Like the majority of American men over 35, Anita's partner is balding...and they're both a little distressed about it. But why? She brings her questions to two men who've interrogated baldness from all angles: race, sexuality, science, media, culture and lived experience. They'll explore where this fear comes from and how many other men feel this way.Meet the guests:- <a href="https://blackstudies.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/e-patrick-johnson.html">E. Patrick Johnson</a> is dean of the School of Communication and Annenberg University Professor at Northwestern University and the author of “<a href="https://gwst.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/10/Johnson10.pdf">Scatter the Pigeons</a>,” an essay on baldness, masculinity and Blackness- <a href="https://people.ucd.ie/glen.jankowski">Glen Jankowski</a> is an assistant professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin whose research includes the medicalization of baldness and the history of marketing anti-baldness products<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-12-10/why-are-we-afraid-of-baldness-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@embodiedwunc?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/embodiedwunc/?hl=en">Instagram </a><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/254474/43/83gu0x074ydhd8wm">Leave a message for Embodied</a>

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Anita talks to two men who've interrogated baldness from all angles: race, sexuality, science, media, culture and lived experience.

Like the majority of American men over 35, Anita's partner is balding...and they're both a little distressed about it. But why? She brings her questions to two men who've interrogated baldness from all angles: race, sexuality, science, media, culture and lived experience. They'll explore where this fear comes from and how many other men feel this way.

Meet the guests:

- <a href="https://blackstudies.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/e-patrick-johnson.html">E. Patrick Johnson</a> is dean of the School of Communication and Annenberg University Professor at Northwestern University and the author of “<a href="https://gwst.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/10/Johnson10.pdf">Scatter the Pigeons</a>,” an essay on baldness, masculinity and Blackness

- <a href="https://people.ucd.ie/glen.jankowski">Glen Jankowski</a> is an assistant professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin whose research includes the medicalization of baldness and the history of marketing anti-baldness products

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Why Are We Afraid Of Baldness?

Why Are We Afraid Of Baldness?

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