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I first shaved my head during covid. I was going through an abusive relationship and was sick of male attention, as well as caring for my hair during this difficult time. I immediately loved it. The freedom, the feel of my head, the way it changed how men saw me. I was no longer instantly a sexual object because I was considered feminine.
I was dating a scrote for a very short period recently in which I brought up shaving my head to him, and he expressed that it would make him sad. That was essentially the beginning of the end of any positive feelings I had for him. I destroyed his ego in the end but that's a different story. I stayed detached and felt nothing when I was done with him, his true colors came out.
This last weekend I shaved my head. It felt very therapeutic. I think I will go without hair for the rest of my life. It is not worth having for me. I can always get wigs if I want to have fun.
So you must imagine my surprise when I see this TikTok post about this anti-beauty movement trend. Fuck yeah! I think more women should shave their heads in solidarity. It is so freeing and shows you the true character of others.
This doesn't look like an 'anti beauty' movement given how much eye make up the woman has on. Take a look at the bad-ass Korean women who started an actual anti beauty movement several years ago. Shaved heads, baggy tshirts, no make-up and complete shunning of men.
Always edgy yet classic. Different cultures have different takes on this, i.e., some Muslim communities force the women to do this only to put a scarf over it. This would be a good doctoral dissertation.
I love this. Beauty standards are BS.
I have been thinking about this recently and am happy to see you claiming ‘bald’ on here
The pressure to have long hair and the judging that comes with how you do or do not style it is internalised I suppose. While watching an interview with Doja Cat I had to realise how differently I looked at her in her new super short cut and it’s difficult to describe, but in a way I was looking at her more humanely? As if long hair was a curtain of extra weight veiling the persona and I am sure that women are read with a sort of different social code depending on the length of it. There must be something about ‘feminine’ fashion and cosmetic that compresses the perception of their image. It’s like as soon as the hair comes off, you can look at a naked skull for what it is and all the pressure and disadvantage of feminine perception flies off. Unfortunately I can feel this biased reading in myself and I am very curious what would happen to me internally if I were brave enough to make this move.
As a woman of Chinese descent, I'm happy to see this trend.
I've sported a shaved head since 2020. Before that, I'd had long hair (over 2 feet long) since 2010.
I enjoy being voluntarily bald and don't see myself going back anytime soon. Someday, I'll grow my hair out again, but I don't have a definite timeline.
In more conservative environments, I wear a headscarf. But if I'm just going to the grocery store or anywhere for leisure, I don't bother covering my head.
I've thought about shaving my head many times, mostly in an attempt to dissolve my ego. I have super long hair that I never style, I keep it in a French braid instead. I have read that longer hair increases intuition and the 6th sense. This comes from random articles I've read online so of course it could be BS.
So instead I've completely shunned makeup. I always felt like a clown getting ready for my next performance. Ditching makeup has made me feel so powerful. Not only that but the chemicals in makeup can be very harmful. Makeup/makeup remover can contribute to eye infection/disease and toxins found in foundation etc seep into your bloodstream. I work in optometry and it saddens me how many women come in with eye infections due to lash extensions and refuse to change their habits. And for what? So men find them more pleasing to look at?
My day to day outfits consist of baggy sweaters and my grandma looking glasses. It doesn't completely keep the scrotes away, but it helps.
I had very long hair through my high school years, and short hair through most of my adult years.
I decided to grow out my hair because of just that: the societal pressure to look feminine. I also started dying my hair again, because of the fear of looking "old." I have really beautiful silver white natural hair, and now I wonder why I ever wanted to put fake s**t on it! I don't need to look 25, I will be 47 in two days! 🙂
I guess I need some encouragement from the awesome ladies here, to cement my decision to go back to short hair. I really want to.
My current partner is good with whatever I choose, but even if he minded, it's MY hair and MY body. It feels good to have support though, not gonna lie!
Thank you wonderful women for reading! 🙂💕💯💯
I mean good for them if they feel empowered by it. But to me it feels like stripping away my identity.
I like having hair and I really hope it doesn’t come to a point where women are pressured into altering their appearances to push back against the patriarchy.
Like she's not still hot. Pffft.
This is the 6b4t female separatist movement