Sean Trainor

Lessons of the Bearded Lady

Madame Clofullia was judged by what she said, not how she looked.

• Sean Trainor
• Dec 5, 2015

The Racially Fraught History of the American Beard

“Washes and razors for foofoos," scoffed Walt Whitman. But the story of 19th-century facial hair is more tangled than modern nostalgists may realize.

• Sean Trainor
• Jan 20, 2014