Red Carpet Appearance Makes Gender-Nonbinary Actress Question Body Hair Standards

Yahoo Beauty ^ | 4-4-2017 | leah Prinzavalli

[brucedickinson]

Last night was hard. It was my first bonafide red carpet in LA (at the Beverly Hilton of all places, where they host the Golden Globes) and for some reason I felt really alienated from my body. Last night it really started to dawn on me just how much further we have to go. While gender nonconforming and nonbinary people are making progress in some ways, it's generally only been people who fit a certain androgynous, hairless, youthful look. Last night on the red carpet, I felt the weight of just how radical my chest hair and armpit hair and leg hair continue to be. I felt out of place because I refuse to get rid of the hair that's on my body. I felt the weight of what it means to push back against the idea that hairlessness equals beauty. And I started to get a sense of just how hard it's going to be to make it as a hairy nonbinary femme in this industry. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with choosing to wax or shave, but last night I felt like the only girl in the world who doesn't choose to do so. I've always known that my beauty will take time for others

[brucedickinson]

Last night was hard. It was my first bonafide red carpet in LA (at the Beverly Hilton of all places, where they host the Golden Globes) and for some reason I felt really alienated from my body. Last night it really started to dawn on me just how much further we have to go. While gender nonconforming and nonbinary people are making progress in some ways, it's generally only been people who fit a certain androgynous, hairless, youthful look. Last night on the red carpet, I felt the weight of just how radical my chest hair and armpit hair and leg hair continue to be. I felt out of place because I refuse to get rid of the hair that's on my body. I felt the weight of what it means to push back against the idea that hairlessness equals beauty. And I started to get a sense of just how hard it's going to be to make it as a hairy nonbinary femme in this industry. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with choosing to wax or shave, but last night I felt like the only girl in the world who doesn't choose to do so.

[Ophiucus]

Wtf

[ronniesgal]

Good Lord what a confused boy. WHat the hell is wrong with people???

[n230099]

Good grief...

[brucedickinson]

MTV non-binary genderfluid actress.

But in reality, (cough-cough) homely jewish guy

[vladimir998]

EYE BLEACH!

EYE BLEACH!

WHERE’S THE EYE BLEACH?!!!!!

[Bob]

Cue Austin Powers “That’s a man, baby.” A very confused man or perhaps that should be written as a “man”?

[2ndDivisionVet]

And how exactly did we win World War II?

[bigbob]

Not to mention being the only girl with a d#ck...well maybe the only one...

[Raycpa]

I think the red lipstick clashes with the blue dress.

[Vendome]

[cweese]

Gender non-binary?!?!?! Where do these people come up with such phrases? I think “f’d up degenerate” is more appropriate.

[sten]

Freaks

[Vendome]

[brucedickinson]

We won WWII with pinup girls, my friend. Here's Chuck Shumer's daughter, and Covergirl Ellen- they're beautiful!

Hubba-hubba! That's what we're fighting for boys! Go get those Syrians!!

[Jim Noble]

That’s a dude.

[Vendome]

[poinq]

OK but I don’t have to be nice, do I? I mean if they can be who they really feel like being. I think I can act like a girl who is seeing a really gross guy and say. EEEEWWWWW!!!!!! and then I can walk away, right?

[Vendome]

[Organic Panic]

So... It’s apparently easier to force the entire population of the nation, if not the earth, to accept your mental illness rather than the mentally ill change their behavior.