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The Beauty Conversation

July 29, 2019June 27, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Appearance shapes the way the world sees us. But what does it say about who we really are? The Walrus contributors consider how we disrupt, define, and ultimately celebrate what we see in the mirror

women with hair that look like strands of text

The Beauty Conversation

The Year I Went Bald

July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 - by Sarah Weinman

First, cancer took my work identity. Then it took my hair

Curling iron with blonde hair on one side and curly black hair on the other

The Beauty Conversation

How I Learned to Love My Natural Hair

July 29, 2019September 30, 2019 - by Chelene Knight

I’ve spent thousands of dollars trying to turn my hair into anything but what it is: black and curly

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Marche; mullet illustration by the Walrus Art Department

Politics

A Haircut Divided against Itself Cannot Stand

October 6, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Stephen Marche

The case for banning the mullet at Canadian citizenship ceremonies