hygiene
No, body hair is not unhygienic
February 21, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor “Eww, you have more hair than me,” said multiple teenage boys during my high school years. While looking back, such an opinion is probably the least of my worries, but the reactions of disgust toward my body hair have been burned into my psyche for years. It was always something — the arm hair, the peach fuzz, the “unibrow.” This isn’t an uncommon experience for many women, who have reported “bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel othered — and ugly — when they were 12.” An article…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Unhygienic bed habits
November 30, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor We all love our beds. The bed is a sanctuary for rest and recharging. It is warm, soft, and comfortable. Until you feel a crumb in your bed sheets. That’s right, I’m looking at you…
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SFU’s inefficient sinks don’t promote healthy hand-washing
February 16, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer This cold and flu season, SFU took it upon themselves to stick up a bunch of signs explaining when and how to wash your hands. Like a Hello Kitty Band-Aid put on by a blind nurse,…
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It’s a medical myth that blemishes and uneven skin are always caused by neglect
October 21, 2019By: Michelle Young, SFU Student At an airport a few months ago, just as I got up to put away my trash during a four hour layover, one of the cleaning staff asked me, “Do you use soap on your face?”…
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