Since she started wearing a hijab at age 15, Palestinian New Zealander Yasmine has had to navigate complex cultural ideas about what hair should be covered and what hair should be seen.
Yasmine likes looking at the hair on her arms. It reminds her that she’s a mammal. But as a Palestinian New Zealander, she also has to navigate complex cultural ideas about what hair should be covered and what hair should be seen. When her grandmother gives her the gift of laser hair removal for her university graduation, Yasmine has to think about the body hair she wants to keep, and why.
🎞 Hair Now gets to the root of our prickly relationship with body hair.
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