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Female Student Shaves Head to Fight 'Gender Norms'
pjmedia.com ^ | 4/11/2017 | Tom Knighton

Posted on 04/11/2017 8:14:56 AM PDT by rktman

When a kid goes off to college, you expect him or her to be learning how to handle the reality of adulthood. That's literally the point of college.

But here we have the exploits of feminist activist Yvonne Nguyen, who has shaved her head to make ... a STATEMENT. She didn't shave it to support a friend who is fighting cancer, though -- that's always a great move. Nor did she do it because she just likes the way it looks. While it's not my thing, I'm not the one who has to wear it, so more power to her.

Instead, she did it to COMBAT SOMETHING OR OTHER:

Nguyen first posted the video of the head shaving on Facebook on March 17, 2017, and included an explanation consisting of three points. She revealed in her first point that “daily, for over the past two years, I’ve wanted to shave my head. Society’s gender norms have tried to define me, my actions, thoughts, my feelings, and my dress. I am oppressed. But, I’m not going to stand for it anymore.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: butch; clueless; manly; oppressed
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Now THAT is real oppression ain't it. Fidiot.
1 posted on 04/11/2017 8:14:56 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

There is no lowest number to a liberal’s IQ.


2 posted on 04/11/2017 8:16:08 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

LOL. Typical confused LIB lunatic.


3 posted on 04/11/2017 8:17:15 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: rktman

Just like the Manson Chicks all shaved their heads.


4 posted on 04/11/2017 8:18:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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“daily, for over the past two years, I’ve wanted to shave my head get free publicity and become a social media star for a day".
5 posted on 04/11/2017 8:18:39 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: rktman

Bush’s and McCain’s fault.


6 posted on 04/11/2017 8:19:32 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: rktman

This is just an insincere and temporary statement. I she is serious and committed to her values she would have a double mastectomy.


7 posted on 04/11/2017 8:19:37 AM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: rktman
"...you expect him or her to be learning how to handle the reality of adulthood. That's literally the point of college."

I always thought the *point* of college was to further the education and in some rare instances to learn to think for oneself.
Silly me.

8 posted on 04/11/2017 8:19:46 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: rktman

Now she just looks stupid.


9 posted on 04/11/2017 8:20:07 AM PDT by madison10
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I hope she uses sunblock to fight sunburn norms.


10 posted on 04/11/2017 8:20:36 AM PDT by MortMan (Attractive physicists have an exceptional incidence of thermal presence.)
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"“daily, for over the past two years, I’ve wanted to shave my head get free publicity and become a social media star for a day". "

Ding a ling ding ding!

We HAVE a winner!

11 posted on 04/11/2017 8:22:24 AM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: Da Coyote

Isn’t it = to 0 Kelvin?


12 posted on 04/11/2017 8:25:43 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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Beats studying....

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13 posted on 04/11/2017 8:30:25 AM PDT by yoe
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Jenner had his thingie chopped off and this equally nutso college snowflake chopped off her hair. Both for nothing but AtTeNtIoN. Jenner’s reason was because HE got tired of tucking it in while this gal has no clue why. Typical clueless lib. Her parents must be so proud.


14 posted on 04/11/2017 8:31:39 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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She had to shave her head to advertise that she is brain damaged.


15 posted on 04/11/2017 8:32:31 AM PDT by Enchante (Libtards are enemies of true civilization!)
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To: rktman
Yet another case of a soft major individual with a lot of time on her hands to be outraged.

Guaran-damn-tee you she is not majoring in engineering, computer science, math or architecture.

16 posted on 04/11/2017 8:34:01 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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It’d be funny if the prof marked her absent because there was a boy sitting in her seat.

Or is attendance soooo last decade. The lest smart mouthed liberals in the classroom the easier it is to get through a lecture.


17 posted on 04/11/2017 8:34:27 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: rktman

Little late to the game, honey. Girls back in the late 70’s and 80’s shaved their heads too to be a part of the punk rock movement. But here, have your Punk Rock Retro badge.


18 posted on 04/11/2017 8:35:12 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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“I am oppressed.”

No, little darlin’, you’re just brainwashed.

There is a cure tho. It’s called a job.


19 posted on 04/11/2017 8:36:13 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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I don’t suppose she donated her hair to Locks of Love or another organization that would use it for good. Women who have lost their own due to chemotherapy often struggle with self image and feel less feminine. Her donation would have served helped others.


20 posted on 04/11/2017 8:38:56 AM PDT by kalee
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