About this episode
The episode explores the host's personal experiences with hair from childhood to teenage years.
When I was a year old, I still hadn’t grown any hair. My mother Scotch taped a bow to the top of my bald head so I would look less like a little boy in girls’ clothing. As a teenager in high school, I loved my waist-length hair and couldn’t understand why my teachers hated it and wanted me to cut it off.
People in this episode
Host: Siobhan Barry
Topics covered
- hair
- childhood
- identity
- self-image
- teenage experiences
Keywords
- hair
- childhood
- identity
- self-image
- teenage hair
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