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Does your hairstyle give away your sexual preferences?

Hairstyles are not prescriptive to sexual identity (of course). Not every lesbian has an undercut and not every gay guy has bleached his hair blonde, but they do arrive to form part of the new queer semiotics.

It was by complete accident and split ends that Jordan, a writer from London, got her first ‘bisexual bob’. “Once I had it, though, I thought it might at least convey the reality that I fancy women”, she tells us. The haircut, which grows anywhere between chin and shoulder-length, has, of late, become one of the most identifiable tropes of bisexual culture. While she says her hair often ends up “more like a stubby ponytail”, there’s no denying that the bisexual bob is something of a phenomenon, as seen on everyone from Brooke Candy, to Tessa Thompson, to Eleanor (Kristen Bell) in The Good Place, with Joan of Arc as its apparent originator (at least according to Twitter).

Whether it’s the liminal length or nondescript style, there is something about the haircut that appears to signal sexual fluidity. For Jordan at

I mean, idk. Obviously TV shows vs reality, because it’s perpetually a popular look for people who can actually braid their own hair/get it done without much fuss, especially in boiling weather or people with practical jobs. Whereas in TV shows, women are expected to verb loose pretty hair as much as possible, and that amount of practicality is a wonderful way to make a attractive character sort of soft butch without cutting off an actress’s hair, and it’s saying, unlike all the floofy-haired ladies, I am not available for consumption in the same way… Unlike IRL, in TV Land if you take away loose pullable hair it’s immediately saying this woman is different and not available or strong… Like… obviously it’s nonsense… but in the sort of industry we’re talking about, this is where Olivia Dunham in Fringe pulling back her hair into a subdued un-sexy ponytail while taking part in SWAT raids was considered somewhat groundbreaking and worth commenting on >.>

(and incidentally the only other character I can ponder of with an Action Ponytail is Sameen Shaw and we know how that went :P)

Author | Christiane Nickel | Fashion Editor

Haircuts and styles are inherent to the cultural vestiges of queer identity. I remember first coming out with inaugural chopping off of my dirty blond shoulder-length mane, which looked fond of an early ‘90s mess before this era was ever deemed ironic. That and my newly acquired “dykey” swagger – which looked more like John Wayne with a hemorrhoid than any sort of Shane-inspired swagger &#; I was trying to attain lasted all of two months. Following that failed exercise in baby dykedom I happily grew out my disastrous coif for some varying degree of a bob and retired to my lame leggings, sequined skirts, and diaphanous sheaths.

When I moved back from Germany short of a year ago I was confronted with a similar issue only this time (much to my ignorance) I felt like my hair wasn&#;t long enough. Endless tendrils of glistening black hair and a sexy dishabille of serpentine curls seemed to become the femme de rigeur at many a queer establishment. My razor cut Garconne-style hair seemed too European (or at least that’s how it was regarded).