Hero Of 2024: Ruthie, My Barber

Sophie Hurwitz, Mother Jones
Thu, 12/26/2024 - 4:04am

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy. For those of us who would be described in HR packets at progressive workplaces as “gender nonconforming” or “of non-normative gender presentation,” it can sometimes be really hard to get a haircut. The places where one might get one are usually gender-segregated zones, where cisgender people go for what one might call gender-affirming care—that is, cosmetic care toward redeclaring their man- or womanhood. Still, enough gender studies papers have been written about the barbershop as a masculine space and the hair salon as the center of an all-women’s social world.

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  • Hero of 2024: Ruthie, My Barber
    Ruthie has seen it all. Once upon a time, she cut hair for $3.50, in a room she rented for $15 a month. Now, she pays just over a thousand dollars per month for her studio, with “RUTHIE’S NEIGHBORHOOD ...
    12/20/2024 - 8:28 am | View Link
  • New name and location, same soul: Longtime Springfield bar reopens off Commercial Street
    After closing at the end of 2023, Ruthie's is back with a new name and a new location — Ruthie's Off C-Street at 1611 N. Campbell Ave.
    12/15/2024 - 8:09 pm | View Link
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