Basically: no need to gender this, or any other, aesthetic technique.

Bedrick’s painting on the appearance of a strong, prominent jawline.

This has to be interwoven into [discussions] about neurodivergence."

A sidebyside of Julie with a makeup beard on and Sy wearing a lightening bold on their eye with black lipstick.

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A screenshot from Sy’s class.

They were quick to point out they werent recommending specific products or encouraging viewers to spend beyond their means.

Julie is a 30-year-old from Philadelphia who is bigender.

A screenshot from Sy’s class.

A screenshot from Sy’s class.

They bought a few items from Target in preparation for Sys class.

(Julie, who works in educational administration, did not want their last name to be published.)

Sy pads on a beard using makeup.

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Sy pads on a beard using makeup.

They didnt have a stipple sponge, which can be used to create beard stubble.

Julie instead relied on a textured makeup sponge to get the job done.

Its all just pigment."

Julie wearing their beard.

Julie wearing their beard.

I have facial hair under here."

Julie wearing their beard.

After the class, Julie wore their beard to her (Unitarian, virtual) church service on Sunday.

“I got a lot of compliments,” she said.

“It came out really realistic.”

After the class, Sy sent all of the participants a copy of their slideshow.

“If I moved too fast or something, they can return to it,” they said.

“And I tried to offer accessibility considerations.

Precision isnt the point the point is how it makes you feel.”

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