's nothing wrong with that!

But I just think short hair is the best. Maybe it's a queer thing.