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" When I'm having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to 'The Blessed Unrest' by Sara Bareilles. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Having
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" I've had the honor of working with so many trans people as a hairdresser over my career in some way. "
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" From the extreme political polarization that is everywhere - there's so much suffering going on - so many people are really thirsty to feel good about something. "
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" One of my closest friends is a trans man who is incredible. And a lot of my clients are trans women. "
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" I wish I had more of a game plan of how I'm going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it'll happen. "
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" I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense. "
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" Probably the advice I could follow more is the self-love sort of advice. I think, four out of every five days, I'm good at that, but certain situations can trigger self-doubt or cloudiness around how I feel about myself. "
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" You have to create little pockets of joy in your life to take care of yourself. "
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" I'm obsessed with gymnastics. It's like my football. And I like to watch women's gymnastics a little bit more than men's because I live for balance beam. "
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" If I could only have one grooming tool, it would be floss. I don't want to have broken Cheetos in my teeth. To protect myself from the sun, I can find shade under a tree. To moisturize my skin, I could get really sweaty and then just rub it on myself. But how are you going to clean between your teeth without floss? "
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" I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in. "
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" A song like 'Tears Dry on Their Own' is really sad, but it's hopeful, too - that was my theme song for the first boy who broke my heart. "
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" When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be. "
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" I'm a big proponent of all love winning and love just being fab. "
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" I love changing hair color. I love doing hair shape. I love the social aspect of salons. I love clients, and because of doing hair, I've heard so many life stories. "
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" If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram. "
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" Leaving your hair down to sleep causes friction on your ends between your body heat and the pillow case. Securing the ends away from your body helps preserve your ends. "
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" To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission. "
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" Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11. "
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" I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it. "
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" I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. "
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" Be able to see people's humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you're reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized. "
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" If you're feeling a little down, you're never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you're depressed - if you need a pick-me-up. "
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" I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light. "
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" Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.' "
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" I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out. "
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