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[adrienmundi]

So, I got my hair cut earlier this week. It had been about three and a half months since my last cut, and it was getting harder to do anything with it; my pliable molding creme is impressive, but it's not superglue. Almost every time after I get it cut, I think I look less overtly masculine and kinda femmier, like it does something to my face, or maybe eyes, but... I don't know. Traditionally, short hair is guy-coded, and spiky/messy hair just adds 'sexually unmoored' to the mix, but that's not what I see when I look in the mirror.

What I have noticed is since getting my hair cut this time, I've been getting pretty obvious attention from (presumptively) straight (presumptive) girls, to the extent that I get it, can't mistake it. Individually, this is flattering to amusing, but all together, it gives me pause. Am I miscoding my visual symbols? Am I transmitting metrosexual guy, rather than my patented Something Else? Or is this yet another instance of pure transmission being received through inadequate translating shema*?



*To the cool retro-kids, this is "being like a broken record".