Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Piercing Holes in Women : Reclaiming My Own Flesh and Blood in Shopping Mall Chemists
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'The first time I altered my body was in 2006, when my mother smeared hot wax onto my brow ridge. In retrospect, the two of us didn't know enough about the liquid fabric, the way it would fasten itself to skin, clinging desperately to every last strand of hair. I was 12, and - embarrassingly enough - could hardly tell the time, let alone understand the mechanics of hot wax. My mother was born with no eyebrows or eyelashes, which practically rendered her useless when it came to hair removal practices. Naturally, the wax-strip poked fun at our naivety and took my entire eyebrow hostage, damning me to a three-month eyebrow-less sentence. I was an insecure preteen enjoying the tail end of primary school with half of her face stripped bare.'  (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Voiceworks no. 112 Winter 2018 16828167 2018 periodical issue 2018 pg. 101-105
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