Journal
Field notes from the chair.
Short essays on hair, identity, building a business with small children under your feet, and the quiet things clients say when no one else is listening.
Entry No. 01
6 min read
Why your haircut was never the problem
Women don't sit in my chair and say 'my placement feels visually disconnected.' They tell me they hate their jaw. Their forehead. Their face. But the framework failed you — not the other way around.
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Entry No. 02
8 min read
You do not need to apologise for being human
You can learn a lot about women in a hair salon. Not from their hair. From their apologies. You do not need to apologise to me for existing in a human body.
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Entry No. 03
7 min read
You do not need permission to look like yourself
The bob came back. Again. And the second Margot Robbie cut hers, women everywhere went 'oh, we're allowed now.' But you do not need permission to look like yourself. You never did.
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Entry No. 04
7 min read
The Emotional Dump Zone
My husband reckons I've got an invisible sticker on my forehead. Because women tell hairdressers things. And I think that's why women keep coming back to salons they trust. Not because we made them blonder. Because for four and a half hours they got to stop carrying everything.
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