and I thought I was racially marked before

[jinian]

It is definitely really weird to have people feel up your hair. Awkward, laughing, freaking out -- it could easily have shaded into bullying. Even if it's one person* whom you like, and even if you're weirdly positioned in the conversation as having the socially-better hair texture. (Is it actually true that some people's hair is so strong it

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[lilairen]

Mother of my other husband is a barber and was very firm when cutting hair about cleaning it all up because of stabbiness.

We occasionally get punctured by cat hair. That's ... really weird. Also hurts like hell!

[jinian]

I've gotten poked by cat whiskers and by short pieces of hair-trimming, too. Regular cat fur, no. Hair that's still attached to my head and long enough to have more flex than stiffness, also no.