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THE GIRL WITH THE BOY CUT.

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Cover drawing by KB Divya  Short hair would be an understatement. My hair is like super short. What most people would call the "boy cut". But now, since it’s become a thing, it’s got a term. A proper term - "pixie cut". The word is taken from those little teeny tiny fairies that some of us would have watched in cartoons.  I am pretty sure y'all know that.  A pixie is more of a variant rather than the short hairstyle itself in general but now let’s not go into it because this post is not about the different pixie hairstyles. Nope! This is about the social experience of wearing a pixie. These are personal experiences from where I live, that is India. You might relate to some, some maybe not. I have many stories to tell but I’ll pick out the best ones and believe me, it’s going to be hilarious ahead. The Classic confusion: Are you a boy or a girl? Okay! So this question right here, I have been answering this my whole life. Sometimes it’s really w