How Netflix hit “One Day at a Time” helped me deal with shaving my face

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Have you seen One Day at a Time ?

It’s a new series from Gloria Calderon Kellett and it is one of the best shows on Netflix. It’s about Penelope, a single mother and veteran Army nurse, and her Cuban-American family. I love this show for many reasons, but the stand out reason is how relatable it is to my own Italian-American family. This show is progressive in the issues they talk about (Elena’s coming out to her grandmother Lydia), and realistic (Elena’s father straight up not accepting her lesbianism). But the issue that really hit home to me was the scene involving Penelope and her young teen son Alex.

Growing up as an Italian girl, there were a lot of things I was told was wrong about me. I was too big, too tall, and too hairy. By the time I was 18, I already had facial hair and it always embarrassed me and went for years thinking that I was the only girl in the world who had to deal with these problems. I never saw images like the one above, of a beautiful woman shaving her face like a man, and I really wished I had.

There is nothing wrong with body hair, and if you choose to remove it you should not feel ashamed about how you do it. I shave my face more often than my husband, and that’s ok. That’s One Day at a Time for reminding me of that.

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My journey into Social Media was an unconventional one. For four years I worked with gold-selling, internationally recognized punk band MxPx as their Social Media Manager when the title social media manager wasn’t really a thing. I help to create content to be used on the band's website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. I also assisted with event planning, public relations, web content management, and fan relations. I personally started dialogues with their fan base to find out how the band could better serve them. I also assisted with eCommerce, and I am a badass as merchandise selling at concerts. Most currently I was the Social Media and Content Creation Manager for Kugo Inc, which encompasses multiple consumer packaged goods. The eCommerce brands include luxury men’s grooming lines Zeus Beard and RoyalShave. I created and curated social media content, as well as monitored conversations surrounding all brands, evaluated analytics and consumer engagement, researched trends, assisted in product development, graphic design, and influencer relations. When I'm not pursuing my professional goals, I like to use my talents for good causes. I am a formally trained hair stylist and former educator, I like to use my skills to better my community. I have regularly organized teams for Relay for Life, routinely provided free haircuts to struggling members of my community, and organized hair-cut-athons with multiple stylists to support organizations like The Lambert House that provides help to LGBTQ teens who have no family support. How can I help you? punkrawkboss@gmail.com