In Defense of Being Scruffy-Looking

K. Albasi
K. Albasi
Aug 31, 2018 · 7 min read
Even space cowboys feel the social pressures of immaculate grooming.

Earlier this year MEL Magazine published the piece, “All the Insane Ways Men Do Skin Care.”¹ It started with the article’s author, Amanda Mull, posing the question, “Do straight men exfoliate,” to her Twitter followers. After a hundred-plus responses, she writes that, “Things were worse than I’d even jokingly expected.” The article goes on to gently roast straight men for their general lack of daily skin care routines, and…

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K. Albasi

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