Chinese girls shaved

Charlie Liu decides to keep her armpit hair and takes a stand by doing so. In the black-and-white photo she submitted, Liu wears only a bra with her arms resting on her head, proudly showing her armpit hair. I hope girls will show it off without fear," Liu said in her contest entry. The photo contest organizers are giving out prizes for the most "characteristic, beautiful, and confident" displays of armpit hair, and the response has been huge. The hashtag WomensArmpitHairCompetition has been viewed nearly a million times and has generated thousands of comments among Net users, feminists, and scholars.

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Zhang Wendan and her family were celebrating the Lunar New Year when the year-old nurse got a notice from the hospital: report back to work and join the battle to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Zhang lives in Huanggang, in Hubei Province, where the virus originated. Two days earlier officials had sealed off her city in a desperate attempt to stop it from spreading.

A trending video clip showing a batch of female medical workers who got their hair shaved off in preparation for their mission to the COVID19 epicenter, Wuhan, has triggered widespread criticism on Chinese social media. Many female medics have voluntarily shaved their heads in preparation to assist coronavirus combat in Wuhan in the past weeks and have hence received praise and respect from netizens for their dedication. On Jan. By Wang Yuan.