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Bethan












  (Do you think about your hands?)
- Yeah, I do, like, I’m always fidgeting with my rings all the time. 

(How do you feel about your hands?)
- I don’t like them, I think they’re too veiny, too long. I thought it’s a bit masculine, the veins. 

(Your favourite and least favourite thing about your hands?)
- my least favourite is my fingernails, I don’t like them very much, and my veins I don’t like.  My favourite, my ring finger.  

(Do your hands play a part in your self-expression?)
- I suppose they do. I’m doing cinematography so working with the camera, I like to do art, I like to draw, I like to paint. I used to do boxing as well, so I used to wrap my hands, so I have all these marks on my hands because of that. 

(Any scars or marks on your hands?)
- From wrapping my hands before matches and fights, my fingers would be really cut up, and I used to be very insecure about it. I thought “aw, that doesn’t look very nice.” Yeah, and I have these marks on my hands from lifting weights.