An Old Essay That Disappeared When the Problematic Website It Was on Was Sucked Into Oblivion

Wow. Remember 2014?

Immediately after I get hair extensions, I begin to apologize for them. And then, to them.

I explain to friends who compliment my newly very long hair that it is fake. If someone asks why I felt compelled to get someone else's hair braided into my head, or how much it cost, I often make up a crazy reason. A threatening hairdresser guilted me into it. It…