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surethinglady

International Women's Day

Mar 08, 2005 23:15

International Women's Day - has turned into a week at King Hall. But, posters of some prominent women have been defamed. Still happens in law school. weird - maybe it's b/c it feels like high school, so we revert back. I know someone drew something like whiskers on a poster of Oprah Winfrey's - at first I actually found that funny. When I saw the ( Read more... )

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soraljuset March 10 2005, 03:58:47 UTC

"And, of course we talked about hair - hair, hair, hair. This is pretty unique to south asian/persian women."

what gets said about it? ignorant whitey asking. and asking because i actually think a lot about hair, having been raised in the dyke community in vancouver. when i shaved my head, after having hair down to my bum, i noticed a stark difference in how people treated me. i wasn't mollycoddled as much, and no creepsters stopped to stare on the street or honk their horns. it was unsettling and relieving at the same time.

abt the article, which i will now go read -- i just Brick Lane, by (i think) Monica Ali. a British novel about the Muslim immigrant community in London. quite good, i thought. it's been shortlisted and won awards. do you know it? the connection is that one of the characters (a very, very minor character) is the victim of an acid attack.

reply from ages ago surethinglady April 8 2005, 05:10:09 UTC

Sorry - long time no reply. My head has been in the books.
By hair, hair, hair - I meant body hair. I know I made it seem a South Asian/Middle Eastern women thing - but really... I know alot of whities ; ) who have dark body hair. This is always a topic amongst us South Asian women, though, when we talk about our bodies - the hairiness factor.

And..haven't heard of Brick Lane by Monica Ali but it does sound good.
Guess what? My cousin Daljit (remember him?) is now a kundalini yoga instructor - he just passed his teacher's training class and is now teaching in Santa Cruz where he still goes to school.

Re: reply from ages ago soraljuset April 8 2005, 05:39:42 UTC

congratulations to Daljit!

body hair -- jesus, i have blonde hair on my head, but my body hair is still dark. it's darkest on my breasts... :p current lover doesn't mind, so neither do i. actually, i think it's funny, since i never hear it talked abt, but it's veeeeery much there, and i envy you a community in which to talk about various types of body hair... i am never sure what to do with it (on body or head), given the Khalsa recommendation that one ought not to cut/trim/shave any of it. be curious to be a fly on the wall during those discussions. i need solutions!

Re: reply from ages ago surethinglady April 8 2005, 05:54:05 UTC

hmm...solutions -well, I know the Khalsa way...but honestly i haven't ever followed that part - i just sit back and admire those who haven't cut their hair. But, I remember a lady at summer solstice telling me that Yogi Bhajan said they could do their eyebrows and tweeze/thread or whatever for facial hair - don't know about the body hair part though. It really depends on what you want to do... God will love you all the same - don't worry! ; ) And it terms of kundalini effectiveness...i think the main hair keeper is on the head to draw in the energy. But..letting the rest of the body hair grow (arm pits, legs, breasts, etc.) is good for body health - but, that's the part i don't stand by b/c i get rid of it all. So- i'd so do/not do what you are comfortable with - no sense of feeling guilty...we all have our own path, and all that ( ... )

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