tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post8203099307088010285..comments2023-07-05T14:03:30.657-04:00Comments on It's Just Hair: A long hair storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-17606585057463366102011-02-21T10:38:59.720-05:002011-02-21T10:38:59.720-05:00Haha. Very funny post. At least for me it is, beca...Haha. Very funny post. At least for me it is, because you're right, it is our upbringing. I had a similar experience with this girl in elementary school who was worshiped for the same reasons, and so I rejected her and her popularity. <br /><br />No one in my family ever wore a weave or braids. I think I was the first when I tried braids at 14. After 3 weeks, I had them taken out. I just Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876511620026324245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-36888465832507286442011-02-03T10:26:02.550-05:002011-02-03T10:26:02.550-05:00well written blog. As a single dad of a 4 yr old g...well written blog. As a single dad of a 4 yr old girl with locks I've watched her be MESMERIZED by blond, straight hair. I freaked, so I reinforced the recognition of beauty in her own hair and image EARLY and OFTEN. it works, she loves her hair (though I think it was too early to lock).<br /><br />M. EvansHandsome Beast https://www.blogger.com/profile/04644888570910005693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-45717071390600355062011-01-29T21:23:07.035-05:002011-01-29T21:23:07.035-05:00Point well made and I totally agree with how you f...Point well made and I totally agree with how you feel. What I REALLY hate is seeing a ball of weave hair floating down the street on a windy day. I'm still trying to figure out the fascination with lifeless, long, shiny weave hair.Napfrocurlzgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964045556596354204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-7973815550568386242011-01-28T12:22:16.476-05:002011-01-28T12:22:16.476-05:00I'm not alone! My skin crawls if I find a ran...I'm not alone! My skin crawls if I find a random non-textured hair on my clothing or chair. That teacher had issues, who does that?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-37704398133329478242011-01-28T10:34:09.399-05:002011-01-28T10:34:09.399-05:00I'm loving these stories. It confirms that we...I'm loving these stories. It confirms that we are really impressionable when we are young and it can be anything that takes up residence in our little minds. I wonder what it feels like to be on the other side though. To be admired for something so small, yet so big. I hope some young woman can admire us as being pretty :-) <br /><br />@Shones it sounds funny but it makes sense about the Nisushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087709536090227502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-90515168612601009022011-01-28T07:05:07.693-05:002011-01-28T07:05:07.693-05:00I remember fighting in kindergarten to befriend th...I remember fighting in kindergarten to befriend this girl in my class who was mixed with long wavy hair. All the other girls were brown skinned with kinky hair like me and during "reading time" all of us would scramble to sit behind her and play in her hair. I remember begging my mom to speak to her mom and get me an invite to the girl's birthday party. The girl and I ended up Camille Aceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088945478653638179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-62011035436610894942011-01-27T22:21:41.292-05:002011-01-27T22:21:41.292-05:00I had a white teacher with long hair like that. I ...I had a white teacher with long hair like that. I can remember being sort of fascinated when she took it down. She wore it up often. But she was a stone cold nut, so her offering us her hair would not have gone over well lol. She actually used to claim she was a princess that gave up her throne for love....right. That sounded like BS to even my kid ears. <br /><br />As for fake hair, I could Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005830016547676928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-32130836788002471752011-01-27T19:15:27.359-05:002011-01-27T19:15:27.359-05:00I thought it was just me. I get the heebee-jeebees...I thought it was just me. I get the heebee-jeebees about finding loose straight hair. For some reason that sceeves me out. As for that teacher giving the kids her hair...WHAT IN THE WORLD!?!?!?!?Tonianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-22804526126605989312011-01-27T16:08:16.258-05:002011-01-27T16:08:16.258-05:00It's amazing how we remember certain little th...It's amazing how we remember certain little things in detail. For you, it was this teacher with the hair. I'm trying to think back to some of my first impressions of "beauty," and for me it was Sade's lips. It sounds weird to even write this... but back in the 80s, she wore this red lipstick. I wasn't allowed to wear lipstick until I was 16 or 17, I think. That Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463777019127956596noreply@blogger.com