A Time for Change

Emma Watson cut off all her hair.

It seems like such a simple act, a haircut. Even a drastic haircut. Going from a tail to a bob or a buzz. But this girl, this woman, has been defined by her hair and the role she played for the last decade.

Imagine, being forced to maintain an identity that is not yours through the years where every other person is trying to find their sense of self. Trying to find who you are while finding who your character is, and without once changing your body, your looks, from what that character has.

Ms. Watson could never have a haircut Hermione Granger did not, she could not gain weight, nor lose it. She could not get a piercing or a tattoo that could not be hidden on camera. She could not get pregnant or scar or damage herself. Her body was not hers. It was Hermione's, and nothing changed Hermione on the outside.

What would you do, if from the time you were 10 to the time you were 20 you could not change a single thing about your appearance. Did you ever fall and scar yourself? Did you get your nose pierced? Did you get a tattoo? Did you once, from the time during that decade, get your hair cut from the style you decided on at a mere 10 years old?

Realize what choices you have, what changes you can make. The simple power to decide what happens to your own body is something we all take for granted.