{"id":148055,"date":"2022-12-13T15:42:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=148055"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:34","slug":"dyed-hair-is-a-bit-of-a-rebellion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/12\/13\/dyed-hair-is-a-bit-of-a-rebellion\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dyed hair is a bit of a rebellion’"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does diversity look like through the eyes of a photographer? Thanh Nguyen studies Communication and Media and photographs for Erasmus Magazine. She made a photo series about hairstyles. “A hairstyle is a way to express yourself.”<\/p>\n

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Phuong Khanh (IBCoM), Van Vu (IBA), Doan Le (IBCoM).<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cEveryone is unique and everyone is beautiful. That\u2019s diversity for me. There is not one way to be beautiful, not one standard. That\u2019s why I made a photo series that is about hair and hairstyles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aimee de Jezus and Isis Knegt (Pedagogical sciences)<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThink curly hair. A few years ago, you saw a lot of people with curls making their hair straight or wavy. Because a few celebrities did that, it was suddenly the beauty ideal. But natural curls are beautiful, just look at the first years in the photo above.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Larissa Minnaard, Child studies<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cA hairstyle is a way to express yourself, to explore or show your identity. In winter, everyone\u2019s wearing a thick coat, so hair is even more important to show your style.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sin Vingre (IBCoM)<\/span><\/p>

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Diana Beisenova (IBCoM)<\/span><\/p>

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Jaqui (Psychology)<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cI dye my hair a different colour every month. I do that myself because it is expensive to get your hair dyed. And my friends say hair stylists here can\u2019t handle Asian hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cDyed hair is popular among Vietnamese students in Rotterdam, as you can see in the first photo. I was talking about it with friends the other day. We came to the conclusion that if you see someone with brightly dyed hair on campus, there\u2019s a big chance she is from Vietnam.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Phuong Khanh (IBCoM), Van Vu (IBA), Doan Le (IBCoM).<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of rebellion. We are trying to break free from the strict rules we had in high school. Especially in public education in Vietnam, where I also went, there are a lot of rules. If you dye your hair, people have their judgements ready about you, people gossip about your family or you just have to dye it black again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Laura Poptie (Pedagogical sciences)<\/span><\/p>

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Sarah Luttmann (Psychology)<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

\u201cThose rules are also for boys. Their hair has to be short. You don\u2019t often see Vietnamese boys with long hair or a beard, like the Greek guy in the green hoodie in the last photo. So I also have a hard time getting used to that in the Netherlands. Before I came here, I rarely saw anyone with a beard. I feel very young when I talk to someone with a beard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Minh Pham and Danh Nguyen (IBCoM)<\/span><\/p>

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George Perrakis and Iason Papadakis (Policy economics)<\/span><\/p>

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