Happy belated New Year! 🧧
Our two very different haircut experiences recently—including the viral Xiao Hua haircut—inspired this episode's topic on hairstyles.
For us, hairstyles can be about styling, a way to express ourselves, or even a tool for identity. Such an important aspect of appearance has naturally sparked countless "battles on top" throughout history, both ancient and modern...
This episode's swing operators
You'll hear
Part 1: Starting from the Top
- 00:00 Recent Haircut Experience
Part 2: Barbers—An Alternative Perspective of Urban Observers
- 03:20 Barbershops Across Different Cities
- 04:59 Neighborhood Barbershops vs. Mall Barbershops
Part 3 The Sociology of Hairstyles—Reading the World from the Top Down
- 10:46 Identity Politics on Your Head
- 17:13 Hairstyles as Group Symbols
- 32:49 The Gendered Gaze of Hairstyles
Part 4 The Psychology of Hairstyles
- 42:41 Hair Dynamics in Intimate Relationships
- 45:30 Bravely Saying No to Tony
Part 5 Swing
- 51:49 Swing Time
- 55:34 Swing Encore|David Fang - Love Love Love
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