November Update – From the year I abstained from sex and...

November Update – From the year I abstained from sex and examined gender to find what I was comfortable with, separate to what society tells me I should be comfortable with. A memoir.

In April, I had my first haircut that I was really and truly happy with for years. 

It was also one of the first moves I really made this year in acknowledging and settling into gender and sexuality identities that I was comfortable with. This year has been mad for me figuring out who I am and being given the time to comfortably do that at my own pace and I’m just so fucking content.

A couple of nights ago, I was having a conversation with friends about pixie cuts, which started a thought in my brain about, well, honestly, who better than me to rock a pixie cut? And why hadn’t I done this before? 

Honestly? Fear. Even after the last haircut, this would be the shortest I’ve ever had my hair and I had no idea whether I had the head or face shape to pull it off. 

Tonight is the most exciting night for all Melbourne-writers-who-do-nano-with-melbnano: Night of Manuscripting Madly. And while I was taking photos of my exciting new haircut from today, my phone randomly pulled up pics I’d taken of myself and others for last year’s NOMM.

And that was enough to inspire a new then and now post.