Lily Rose-Depp’s starring role in Robert Egger’s remake of the classic film Nosferatu has been critically acclaimed, but for many Columbia students, she’s more than a scream queen. For many who have grown up insecure about their large heads and receding hairlines, Lily-Rose Depp’s shamelessly capacious forehead has been game-changing. The oft-maligned “big-headed bitch” of “trench coat buttoned to the TOP” fame has embraced the upper third of her face in and out of character, eschewing beauty norms for a signature look that has inspired many others in the big-headed community. “It’s so inspiring to see someone as beautiful as her be so proud of her egg-like physiognomy,” said one ample-headed student, bravely sporting a slicked-back ponytail, who was moved by Depp’s appearance. “It gives a lot of us so much hope.” In an era in which pop culture icons like Sabrina Carpenter have brought bangs back into the mainstream, some have begun to push back against the Bang Lobby (sneeringly referred to in pro-forehead circles as Big Bang), arguing that “forehead positivity” should be more widely adopted. With Lily-Rose Depp, the forehead lobby now has a compelling female celebrity who they can claim as their own, following years of reign by Harry Styles and that one hot guy from The Conjuring. Not everyone, however, is equally thrilled by her influence. “I mean, she can pull it off,” admitted one forehead-skeptical student, “but she has the face for it. She can afford to look like an egg sometimes. I’m worried that too many basic bitches will be emboldened by her to think they can pull it off too, but the uncomfortable truth is that that majority of y’all need curtain bangs, at the very least.” Only time (and slick-stick profit margins) will tell whether Depp’s hairline advocacy will prevail.
“Five Stars for Five-Head”: Lily-Rose Depp’s Groundbreaking Forehead Representation
