Why Short Hair Is Still A Feminist Statement

Your Haircut Is More Than A Styling Choice

Federica Cerina
ILLUMINATION
Published in
6 min readFeb 28, 2021

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women hair, gender bias and feminism
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The first time I cut my hair short, a boy at school told me I looked like a man. I felt terrible. To his defence, we were in 5th grade, and I looked like a man. My mom had to cut my hair extremely short after my sister thought chopping a sizable chunk off with a pair of children’s safety scissors was a good idea.

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Federica Cerina
ILLUMINATION

Data Scientist | Wants to be a Griffindor but is more likely a Hufflepuff