They come from all walks of life. And they’ve come together as leading lights of the NoScruf movement. A journalist, a model, a filmmaker, a press agent, a philosopher, an heiress and a stage actress. They’re a few of the many. Are you ready to join them?
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Gwendolyn Thatch is a striking example of selfless devotion to the NoScruf cause. For a mere cameo role in student filmmaker Emily Bergstrom’s Stubble Boy project, this darling of the London stage left her lead role in the production of “Who’s In the Loo, Then?” at the newly renovated Crimpage theatre. Now a NoScruf militant, she is proof that the movement has international appeal.
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Julianne is one of the many women who have been permanently scarred by scruff. “It started with my dad. He wouldn’t shave on the weekends and insisted on kissing me anyway. I still break out in hives every Saturday and Sunday just thinking about it. Then later in life, I went through a string of bad, scruff-filled relationships. Looking for a father figure, I suppose.” Joining NoScruf has been a critical part of Julianne’s healing process. That, and 17 hours of therapy per week.
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In a life that follows no script but her own, June shocked millions by declaring her allegiance to NoScruf during a live 11 News broadcast. It is rumored that an afternoon amorous tryst with an unshaven cameraman was the impetus for her decision to stop shaving. Since then, she has been a very public voice for the movement, ending each of her broadcasts with arms proudly raised and the simple sentence: “That’s it for today, here’s hoping for a smoother tomorrow.”
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NoScruf movement founder Terry Tarentelli is said to be heavily influenced by the writings of this reclusive scholar/philosopher. Her breakout essay, Men Need to Shut Up and Listen caused a firestorm in the academic community that grew to a true conflagration with the subsequent publication of A Swift Kick in their Collective Pants.
“I consider the NoScruf movement to be an extension of the women’s rights movement of the 60s, the struggle for women’s suffrage at the turn of the century, and that Battle of the Sexes episode on Survivor” she says.
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Meet the money behind the NoScruf movement. Heiress to a billion dollar consumer electronics empire, Angela was looking for a cause worthy of her considerable gifts. NoScruf showed up on her doorstep, and since then, she’s footed the bill for everything from the Stubbleboy short film to armpit hairspray. “It isn’t often you get the chance to use your extra money to make a real sociological change,” she says. “I consider this an investment in the pain-free future of women for generations to come, not just another tax deduction.” Take that, you scruffy IRS guys.
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Emily Bergstrom, Filmmaker
The Nordic echoes of Bergman. The playful pathos of Truffaut. And the political vocation of a young Michael Moore (only thinner and more attractive). These are just some of the comparisons critics are making to the stylish work of young auteur Emily Bergstrom. And with the momentum of the NOSCRUF movement driving people to her short film In Your Dreams, Stubble Boy, the world will soon know and embrace the 21 year-old with the Swedish accent; an odd little affectation of this southern-bred co-ed.
Watch the director's comments.
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