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Shamed for body hair growing up, Desi women now challenging racist standards
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Posted on 03/04/2021 2:42:06 PM PST by janetjanet998
Anjana Rajamani was 12 years old the first time she tried to shave her face.
"This guy I had a crush on said my mustache was thicker than his in front of all my class," she said.
After crying in the bathroom of her Southern California middle school, she went home and shaved it off.
"I gave myself razor burn," said Rajamani, 22. "I had pink marks in my mustache area for two weeks."
For Desi women who grew up in mostly white schools, that story might be uncomfortably familiar. Young South Asians say their elementary and middle school years were characterized by a dominating feature: hair. Everywhere. Bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel othered — and ugly — when they were 12.
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From age 11, Sonali Krishnakumar remembers being told she had "man legs," "hairy knees," a mustache and bad eyebrows. The insecurities crept up in middle school, so she stopped wearing crop tops, and she wore long pants even in the summer and begged her mom to let her shave. Being hairy made her feel "dirty," she said.
To: janetjanet998; dainbramaged
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:43:35 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
To: janetjanet998
“Bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel ugly.”
Uh......not the Onion?
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:46:20 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: janetjanet998
For Desi women who grew up in mostly white schools, that story might be uncomfortably familiar. Young South Asians say their elementary and middle school years were characterized by a dominating feature: hair. Everywhere. Bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel othered — and ugly — when they were 12.
So shave, just like all the Italian girls do.
To: KC_Lion
To: janetjanet998
Well, I’m sure there are men that prefer a, ahem, hirsute woman.
Takes all kinds.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:46:49 PM PST
by
Boogieman
To: janetjanet998
Such is fashion. What are we supposed to do?
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:47:08 PM PST
by
beef
(Hail Harris!)
To: janetjanet998
Just wax it and get clean and sleek so men can find you attractive. Maybe be glad you lost that slope in the forehead a few generations back. Very little you can do about skull shape.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:47:44 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: KC_Lion; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
It ain't a race thing.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:48:51 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: beef
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
Thomas Jefferson
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:49:47 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: janetjanet998
A lot of women shave their legs on a regular basis.
There’s other areas as well.
If a woman regularly takes care of that, there’s no problem for me.
I have to shave regularly too, but thankfully my face is the
only area where I have to keep things smooth for the person
I care for.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:50:20 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
To: KC_Lion
Tell them to come to LA shave off their eyebrows and paint them back on with a Sharpie pen.
They’ll fit right in.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:50:43 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: janetjanet998
Unfortunately, kids that age, especially girls, can be very mean.
To: janetjanet998
Hey, I got a crazy idea. How about stay in the place where everyone looks like that? You know... India and Pakiland.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:50:55 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: janetjanet998
I dont get it. Just shave. Wth? Or dont. Fk it. dont ever get your hair cut, wear makeup, or deodorant, or wear clean under pants. Just stfu and go about your biz. Please.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:51:05 PM PST
by
know.your.why
(If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
To: BenLurkin
Tell them to come to LA shave off their eyebrows and paint them back on with a Sharpie pen. They’ll fit right in.
Doesn't Gorilla Glue make a thing for that?
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:52:37 PM PST
by
know.your.why
(If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
To: janetjanet998
I had very long hair and was called “Morticia” in high school by some boys that would hang around my locker. They tried cutting it and setting it on fire. So what? There are jerks all through life and kids either need to deal with it or conform.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:52:38 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: beef
Womankind is regressing rapidly. Feminism is a cancer.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:58:51 PM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: KC_Lion
A bar in Homer, Alaska had a bearded lady bartender back in the early 70’s. She was a sweetheart, personality wise - I don’t know why she didn’t shave. Didn’t ask.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:59:30 PM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Windage and Elevation)
To: janetjanet998
What????
Indian girls are smoking HOT after they shave.
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posted on
03/04/2021 2:59:42 PM PST
by
The Toll
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