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TopicCollege student shaves her head to combat hair privilege. Remember to check
Milkman5
04/11/17 1:19:04 AM
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your hair privilege, guys

http://www.phillyvoice.com/villanova-student-shaves-her-head-combat-hair-privilege/


On St. Patrick's Day, Nguyen had a few friends help her get rid of her hair in order to take a stand against gender oppression and to acknowledge her own privileged place in American society.

"Over the past few years, I would cut my hair, but each time I was told by others that I didn’t look like a 'true girl' until my hair was long, straight and silky," Nguyen wrote last week in an op-ed for The Villanovan, the university's student-run newspaper. "Small and constant comments about how to play the role of my gender were burdensome. I never felt like I would be fully accepted for being my true self."
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