Saturday, October 10, 2015

Here, baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy HAIR!

    I haven't posted for awhile but after reading a few articles recently about the struggles of being trans, I thought I would put one area into perspective from one girl to another.  And this wouldn't be right without first singing a classic song by the Cowsills from the 70's.
    Hair
    She asks me why, I'm just a hairy guy
    I'm hairy noon and night, hair that's a fright
    I'm hairy high and low, don't ask me why, Don't know
    It's not for lack of bread, like the Grateful Dead
    Darlin', give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair
    Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
    Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or longer
    Here, baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy
    Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
    Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it, my hair
    Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
    Give a home to the fleas in my hair
    A home for fleas, (yeah) a hive to bees, (yeah) a nest for birds
    There ain't no words for the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my
    Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
    The lyrics from the classic movie and musical dance in my head every time I hear about the struggles of a trans woman talking about the painstaking removal of hair from her body.  Not because I think that that trans women are naturally more hairy than cis women because the reality is that we've been shaving 90% of our bodies since we first were teased in school about our hair pits and legs.  Then the facial hair shows and hair sprouts out from other areas of our bodies and we continue to shave, pluck, wax, cream, laser it off and it keeps returning. We feel your pain.There is the fear of being the bearded lady.   There aren't a lot of great products or services that literally don't cost an arm and a leg that actually work.  Granted not all cis women are hairy but there are many of us that if we let our hair grow would give any guy a run for their money.  
    So hopefully the good news is that because of the trans movement, many of us women are secretly hoping for a better product or two help us remove the stubborn fuzz that we remove each and every day right along with you.  Remember the Epilady?  That should be used as a torture device.  
    Keep being authentic.  You make the world a better place and we love you for it.  Just don't worry so much about the hair - we all got it - including unruly nose hairs. We just keep plucking away. 

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