Take off the Corset - South Korean movement

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www.feministcurrent.com/2018/09/06/south-koreas-take-off-corset-movement-inspire-feminists-everywhere-towards-radical-action/

This article really impacted me. I watched the videos of molka rallies and was impressed with the women shaving their heads, but I didn't understand the significance:

At the June molka rally, five women with waist-length hair had their heads shaved on stage; activists roared in celebration as their hair fell to the ground. “I was afraid of shaving my head,” one woman said, “but I asked myself where that fear came from, and realized there was no reason not to shave other than fear.” The slogan adopted at this demonstration was, “The courage to be uncomfortable changes the world.”

The entire article is wonderful, but the final paragraph sums it up nicely:

This resistance movement was inspired by radical feminist critiques of beauty practices coming from the West, but today, Korean radical feminist campaigning from within one of the beauty industry’s global strongholds serves as a galvanizing force for feminists everywhere, who are seeing their sisters reduced to empty shells who aim only to be beautiful in the eyes of men.

I love seeing women resisting these women-destroying practices, and finding happiness in being themselves.

I loved this article too. Very inspiring. I was really affected by the Beauty Myth as a student. I do some beauty practices, particularly for work, but am aware it's 'problematic'. Punished if you do, punished if you don't.

Will read. I'm loving South Korean feminist activism. Angry Women Will Change The World!

Oh I'll have a look, just about to read, Sheila Jeffreys Beauty and Misogyny. Looks fascinating, I'm really waking up to how much I have internalised messages about how women are supposed to look, act be feminine etc.
Which BTY has happened by reading these threads.

I loved this article too. I like the expression "up-up". It really struck me that I spend time every day trying to look like a woman when I already am one (adding mascara to feminise my lashes, etc). Even actual women don't look like our culture tells us a woman looks!