Jason White on comparing his facial hair to his father’s, and the lessons he learned about masculinity.
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I’ve had a long struggle with facial hair and a deep yearning to grow something, anything that resembled the stubble of a man. I mean, looking at photos of my old man as a child, he practically came out of the womb with a shadow across his lip which make my struggles…well, infuriating. Why didn’t I get those genes dad?
It takes me about four days to grow a 5 o’clock shadow.
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“Real men” he said, “use a straight edge and soap and go down to the barber to have Harry give them a hot-towel shave once a week.”
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