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Why I Want To Start Talking About The $500-Plus A Year I Spend On My Body And Facial Hair
After another Monday of reporting to the man, I squirmed in the worn leather seat of a downtown salon. The brow aesthetician berated me for a recent shaving mishap while I meditated on working extra hard for less pay. Pluck by pluck, thread by thread, she shaped my brows into a Maleficent-like edge in a 15-minute session that I likely wouldn’t disclose on a date later that night. The previous weekend, I’d lounged by the lake on an all-women camping trip. We talked about many activities – archery, rock climbing, paddle boarding – as well as our “bushes”. One fellow...