I have always been the person that loved to experiment with her hair. I never really thought it matter that much; if I cut it, it would always grow back, if I dyed it, it would go back to the natural color at some point. But apparently some people have different opinions on girls with "different" hair styles. I started changing my hair in middle school but it was harmless changes like basic dye jobs and highlighting as I went to a private school and would get kicked out if I did anything "radical" to my hair. But when I turned 16 I decided to shave my head for St. Baldrick's. St. Baldrick's is an organization that raises money for kids cancer. Strangers thought it was odd that such a young girl was bald and most of them questioned what was wrong with me. I knew this was going to happen because the foundation told you as a part of doing it that this would be one of the outcomes. After I grew out my hair I was unhappy with the way I looked with just longer hair and decided to shave half of my head and keep the other side short. So the beginning of my senior year of high school I walked around proudly with the sweetest hairstyle. I got a lot of compliments but after a while it got annoy to work with so I cut the one side and had a pixie cut for a while until I decided to grow it out again. I didn't do much with my hair while it was growing out. I dyed it blue for a day and purple for about a month and loved both of them. Once it was at about shoulder length and I was so annoyed with it I started to dye it again. First red. A pretty burgundy color that complimented my eyes. After the red faded and started to look bad. I used color oops and took the rest of the red out of my hair. It was until this past summer that I started to really dye it again. First I started out big and bleach it twice before I dyed the roots purple. It looked really badass and I was super happy with it. My hair was half blonde half purple for a good portion of the summer and a lot of the people I ran into thought it was "interesting". After most of the purple has faded I dyed my hair just a plain blonde and then back to red for the rest of the summer. A lot of people asked me if I was just bored of the purple or some people just didn't even mention it at all. It wasn't until the day before I left for school that I cut my hair again. I went and shaved my sides and the back. It was super cool looking and I ended up dying it black which made it look even cooler. After about a month of that I shaved my whole head completely. and this is where people started making comments to me. I never thought hair was a big deal. But apparently people won't talk to you because you have short hair or a "different" look? I don't understand why people just wouldn't want to talk to someone because they look different. I have had people ask me if I was lesbian or bisexual because of my hairstyle and I have a hard time understanding why this is a thing. Hair is hair. It shouldn't and doesn't represent anything and people should respect that. I am going to do what I want with myself and you are going to do what you want with yourself, can't we just respect each others decisions and not judge.
