Finding Comfort in a Haircut

Dr McCann is quoted in this piece from Ben Kesslen in The New York Times about the importance of trans-affirming salons.

Inspired by Pamela: What a week without make-up taught me about the psychology of beauty

Dr McCann is quoted in this piece from Nell Geraets about the relationship between beauty and identity.

Insta explainer: Queering the Salon

An Instagram explainer of the academic journal article by Dr Hannah McCann which looks at LGBTQ+ safety, identity and belonging in relation to queer-friendly salon.

On the Emotional Work done by Workers in Beauty Salons

Dr McCann’s interview with the GenderFuse team about the Beyond Skin-Deep project, and the nature of salon work.

For Queer People, Hair Is Subversive — But It’s Also About Identity & Belonging

Dr McCann discusses the idea of “queer beauty”, and its tensions and paradoxes, for Refinery29.

Burdens, Intimacies and Practicalities: Training Salon Workers to Respond to Family Violence

A virtual seminar by Dr McCann for the Melbourne research Alliance to End Violence against women and their children (MAEVE), talking about the Beyond Skin-Deep project.

Emotional Styling: How can hairdressers help?

Dr McCann and PhD student Stacey Mary Page (University of Adelaide) collaborate in this Centre for Histories of Emotion blog post about the emotional disclosures hair and other beauty workers encounter on a day to day basis.

Academic Study Highlights the Power of Hairdressing

Dr McCann and PhD student Stacey Mary Page (University of Adelaide) collaborate in this piece for trade magazine INSTYLE about the role of hairdressers in the emotional lives of their clients, family violence training for hairdressers, and what needs to change in the industry.

MPavilion curated series on the salon

Two talks curated by Dr Hannah McCann for the MPavilion MTalks series (2022). Listen here to:

The Politics of Beauty and the Salon (featuring Dr Yves Rees, Kaydee Kyle-Taylor, Maxine Tuyau, and Shirley Xue Chen)

and The Design of the Salon/The Salon as a Space (featuring Sam Elkin, Daniele Lugli, Jillian Price and Dr Simona Castricum)

Insta explainer: Utilising salon workers to respond to family violence

An Instagram explainer of the academic journal article co-authored by Dr Hannah McCann and Dr Kali Myers which looks at the HaiR-3Rs training run by the Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS) which teaches salon workers to recognise, respond and refer around the issue of family violence.

Make the most out of secrets at the hair salon

Dr McCann is featured in this interview on Radio-Canada, on training salon workers to refer clients to outside services (note: in French except for interview except).

Hairdressers are spotting 'red flags' for domestic abuse

Dr Hannah McCann features in this video interview for ABC Radio National on training hairdressers to respond to family violence.

Short Back and Emotional Asides

Podcast episode covering the re-opening of hairdressers in Melbourne after the second COVID-19 lockdown including an interview with Dr Hannah McCann, from Rick Morton at The Saturday Paper. See also the attendant story published Time for a Haircut and Catch-Up

Will Beauty Change When the World Comes Back?

A reflection from Amanda Scriver on The Walrus, on changing beauty norms during the pandemic, including a reflection from Dr Hannah McCann.

Hairdressers are uniquely placed to respond to family violence, but is it ethical to ask them to?

A think piece from Dr Hannah McCann published on ABC’s Religion & Ethics blog about the rise in programs training hair and other salon workers to respond to family violence. Draws on research data from the DECRA project.

Beyond Beauty

A piece by Lisa Needham, University of Melbourne, covering the Beyond Skin-Deep Project

The Untrained Workers on the front line of Australian domestic violence ‘pandemic’

An article from Cait Kelly of the New Daily on the emotional pressures that salon workers are facing during COVID-19 and covering the Beyond Skin-Deep Project

On beauty: The secret lives of salon workers

A piece by Julie Hare at Broad Agenda on the role that salon workers play in the lives of clients, looking at the Beyond Skin-Deep Project

Supporting Salon Professionals as Champions of Change: The HaiR-3R’s Program and Responding in the Salon Context

A report produced for the Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS) by Dr Hannah McCann and Dr Kali Myers

What is Beauty Now?

An article in the New York Times (May 2020) written by Mara Altman, with analysis from Dr Hannah McCann around changing beauty regimes during COVID-19

How are hairdressers and beauty industry workers going in the pandemic?

A segment on ABC Radio Melbourne’s Conversation Hour with Richelle Hunt and Warwick Long, looking at the impact of COVID-19 on hair and beauty workers, including an interview with the Beyond Skin-Deep Project

Coronavirus shutdowns: what makes hairdressing ‘essential’? Even the hairdressers want to close

A piece by Dr Hannah McCann in The Conversation (April 2020) on the impact of the COVID-19 salon closures, and why hair salons were allowed to remain operating

Look Good, Feel Good

An essay by Dr Hannah McCann in Overland magazine (Summer 2019) on emotional work in hair and beauty salons

More than skin deep, beauty salons are places of sharing and caring

A piece from Dr Hannah McCann in The Conversation (January 2020) on the role of salon workers in the lives of their clients