Just finished reading the story of Gou Li, a working girl at a Lanzhou Hair salon.
It reminded me of the abundance of red/pink hair salons here in Shanghai. The numbers seem to increase, as I see former real estate agencies vacate their small office and being replaced by a fictional hair dressers outfit.
The small rooms consists mostly of 2 or 3 hairdresser chairs, a big mirror, a couch with 3 to 4 half sleepy girls staring bored at a TV and at the back of the room a door to somewhere else.
Good god thats sad 🙁
Comment by webprofessor — October 18, 2005 @ 8:16 am
oh so so so sad.
rest in peace.
Comment by ana — October 30, 2005 @ 4:08 am
It hurts when I see them outside, it hurts that they make it so obvious and nobody says a word. a salon open at 9 pm. just seems odd. You can see how much they advertise them, I walk by and they look and give me a big smile with a wave. Poor girls, so young, I think of my own daughter or sister even mother, and I can’t do anything to stop it.
Comment by Gamb — December 11, 2005 @ 11:56 am