This is the question I get once a week in Cairo, now that it’s clearer to people I’m not ill: Why did you shave your head? The answer as Manhattan as I am: identity capitalism. Because I wanted to win by appearing to have lost, because queerness is a spectrum, and no one can say I’m not. I wanted in. I had given up bras and armpit-shaving much earlier—to my mother’s horror—
Identity capitalism- Love this
