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Celebrating Redheads
Lizzie Patterson

Celebrating Redheads

CELEBRATING REDHEADS: Fewer than 2% of humans have red hair and yet in America they are used in 30% of adverts. They are often teased when young and then fetishised when older and most of the material out there is one dimensional. I am doing this project to widen the view, elevate and celebrate all types of redhead and hear their stories.

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6
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Public
Created
Dec 29, 2020
Updated
Feb 08, 2022
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"Owen Janes" says '2020 has been a tough year for all of us, however Just as lockdown began in England, Mum at only 67 years of age was taken to hospital and diagnosed with dementia. Mum can still tell me she loves me but when the time does come where she no longer can, through the love she's always shown me, she won't need to say it... I'll always feel it.'
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"Bella Lack" conservationist and ambassador at 17yrs says: 'I look over the ribbon-river to the flocks of cormorants who stand like sentries with their expansive wings and thick, hooked beaks. Because of their spectral stillness and silence, they are often missed. Yet every time I see the flocks of ebony shadows sunning themselves across the river, I can't help but see them as a symbol of hope.'
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"Erin" In her words “ I’ve always been told that my red hair encapsulates my personality - feisty, bright and slightly wild! One way in which my feistiness has always been tested is through my daily battles with my (also very fiery) horse. After countless falls, I’m finally starting to win some of these battles… let me tell you I’m definitely grateful to no longer be on the floor everyday.'
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'Identical Twins' in the words of Archie, “We are identical twins but my brother is a bit taller than me. We were at a Roller Coaster Park a few years ago, and Finn was just tall enough to go on the Vortex ride, but I wasn’t, which was really annoying. But my Dad gave me extra marshmallows to make up for it, so it wasn’t all bad!”
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" Self Harm" in the words of Holly Caroline herself. 'As an 8 year old child, I had never seen anyone who looks like me in magazines or adverts, with freckles, the first time I did I started crying in Morrisons. Now I see this page full of beautiful freckly faces of all ages and its the best. I'm now my biggest fan, and I cheer every single freckle, every single curl.'
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'Triplet Boys'. In the words of their mum Karon, "If we have gingers , they are going back,” a quote from my ex husband. Karma at its best, he ended up with three amazing ginger haired boys!"
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