Apropos of nothing, the exaggerated femininity of the women in the Trump maga team is an identifiable thing - long hair in barrel curls, Botoxed faces, chiseled makeup looks, a lot of sheath dresses. You can tell what Trump likes to look at (Stepford Wives come to mind and Melania and his daughters and daughters-in-law.).

Their appearance is now so characteristic that it has its own name: the "Mar-a-Lago face", named after Trump's gigantic estate in Florida. Or simply: the "Maga look". Maga stands for "Make America Great Again", the movement that is rallying behind Trump.

Noem, Guilfoyle and co. characterize the look

Particularly well-known examples of the eye-catching look are Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and the designated US ambassador to Greece and ex-fiancée of Trump's son Don Jr, Kimberly Guilfoyle. What they have in common is that they looked completely different a few years ago and have undergone a transformation on the outside. "Trumpification" is what the New York Times once called Noem.

In principle, it is rather inappropriate to make fun of other people's looks - not to mention rather out of place. But the look of the women in Trump's entourage is more than just a question of taste, the debate about outward appearance is not just a criticism of style - it is a political statement.

And this is why, though I've worn my hair long for years, I'm having several inches cut off today. It won't be a short bob, but it will be less than these female people trot around (and it will still be gray - most of that crew is blonde, akin to all of the FOX faux news hosts).

In theory they shouldn't get to co-opt the look, it is a popular style now, but in practice, long hair right now seems to go along with that ilk, and I can grow my hair longer again at another time.