It’s Just Hair

You know what’s great? Making value judgements on a human based on their appearance. Did I say great? I meant stupid.

Normally it’s famous women who are met with public critiques after they change their appearance (remember what Felicia Day went through when she chopped her locks?) but for the last day or so, the internet has been buzzing over director David Ayer’s tweets of Jared Leto’s hair. You see, he’s getting a new look for his role as the Joker in Suicide Squad.

No big deal, right? Here’s a sample of headlines about Leto’s hair:

• Sad News, Jared Leto Cut Off His Beautiful Long Hair – Entertainment Tonight
• Jared Leto sacrifices hair, beard for The Joker; the Internet mourns – Stargazing
• Noooo! Jared Leto chops off his flowing hair – Page Six
• Jared Leto Cuts His Hair, His Fans Mourn Long Ombre Locks – US Weekly
• R.I.P. Jared Leto’s Fabulous Long Ombré Hair (2012–2015) – Vanity Fair

Let me reiterate—it’s just hair.

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Jill Pantozzi

Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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