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Originally posted by Nicole
But please, let's stop with that overplayed scene where the female lead experiences something major and goes to the bathroom, stares at her herself in the mirror, and starts cutting her hair.
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There's a reason why "cathartic hair cutting" is a common trope for "strong female characters" in film and television -- because it's very real and very common. Britney Spears did it, Kristen Stewart did it. A lot of women do it immediately after they get married (which drives their new husbands crazy, because they married a woman with long hair). Hair is very important to women and symbolizes an array of feelings and power (mostly due to male-dominated media outlets, which puts pressure on women to have spectacular hair and are always critical of women with short hair or women who cut their hair, like Scarlett Johannson -- everyone hates her now). Women care more about their hair than they do about their body. Even the overweight, unattractive ones make sure to always have their hair long, textured, coloured and highlighted.
In conclusion, women staring in the mirror and cutting their hair will never not be a thing on screen.
It's cliché but it's too real: a form of reinvention, fight against men, taking control, power play, etc.
...Vin
I guess they wanted to emphasise she had great eyesight or something
This looks really cute. Gaga's best song strikes again. First Maleficent, then Gay Marriage Ban Repealed and now A&E stanning. It's officially her best sing 