"I am a woman with a beard," writes Allison Landa. And so unfolds a story of hair removal that challenged some of our ideas about beauty, body politics, and choices.

Salma Hayek plays Madame Truska, the bearded lady in a traveling show for the film Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, out October 23. Opinion: Her whiskers have little effect on her sex appeal. [EW]