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Strange and Beautiful Things

Black and white photo of a woman, face partly covered by strands of black hair interspersed with white hairs. Image from strange and beautiful things website

By the Guest Editor: The Cut

Masako Fukui, Strange and Beautiful Things, September 2016

This issue of The Circular was brought to you by Masako Fukui.

To conclude, we'd like to share her piece on long, thick, black hair – its symbolic significance in Japanese culture and how her relationship with her own locks has changed over time.

Hair has to be controlled because this power, this energy, is potentially dangerous.

(First aired on ABC RN)

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