Marlo and I got to talking about hair. She shaved her head 7 years ago and her boyfriend at the time broke up with her. "When I shaved my head he was't attracted to me anymore," she said. Marlo studied abroad in Malta years ago and met two Kenyan women who wore wraps around their heads. "I think it's admirable in a culture that removes that element," she said. "That it was more about the connection with how they looked you in the eyes." We talked about different hair styles, dyes, and cuts and how much emphasis people can put on someone's hair. Marlo says her current cut she named the "poomboom," shorty, flowy, and shaved on one side. "Ultimately, I dont want [hair] to be what expresses who I am."
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