Anyone who made it through the eighth grade probably remembers how middle school’s unique blend of competitiveness and insecurity.

Coco Chanel once said “A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.” Slightly-cheesy Pinterest quote aside, there’s actually a lot of merit to this saying.

After all, the last year has kind of sucked: the U.S. elected a misogynistic president, reports of rampant sexism in Silicon Valley and at the nation’s top law firms

“A haircut after a breakup is powerful,” Chase Kusero, hairstylist and co-founder of IGK, says. “People [often] keep their hair a certain way because of what a partner likes