Beards
For years, I, and many like me, have suffered in silence - hiding our shame in plain sight. We’ve struggled through life without support groups, online forums and Oprah specials, praying each day that no one notices our humiliating affliction. We are the smooth-cheeked ones who walk among you, we men who cannot grow beards.
Much like “Eyes Slightly Too Close Together Syndrome” (ESTCTS), “Chronic Male Beardlessness” (CMB) is a very real condition that affects countless men around the world.
I myself have been a victim since birth. During a recent two-week break, I decided to defy the gods and grow a big ol’ beard. Turns out it’s really hard.
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There are varying viewpoints on Sergio Redegalli’s “Say no to burqas” mural, but only one way to look at his facial hair.
It’s unAustralian. There should be a law against this. Could the council make him get rid of it?
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Sergio is actually using the Burqa to start a debate about other aspects of Islam, such as the call by some extremists to bring in Sharia Law into Australia (this is already happened in UK) and the fear that many have that some Muslims do not integrate well into Australian… Read more »
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I was wearing ugg boots in public before the young ones thought it was ‘cool’. Read more »
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