Bald shaved females

Is he allowing you to do this? Did you lose a bet to your brother? What does your dad have to say about this? It was founded initially as a way of finding other women who shared the same difficulties she faced as a woman in male-dominated barber shops, when she simply wanted a shave, and has since evolved into a multi-disciplinary platform dedicated to telling the stories of black women who choose to shave their heads and their complex relationship with notions of gender, sexuality and identity. Can you tell me a bit about yourself and where you grew up? Growing up in pre-gentrified Hackney was complicated, but I am grateful and would not change my upbringing.

For those in the number 2 clipper club, a shaved head is more than a haircut; it's a statement. As model Jourdana Phillips told us, backstage at the Victoria's Secret show in Paris, "I no longer feel forced to adhere to society's beauty standards and feel free to do as I please,"—a sentiment shared by many women with the gender-norm-defying haircut. Similarly, when Internet trolls criticized Jada Pinkett Smith for allowing daughter Willow's shave, she fired back on Facebook: "Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair. I mean, I'm not going to be able to have touch-ups once I put the helmet on. I must shave my head!

For most, dealing with long, luscious locks of hair can be worth it in the end, but it is also a heck of a lot of work. Just thinking of how much time we could save not having to wash, dry and style that mane—and not to mention all the money we would have free to spend on things other than hair products—could be enough to sway anyone into trying to pull off the bald look, even just once. The bad news is, not everyone has a face or head shape that can pull of the bald look. Some women may not even care about those little things, and more power to them!

My hair is a solid 6. Worn straight or wavy, the shoulder-length dark brown situation hangs around my face unobtrusively leaving no impression whatsoever. Jane" and imagine what bald life would be like. For Johnson, cutting off her hair signaled the start of a radical self-acceptance journey. It wasn't easy, but "I was going to keep this haircut until I loved me in my stripped-down form.