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On suspect shaving advice in suspect novels (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 days ago by ashinadash@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Nevada by Imogen Binnie contains a lot of questionable ideas throughout its 230 or so pages, but most pernicious of all is that Maria Griffiths gives dogshit advice about shaving.

"Anything more than three blades is for rich people"? Girl, really? You can get five-blade razors at many dollar stores in north america, and they actually do help. My trans comrades in chains, if two or three blade razors are making a bloody mess of your face, you should try a four or five blade razor.

It figures that Maria Griffiths, sheltered New Yorker that she is, doesn't know shit about shaving. Owl Criticism and others have demanded bad women, and Maria is one of the most compromised I've seen due largely to her inability advise anyone on shaving habits.

Honestly. Smh.

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[–] peanutbuttercupola@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I think part of this is that Maria's advice is intenionally messy to reflect her character. That being said, when Nevada was being written, the razors she's talking about had only existed for a few years and I'm pretty sure you were limited to the more expensive brands like Gillette.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What no fuckin' way, have there really been such leaps and bounds in disposable razor technology in the last decade???

The "intentionally messy to reflect her character" thing is something I ruminate on constantly about this fuckass book. Thing is, how far does that go? Her stupid questions about gender and punk-rock haircuts sure weren't intentionally messy, nor were her brief screeds against trans men, which I think is born out by the author apologising for them in the 10th anniversary afterword. It's one of those things that rlly makes me thonk because Idk. I suppose I could buy it for this, because she also notes later how good she totally is at being trans, which is a fairly deliberate reflection on how bad she is at life.

sigh She's so bad at everything............... catgirl-heart

[–] peanutbuttercupola@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well not the last decade, but in the decade before Nevada was originally published. If I have my years right:

2006 - Gillette Fusion 5 first sold in USA

2008 - first draft of Nevada written

2013 - Nevada published

So even if that line was a last minute addition to the manuscript, those razors had been available for less than 10 years and I don't think you could get them at dollar stores (although I could be wrong; I was not buying cartridge or disposable razors at the time)

I think I buy this part of Maria as intentionally messy, but you're right - it's hard to be sure.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

I guess she does have the

you want blood moon magic but you only bleed a couple days a month? I bleed every day. From my face.

line which backs up the "she's a mess" interpretation kel-bliss also today I learned about the history of multiblade razors, dang.