![]() Which brings up another interesting pattern in Hollywood TV shows in which the lead actress usually starts with long hair that gets hacked off by the second or third season. While this may be a great way to breath new personality into a character, it makes one wonder if Hollywood hair stylists and producers are just lacking on time to come up with something more original like dying it another color or making it curly. We see short hair as boyish, tough, elfish, cute, gamine or rebellious (if spikey and colored). In college I was vindicated as the compliments and looks of envy rolled in I began to see my hair as beautiful, a gift and an attribute rather than a curse. I could see how people responded to her differently because of that beautiful hair and did everything I could to straighten mine out, including getting up at 5 am to hike to a friend’s house to use her blow dryer (we didn’t have electricity), only to have my hard work undone at any hint of moisture. I longed for the golden curls of the girl down the street. ![]() I didn’t realize that they were simply doing what humans do when they see something different, they fear it. “Don’t sit next to her, she has cooties” was said on the bus and when a line of 9 year old boys made fun of me one afternoon and called me ugly I was convinced they were right. As a young girl I was often ridiculed and made fun of for having darker skin and hair that was different. Women who lose their hair to cancer often feel as much grief over the loss of their hair as they do over their illness. Growing up as a mixed-race woman with curly hair in an all-white town, I lived in a kind of limbo of acceptance, envy, ostracism and self-hatred about my hair. ![]() The number of bottled blonde celebrities is a clear indication of our belief in that edict and who can blame women for wanting a hair color idolized in the media?Ĭlearly hair is powerful and matters, so much so that women have been stoned over leaving their hair uncovered. Hitchcock apparently cast blondes as his leading ladies because he felt blonde hair personified innocence which contrasted nicely to his dark themes and cinematography. Take the “who has more fun, blondes or brunettes?” argument glamorized by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. We typify people when we meet or see them by how they dress, carry themselves and by their hair. Hair, how we wear it, what color and length it is, defines our personality. If that’s what they’re after, then I guess I understand, but I also hope they hurry up and wow us again sometime soon, you know? 1.While such a phenomenon on TV could easily be brushed aside as meaningless, I would argue it’s actually essential to look at and question because media has a huge impact on our lives. Then again, maybe it’s fun to go straight and then have a surprise factor when you flaunt your curls. No matter if they have thick, corkscrew curls or just beachy waves, they could rock their hair naturally all of the time and look absolutely amazing. And they have all different types of hair at that, because when it comes to curls, no two hairstyles are alike. From Zendaya to Blake Lively, there are more stars with curly hair than you even knew. I may be biased because I have naturally curly hair myself, but these ladies look great when those ringlets are out. There’s something about a sleek, straight look that these A-listers love, but I would personally be very down for them to go all-natural a little more often (in case they were wondering what I thought, which you know they were). ![]() She’s not the only celebrity who hides her curls away, though, because many celebs have naturally curly hair, and though some of them rock natural waves on the regular, others, well, don't. Ariana Grande gave us all a peek at her curls via Instagram recently, and it was super refreshing to see this natural ‘do.
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