Women: embrace your facial hair!
Around 40% of women naturally have some sort of hair on their faces. Perhaps we should celebrate it instead of trying to get rid of it
o Julie Bindel
o The Guardian, Friday 20 August 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/20/women-facial-hair (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/20/women-facial-hair)
As a proud lesbian feminist I have campaigned for years against the beauty industry and cosmetic surgery. I have never worn makeup, except once, as an experiment for these pages, and for years I even refused to wear a bra – until I had to dress up in vaguely smart clothing occasionally for work.
But we all have an achilles heel, and mine is facial hair. I hate it, both on myself and other women. I have a particular terror of fuzz appearing on my face, and always carry one lone item of beauty equipment: tweezers. Luckily, I am not particularly afflicted, although in recent years I have noticed one long black hair that sprouts from my left cheek, another under my chin, and a few barely noticeable ones above my lip. The second they appear they are instantly torn asunder.