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Lädt ... Hairless: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Hair Removal, Submission and Self-hatred (2020)von Bel Olid
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Razors, tweezers, wax and hair removal creams: these are the tools for the initiation rites that signal the passage from girl to woman. Today the only acceptable places for a woman to have hair are on her head (preferably long), her eyebrows (not too wild) and eyelashes (not too sparse). All kinds of cosmetics are sold to achieve the desired effect of localized luxuriance. At the same time, the industry of removing hair everywhere else on the body advances relentlessly. Hair is no longer a sign of joy but a battleground of cosmetic surgery. In this short book, the Catalan writer Bel Olid draws on personal experience to dismantle preconceived ideas about the supposed benefits of waxing and shaving, and to lay bare the social penalties that are meted out to any woman who allows their body hair to grow. With clarity and courage, Bel Olid exposes the contradictions and hidden costs of hair removal, and issues a rousing call to women everywhere to set themselves free from the urge to please everyone else and to focus, instead, on what pleases them. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Review of the Polity Press Kindle eBook edition (February 2022) translated by Laura McGloughlin from the Catalan language original "A contrapelo. O por qué romper el círculo de depilación, sumisión y autoodio" (Against the Grain: Or Why Break the Cycle of Hair Removal, Submission and Self-Hatred) (November 2020)
I was so impressed with the variety in Bel Olid's collection of short stories Wilder Winds (orig 2016/translation Jan 2022) that I immediately looked for further translations of her work. I found it in Hairless, which is also a translation by Laura McGloughlin. This later work though is non-fiction and is Olid's essay about the social norms and perceptions that drive the hair removal industry for women. It was fascinating to read about how these views change over time especially from earlier centuries when female bodies were more covered and how peer pressure (often driven by forces such as the cosmetics and 'beauty' industry) can manipulate reactions and practices.
Obviously this is completely outside of my bailiwick, but the entire essay was food for thought about these issues, esp. the creepy and somewhat pedophilia-implied inference that a desire for hairlessness is a return to prepubescence. ( )