tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post3052053202126188563..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Is There Anything More Tedious Than The Triumvirate of the Left? (Race, Sex, and Class As Determiners of Everything)Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-18937346320895227922014-02-03T22:18:43.253-07:002014-02-03T22:18:43.253-07:00I had read once that beards had something to do wi...I had read once that beards had something to do with hippies. <br />Hippie males grew their hair long to distinguish themselves from the Ivy Leaguer squares who had short hair, and then grew beards so they would be distinguishable from hippie women. <br />And how does this race-class-sex thing comport with the historical truth that beards were fashionable until a white man, King Gillette, invented the safety razor and instantly killed the beard. Before that, clean shavenness was a sign of a dandy who spent his mornings in the barbershop getting a shave rather than shaving it off himself when he had the time. King Gillette's invention killed the beard until the advent of the hippie.<br />And I write this with about 14 days growth on my chin and cheeks, wondering if I can hold out until I am no longer a man who needs a shave but am a man with a beard. <br />My beard is distressingly white for someone of my age. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-84472032327155420492014-02-02T20:01:50.948-07:002014-02-02T20:01:50.948-07:00I wonder if the person looking at American styles ...I wonder if the person looking at American styles in facial hair ever looked at contemporaneous styles from England?<br /><br />Or from other parts of Europe?<br /><br />I would imagine that England had different reasons for its phases of facial-hair fashion.<br /><br />Actually, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that beards were popular in England at time roughly contemporaneous to the times when beards were popular in the United State...SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043843405366080460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-20092541324093673902014-02-01T22:42:53.211-07:002014-02-01T22:42:53.211-07:00My beard appeared the when my electric shaver brok...My beard appeared the when my electric shaver broke after I had left Navy Air active duty.<br /><br />I've still got it over 40 years later. Low hassle compared to shaving.StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.com