I don't know about anyone else but when I was a teenager I wanted nothing more that to have Winona Ryder's hair cut. I didn't have the nerve back then considering all the societal pressure to fit in. It's no wonder Winona says she was teased for being gay because she had short hair in high school. God forbid anyone be different, especially in the 90's.
I was obsessed with Bugsy Malone and had cut my hair short. I remember the halls were empty and these kids started shouting “faggot,” and I didn’t think they were talking to me. Walking home after leaving the nurse’s office—and I’ve never talked about this—I remember pressing on the bandage because I wanted it to look more dramatic. I had this inner monologue going of Humphrey Bogart, like, “being roughed up!” I was pretending I was in some gangster movie. It was oddly my way of dealing with it, because if I didn’t, I probably would have been really scared.
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