Feministing.com wants females to toss the wax and tweezers and allow those unibrows grow – for vaguely defined charitable reasons. The idea is that going all Frida Kahlo advances feminism, but critics are scratching their heads. They’ll have all month to determine "Decembrow," however.
Movember moves slowly into Decembrow
Decembrow is reportedly the female response to last month’s "Movember," in which men were encouraged to grow mustaches to raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer research. According to the Daily Caller, Feministing.com wants females to get in on the grooming for charity act (or lack of grooming, depending upon one’s perspective). Herbal aids and even eyebrow pencils are considered acceptable.
It could be argued that the Decembrow can make a more dramatic statement on a woman than Movember did on men, but that is not the point of the campaign. As Feministing.com puts it:
"While women in the U.S. generally rock two groomed brows, I say let's be inspired by Movember and take this opportunity to let our facial hair grow … for a cause."
Exactly what about Decembrow
The unibrow project is expected by women's groups like CEO Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America to be about furthering feminism as the Decembrow campaign is sponsored by Faministing.com. Nance and others are having trouble finding the connection, despite the charitable aspect, reports the Daily Caller.
"While I applaud the (Movember) effort to raise awareness and funds to stop prostate cancer, I find it curious that feminists would choose to embrace facial hair and wonder how that is different than any other month of the year," said Nance.
The Daily Caller asked author and columnist Erica Jong for a response, so she said she "(applauds) anything that galvanizes women to show the power (they) have and often fail to use." Jong does say that the position with Decembrow would have been better done if something like Women's and childrens’ welfare was focused on instead of facial appearances.
Information from
Daily Caller
dailycaller.com/2010/12/06/feminist-website-encourages-women-to-make-december-decembrow-for-cause-of-their-choice/
Movember
movember.com/
Making cancer awareness more fun
youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw
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