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From: chabot@miles.DEC (Bits is bits)
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Subject: Re: shoes and hair
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 10:22:25 EDT
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Well, one big eyebrow may not be so bad.  In _Little,_Big_ by John Crowley,
(which is a fun novel) one big eyebrow is actually a mark of distinction!

People have all kinds of different faces, but it seems that women aren't 
allowed to have some kinds of them and so have to change them or hide them. 
How many men worry about having one big eyebrow?  Sure, it attracts some 
notice, but why should we be afraid to be noticed for our differences rather
than for how closely we conform to the models in _Vogue_ ?

Maybe men's clothing is too dull and conforming, but so much of makeup seems
like a mask to cover up individuality.  I think Fritz Leiber hit it in his
stories about a US of the near future when women all wear masks all the time.

L S Chabot   ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot   chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa