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Hair…the talk of the town

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 19, 2011

Me talking to a group of people interested in hair plucking in other animals at the Brooklyn Flea. Photo by Gareth Long (the artist who designed the desks we used).

Yesterday a fact checker wrote me from the New Yorker to confirm quotes and information for an upcoming Talk of the Town piece on the “Fair for Knowledge: Hair” that took place at the Brooklyn Flea a few weeks ago. I am a little concerned I am going to sound like a mad animal myself.

If you are interested in slightly more in-depth coverage of the phenomena of hair plucking in nonhumans, I have an article on the subject in the current issue of Cabinet Magazine.

Barber mice in the laboratory. Photo: Biji T. Kurien

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Hair Fair

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 8, 2011

The Brooklyn Flea

TIME OUT NY lists the Fair for Knowledge: Hair as one of the top five things to do in NYC this past weekend. I am totally surprised.

“Fair for Knowledge: Hair”
Brooklyn Flea at Skylight One Hanson, One Hanson Pl at Flatbush Ave, Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Sun 30 2–6pm; free.
Hair is treated as a political topic during this symposium, in which six participants (including historian Laurel Braitman and New York Times contributor John Strausbaugh) will discuss and debate the social issues surrounding your mane. Each panelist will be stationed at a separate booth, so you can discuss one topic at a time—potential subjects include hair-pulling in anxious animals and baldness as a signifier of wisdom.

Read more at TONY.
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