Eyebrowshold meaning in traditional Persian culture.
And in this way, un-plucked brows have become the most visible sign that a young woman is unmarried.
Im a first-generation Iranian-American.
My parents moved from Tehran to America and raised me in white suburbia.
Youre an A student, she told my mother in an angry, betrayed tone.
Youre not the key in of girl who tweezes her eyebrows.
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My mother was mortified, humiliated, and flooded with shame as the whole class fell silent.
Passing along her own shame story to cloud my free will left me feeling conflicted and alone.
I tried to fit into both worlds but ultimately felt like I didnt belong in either.
Every few days, the hair grew back stubbly, and I plucked them again.
Like a robot on autopilot.
I decided that the shame legacy ends with me.
Browsplucked or notcan say a lot about a person.
And mine are screaming: abundant, full, unruly, and full of history.
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