tough as nails

Photos By: Alfred Espin

Why can't a girl be tough? I think has to do in part that social norms doesn't allow us to step outside of these "gender-roles." Girls are suppose to be vulnerable, love pink, and delicate... and the list goes on and on.

I have someone dear to me, who unfortunately is always questioned to be a tranny. Nothing wrong with being a tranny, but she isn't one... and there isn't anything in her appearance to indicate that she could possibly be a male, except for the fact that she is taller than 6' with heels. I always think of her as a glamazon. Always intact, clothing fierce, face is always painted for the GODS (an expression: meaning her make-up and face is gorgeous!!!), the sweetest person when you get to know her, but it is the tough exterior that I guess makes people question her gender?

I mean, she is super independent, doesn't allow anyone to push her around, can do whatever she wants and do it on her own, She can carry ME home when I am drunk! She is always refusing drinks from guys at the bar and in turn, she buys them drinks instead... She is a no nonsense kind of girl and doesn't need a man to make her feel validated. I think people can't grasp that it is possible because we've been spoon fed these ideas of how girls are suppose to be. So when someone goes against the grain, we question why that is. And normally people conclude that she has either had a traumatic childhood experience with a man, bitter because of failed relationships, a lesbian, or a tranny!

Why can't girls just be tough? ROCK ON TOUGH GIRLS!

Hairstyle:

Krystal's hair is already cut into a mohawk. I applied a little bit of Regis Pomade to slick her sides down. I gave the top portion a light mist of Volumizing Hair Spray from the same manufacturer all over before I used a 1 1/2 inch curling iron to curl the hair back. I rolled some of the hair back and pinned them to give a little tousled romance and some pieces cascade along her face. I finished with another spray of Regis Extreme Holding Spray.