This image is now illegal in 5 states

While my haircut should be illegal in this photo, it’s the grainy screen in the background is what is becoming increasingly illegal here in the United States. This is me. Somewhere around 14 years old, hunched over a desk covered in screws, cables, and whatever else I could scrounge. The picture is grainy. The desk (and my hair) is a mess. But the feeling I had in that moment was very real: I just…