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[queerascat]

content warning: homophobia, mention of sexual violence

as the clock counts down to me sitting in a hairstylist's chair to get my hair chopped off—a clock that started its countdown years ago in my head, but has only recently been given a definitive calendar date of May 18th, 2019—i've on-and-off made an effort to help my mom 'get over it.'

not that i give a damn what she thinks of my hair, mind you, but i've got a point to hammer home with her and i'm a persistent fuck. this same woman, who was set against me locing my hair, to begin with, has in recent years been vocally against me doing away with it in favor of very short natural hair. in spite of my lack of fucks to give, her hair insecurity—in the present and throughout my childhood—does piss me off.

but i digress; that is a topic to delve into another time. [ ... ]

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