Bystander Revolution: Nina Dobrev | Pixie Haircut

When I was in the sixth grade, I cut my hair to a pixie cut., Really short, almost like a boy.. You know, and I thought it was cool and I loved it and I was really excited about it. And I went to school and a lot of like so you know. Some people were really positive about it., But there was a lot of people that were really mean and they'd say things like you look like a boy.. We can't tell the difference. You better put on a skirt tomorrow. Otherwise you we might. We won't know if, like who you are, and if you're a boy or a girl or not. It made me really sad., It didn't feel very good. And on top of it I was I had an older brother. And I played a lot of sports because of That and because of him., And so everybody just they were like now, you're really turning into a boy. One step closer. And it wasn't until my brother actually stood up for me and told them that it's the hair is just a thing that will grow back and That it doesn't change the person and sort of talked to the few people that were being mean and weren't, embracing the choice that I made that everyone sorta left me alone., But he was bigger.. I mean my brother is five years older than me. And he was he was. He was like my support system at that time. And he stood up for me and made sure that I didn't feel alone.. It really made the biggest difference for me.