2011년 3월 26일 토요일

30days of "Not Washing"

     The "30days" documentary provides an eccentric and somehow interesting environment- such as 'A straight man in gay world', 'A strict christian living with muslims', and 'living with a minimum wage'- and watches the outcome. Though the situation is unlikely-to-happen, people can grasp the distant world and somehow assimilate to the culture. After watching "30days of a straight man in gay world", I, who considered myself a homophobic, noticed that gays are all the same; except for their sexual preference. They eat same food, they play same sports, and they are humane. I was pleased to win from the prejudice that gays are totally disgusting people and that they are not same as straight men in every sense. Thus, I agree that "30days" documentaries are educational, and even further, that they can redress our biases.
     Hoping that my "30days" program can teach a meaningful lesson as well, I'd like to propose my idea; "30days of NOT WASHING". 'How dirty the person would get and how displeased people would become to see such filthy scene', you might ask. It does, however, have a clear intention: it not only emphasizes the importance of cleaning yourself, but it can verify such rumors as 'It's better to take a shower only 4times a week to protect your hair and avoid hair loss'.
     Before elaborating the specific plan, let's go over some definition and past instances. For "washing", it means 'no showering, no hair washing, no teeth cleaning, and no deodorant." Also, I'd like the participants be MYSOPHOBICS- who are extremely obsessed with cleaning themselves- and normal people- who are not that obsessed with cleaning themselves. (OMG~! I'm really excited to see the results~:) ) There are many past experiments about the "NOT CLEANING" issue.
--http://web.mac.com/jfmori/iWeb/nz/No%20Shampoo%20Experiment/No%20Shampoo%20Experiment.html :  This is the 'NO SHAMPOO experiment'. This girl thought that the shampoo can be too harsh for her hair, because it strips all the natural oils from her hair. Thus, she quitted using shampoos and used hair conditioners and other stuffs to rinse her hair. There are many self-confirming photos and 'no shampoo' seems to work very well~!
--http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2013327538_nonbathers02.html : This is an article criticizing those people who are too much obsessed with 'I should not stink at all'. My small opinion on the issue is 'what's the matter if you stink a little? Wouldn't it be better than wearing all the toxic chemicals from deodorants, perfumes, cosmetics and so on?'
--http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-477378/Six-weeks-wash-The-soapless-experiment.html : This is a story of a lady who got sick of using all the odorful chemicals to clean herself and trying to artificially make herself beautiful with excessive usage of cosmetics. She quitted cleaning her self for 40days and decided to use a bar of soap, organic shampoo and conditioner, and a basic moisturiser in cleaning herself. WOW~!
     In the program, every participants will get daily health check. It would include hair health testing, skin health testing, mental state testing- for if you don't wash yourself, sometimes you get to hate yourself- and other fundamental health tests. They will be under surveilance for 30days and all their behaviors will be recorded. Hopefully, this program will enable people to notice what happens both physically and mentally when you don't take a shower, what your reaction is, and what is the suitable interval to use shampoo or take a shower, and so on.
     It is very hard to anticipate or predict the result, for people usually wash themselves- at least people around me- and thus, don't know what it feels like to not take a shower for 30days. However, my slightest guess is that mysophobics will suffer from extreme mental distress and might have a seizure. Large number of people will try to reach water to clean themselves. And for the rest of the incidents.... LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY~!!!!!

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  1. This idea stinks! Literally! But I like it. It would definitely be fun to witness, and even fun to participate in. I actually did have to go without showering for about ten days when I traveled in Tibet. I didn't mind it because everyone else was in the same boat, and actually, Tibetans traditionally only shower ONCE a year. So there are cultural norms that tie in. I think most Korean girls would have a problem lasting more than a few days.

    This episode would definitely raise some questions. We definitely do a lot of stupid things in the name of "personal grooming." Deodorants and antiperspirants, for example, are full of bad chemicals and even aluminum, which leads to Alzheimer's. Why rub that in your armpits everyday for your entire life, I do not know. I stopped doing that and now use a crystal.

    Anyways, really good idea. You could pull this off at KMLA with a bit of work.

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  2. By the way - "quitted" should simply be "quit." You have that in there twice so I thought I'd tell you.;)

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