Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed. ·
December 7, 2010 at 4:39pm
Well, it's better than growing out your armpit hairs for a cause, I suppose--but I still don't like it! The Daily Caller intrepidly reports (via Hot Air):
This holiday season, Feministing.com, an “online community for feminists,” is encouraging women to opt out of eyebrow waxing appointments in favor of looking like “Frida,” the girlfriend of Marxist Diego Rivera....Feministing.com is calling for women to grow unibrows during December, which they are trying to dub “Decembrow.
So instead of women who look like this...
We get women who look like this (Salma Hayek played Frida in a 2002 movie):
Honestly, what's next?
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Jul '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
The terrorists have won.
Edited on December 7, 2010 at 4:51pmAug '10
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Is that a burqa ready unibrow ?
And was Friedrich Salma's dad ?
I understand the superstitions about certain tonsorial matters, but do these women know that the World Series is long over ?
Nov '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Because looking like an ungroomed, beetlebrowed Neanderthal is so...?
Okay, I give up. What is the point? Is this someone's notion of a good idea?
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Lady Kurobara: Because looking like an ungroomed, beetlebrowed Neanderthal is so...?
Okay, I give up. What is the point? Is this someone's notion of a good idea? · Dec 7 at 8:19am
With their contorted reasoning, feminists have somehow concluded that looking ugly will really stick it to the man. But I'm just as lost as you are, Lady...I'm not sure why looking feminine--or groomed, or beautiful--is anti-feminist.
Sep '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
For the first time in my life I can honestly say that I want to know what Maureen Dowd thinks about something.
Sep '10
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I'm not sure why looking feminine--or groomed, or beautiful--is anti-feminist.
I can hazard a guess: looking attractive to men is women being "socially conditioned" to give men power. Since women and men are the same (because feminists generally aren't science grads who studied biology, anatomy, physiology or endocrinology) femininity is a "social construct" therefore the more like a man you become (stop shaving, wearing makeup, start wearing Brooks Brothers suits) then the more identical you can become and start dating and marrying other women, which is the way it should be, of course, because....well, because men and women are the same, I guess. But, if they're the same, then why should it matter whether women are attracted to men or women?
Ah well. I tried.
Edited on December 7, 2010 at 5:33pmMay '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
If there's a corresponding "back hair on men is authentic and beautiful" movement, I'm on board.
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Pseudodionysius: I'm not sure why looking feminine--or groomed, or beautiful--is anti-feminist.
I can hazard a guess: looking attractive to men is women being "socially conditioned" to give men power. Since women and men are the same (because feminists generally aren't science grads who studied biology, anatomy, physiology or endocrinology) femininity is a "social construct" therefore the more like a man you become (stop shaving, wearing makeup, start wearing Brooks Brothers suits) then the more identical you can become and start dating and marrying other women, which is the way it should be, of course, because....well, because men and women are the same, I guess. But, if they're the same, then why should it matter whether women are attracted to men or women?
Ah well. I tried. · Dec 7 at 8:32am
Edited on Dec 07 at 08:33 am
Ah yes, the good old "social construct" back with a vengeance!
Just as a sidenote--not all women who don men's clothing are necessarily unattractive.
Jul '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Emily, this is your second Salma Hayek cleavage post.
Huge fan.
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Can most women even grow unibrows? I certainly can't, and I was unaware that I was deficient in the hair growth department.
I always just assumed Frida had some sort of hormonal imbalance...
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
If Frida's estate is ever hard up, they can license her image to the people who make Sharpies.
May '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
It looks good on Emily.
Aug '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
Lady Kurobara: Because looking like an ungroomed, beetlebrowed Neanderthal is so...?
Okay, I give up. What is the point? Is this someone's notion of a good idea? · Dec 7 at 8:19am
With their contorted reasoning, feminists have somehow concluded that looking ugly will really stick it to the man. But I'm just as lost as you are, Lady...I'm not sure why looking feminine--or groomed, or beautiful--is anti-feminist. · Dec 7 at 8:27am
Heyyy... hang on a minute, I thought a unibrow was considered a sign of beauty in ancient Greece or something... ("Also, the Ancient Greeks liked connected eyebrows and to achieve them they would decorate their eyes with dark powder.")
Oh, and in the Caucasus, it's considered to be a beauty-mark -- for denoting virginity, of all things (dunno... on my wedding night I didn't notice a sudden shedding of eyebrow hair... would have made grooming easier, though).
So the feminist thing to do is to look like a Caucasian virgin?
Edited on December 7, 2010 at 7:32pmAug '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
That last picture of Salma en travesti does remind me of the legend of St Wilgefortis, though.
Edited on December 7, 2010 at 7:40pmJun '10
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The reality is that we do not groom ourselves for ourselves, we groom for others. If you are destined to spent the day at home alone it's unlikely that personal grooming will be a priority. If you are about to go out, especially on a date with someone you want to impress, grooming will become a project. Admittedly, there is a difference between grooming and painting, but that does not deny the public nature of either grooming or makeup. How are the feminists to distinguish themselves from mere women if not by some badge, such as a hairy armpit? It's one of those outward signs that is supposed to convince you that it is the world and not the individual that is at fault. Personally, I tired of it. All it does for me is winnow the field of people I spend time with; in fact it's a great shortcut, because I know immediately if I'm going to make an effort or not. I find that I have less time to waste these days on idiots than I used to. Some would argue that I'm finally thinking with my brain as opposed to...
May '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Let's just say the Left seems to be doing all it can to limit itself to one generation. Put a few of their recent campaigns together, and you've got a bunch of fetid, greasy-haired gals with unibrows. Not a winning formula for procreation, at least in this country.
Nov '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Lady Kurobara: Because looking like an ungroomed, beetlebrowed Neanderthal is so...?
Okay, I give up. What is the point? Is this someone's notion of a good idea? · Dec 7 at 8:19am
According to the link provided, you're supposed to pick your own point. She claims the idea is based on Movember, when men would not shave their face for a month to raise awareness of prostate cancer, et al.
Perhaps it would be a handy fundraiser? Support this cause and I'll shave this stupid thing off!
Aug '10
Re: Grow Out Your Unibrow for a Cause!
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
With their contorted reasoning, feminists have somehow concluded that looking ugly will really stick it to the man.
I expect this is primarily the Lesbian branch of feminism. I lived for ten years among the gays and Lesbians of Provincetown, and the dominant culture among Lesbians is absolutely about defying society's ideas of beauty, and cultivating what normal people regard as ugliness. Among gay men, it's the exact opposite.
May '10
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You telling us you tell the girls from the boys because the boys are the lookers?
Nov '10
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It's not Decembrow, it's Decembeard! Men had it first, feminists. (Thought that third pic there works, I suppose; also, insert joke about dwarven females here).
EJHill
You telling us you tell the girls from the boys because the boys are the lookers? · Dec 7 at 11:39am
Fun "fact:" in the trendier areas of Japan, it can be hard at first to tell a couple apart, as to which is the male and which is the female of the pair. The best bet is to see which is prettier: that's the guy. They put more effort into looking good than their girlfriends.
And those are the straight ones, that still dress in men's clothes. Don't even get me started on the crossdressers (they're known as "traps" for a reason).