More than skin deep, beauty salons are places of sharing and caring
- Written by Hannah McCann, Lecturer in Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
Salon workers – who are usually women – report clients sharing details of domestic violence, health issues and heartbreak. Karen Perez/Unsplash, CC BYWhat happens when people visit beauty and hair salons? Are trips to the salon simply about shaping how one looks on the outside, or can these spaces involve something deeper?
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