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A Haircut Is Not a Breakdown, Says the Woman Who Got One

The reaction to Iris Vance's crop tells you more about the audience than the subject.

By Cass Merrow · LONDON

Iris Vance cut her hair short, posted a photograph of it, and spent two days being asked whether she was all right.

She has since pointed out, reasonably, that it is hair, and that it grows.