--- title: Gina Rodriguez Sends Powerful Message About Her Haircut description: Over the weekend, Gina Rodriguez showed off her freshly shorn undercut on Instagram with an inspiring message to her fans. canonical: https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-01T16:42:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:37.880Z og:title: Gina Rodriguez Sends a Powerful Message About Her New Haircut og:description: 'I am not my hair' og:url: https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e524d1ba4fa4de2/698895c3a988ca94326b8103/gina-rodriguez-hair-cut-instagram-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gina Rodriguez Sends a Powerful Message About Her New Haircut twitter:description: 'I am not my hair' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e524d1ba4fa4de2/698895c3a988ca94326b8103/gina-rodriguez-hair-cut-instagram-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gina Rodriguez Sends a Powerful Message About Her New Haircut > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage)Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Kinonen / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Sarah Kinonen / People Contributor Jun 1, 2016 4:42 PM UTC Last month, Gina Rodriguez made the [_major_ mane change](http://stylenews.people.com/style/2016/05/04/gina-rodriguez-just-shaved-her-head/) she had mentioned to us earlier this year — and [admitted to being very nervous about](http://stylenews.people.com/style/2016/04/06/gina-rodriguez-is-cutting-her-hair-off/). But now that she’s actually rocking her half-shave bob, she couldn’t be happier with it, and she’s explaining why. Over the weekend, the _Annihilation_ actress, 31, showed off her freshly shorn undercut on Instagram with an inspiring message to her fans. “I cut my hair for a film and there is nothing more freeing than realizing your beauty exists from within,” Rodriguez wrote in a caption on Instagram. “I am not my hair. I am not my weight. I am not my skin color. I am love, I want to be love with every interaction, with every decision I make for myself, with every failure and success.” But the actress didn’t stop there. She continued, inviting others to embrace self-love to the fullest extent: “You should try it. I dare you. Let go of what you think would make you more beautiful and discover you have all you need already inside. [@mattdoylephoto](https://www.instagram.com/mattdoylephoto/).” The star’s newfound acceptance of her new do comes after her initial state of shock, which she shared on social media minutes after her first chop. “Short hair, don’t care,” she [wrote](https://www.instagram.com/p/BE6otolHLqQ/?taken-by=hereisgina&hl=en), adding, “Ha. Not true. It’ll take some adjusting. I’ll just be a little crazy till the fairy dust settles!” _This_ [_article_](http://stylenews.people.com/style/2016/06/01/gina-rodriguez-explains-why-she-shaved-head/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/"},"headline":"Gina Rodriguez Sends a Powerful Message About Her New Haircut","datePublished":"2016-06-01T16:42:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:37.880Z","description":"'There is nothing more freeing than realizing your beauty exists from within'","url":"https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/","keywords":["motto","celebrities","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e524d1ba4fa4de2/698895c3a988ca94326b8103/gina-rodriguez-hair-cut-instagram-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Kinonen / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e524d1ba4fa4de2/698895c3a988ca94326b8103/gina-rodriguez-hair-cut-instagram-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront","caption":"The CW Network's 2016 New York Upfront","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353583/gina-rodriguez-hair-message/","name":"Gina Rodriguez Sends a Powerful Message About Her New Haircut"}}]}] ```