I know more about hair than any man alive and yet people often ask me, what of it? Why is the history of hair important today? Indeed, I ask myself that question all the time. The answer to why hair is important is–sex. And yes, also power. Allow me to demonstrate why it is one of the building blocks of our society....MORE

According to countless television ads, any number of hair replacement techniques will lead to a more stimulating sex life, professional satisfaction and loads of self-confidence. Mimi (not her real name) has been a hairdresser for over ten years, with five of those years working in a Seattle salon that deals with hair systems, a popular non-surgical method of cosmetic hair replacement. ...MORE

I started going bald when I was three years old. Not physiologically, but that's when the ordeal of going bald started with me. At a family gathering, one of my uncles looked down at three-year-old me and said, with a sinister sneer, "You're going to be bald too!"...MORE

When I was in seventh grade, my teacher, Mrs. Jones—a profusely hairy woman if ever there was one—would sit cross-legged on the floor and read us stories. I could almost always see up her skirt and, though she wore hose, the hair on her legs was always clearly visible. Beginning at her knees, the inside of her thighs sprouted hair that grew thicker as it traveled up her leg. ...MORE

Bearded ladies bring to mind the freak shows that were the entertainment of the late 1800s and early 1900s—the bearded ladies were disparate images of the feminimity of a woman covered in masculine dark black fur...MORE

The "Hair" exhibit, Senator Carl Levin, Fashion TV's "Hair Wars," the Hairiest Man in the World, Bald R Us, our favorite salon names. ...MORE

I was not a beauty school dropout. I actually managed to get my license. I lived with classmates and did lots of drugs. This was my college experience, except I didn’t learn a lot of big words. I also didn't learn to cut hair, but instead got an aesthetician's license. This enabled me to go on waxing people's body hair. Funny thing is though, that I never did any actual waxing in beauty school!. ...MORE

By Jonathan Lawson

Got problems with the establishment media? Of course you’re not alone. News, commentary and entertainment programming across the national media are slanted toward the interests of well-off white people whose politics, if any, range from “centrist” to conservative. ...MORE

By Freddy Molitch

My youth was spent amidst the mullet farms of Snohomish, Washington. The “business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back” hairstyle defined Snohomish. ...MORE

This month’s question: What’s the one thing you should never say to your stylist?...MORE

The Seattle Drinking Directory
With Ricky from the Cuff behind the bar ...MORE

The Portland Drinking Directory
With Mom from the Egyptian Room behind the bar ...MORE

By Miranda Pinero

Sometimes there are periods of such sorrow, such unexpected trauma and the wind being knocked from everyone’s sails that I begin to suspect some sort of malignant cosmic conspiracy...MORE