Beard Liberation Front
29th June
Campaigners express serious concern at promotion of beard topiarists in The Guardian
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers has expressed serious concern at the content of Pass notes 4,577 which appeared in the Guardian G2 on 28th June.
The column features the recent activities of the self-styled World Beard and Moustache Championship.
The Championships which pop up in various countries focus on people who have shaped facial hair into various shapes much as a hedge might be shaped as topiary.
The campaigners say that barbers, those who cut and shape hair, rather than promote its growth are behind the Championships.
The Guardian article focuses on women contestants who are in a category that allows false beards. The Beard Liberation Front has no issue with and has long promoted organic knitted beards for those who for whatever reason cannot grow their own beard
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