This story is part of Image Issue 14, “Elevation,” where we examine beauty as a state of being, a process of realization. Read the whole issue here. “Do you like my mullet?” my friend Alana asked me ...

Is everything we call a mullet actually a mullet? Who decides what is a real mullet and what's actually stolen valor? (Fabian Guerrero/For The Times) This story is part of Image Issue 14, “Elevation,” ...