Ahead of turning 25 this year, many people told me what to expect. “Your frontal lobe develops and you’ll see everything clearly.” “25 is no nonsense, this is the year where everything changes.” But ...

I’ve had short hair longer than I’ve had a driver’s license. For almost 14 years, my identity has been shaped in part by my pixie cut—cropped, choppy, blunt, feminine, powerful. But as I approach my ...

This post was updated May 18 at 10:32 p.m. I didn’t realize how socially valuable long hair was until I had none to hide behind. Now, years after that initial cut, I can feel my long hair running past ...