If 2020 was the year of the Lockdown Beard 2021 could be the year of the ‘Activist Beard’
The level of protest, not just in the UK, but across the globe, has been rising for a while and beards have had a role to play.
While 2020 saw the growth of lockdown beards as restrictions ease in some places perhaps 2021 will see the resurgence of the activist beard
There are several other kinds of beards. The activist’s beard is a site of restlessness, of active dissatisfaction, It is unkempt and straggly, determined to resist order as befits a dissident fermenting ideas and fomenting trouble for the establishment. Of someone too caught up in the weighty issues of injustice and discrimination in the world to bother with appearances. The beard is a sign of individuality, of not caring enough about the things that don’t count while caring deeply for the things that do.
Times of India 5th April 2021
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