double standards

This woman in Canada discovered firsthand the double standards that exist between men and women’s respective abilities to choose their hairstyles. She decided to have her hair cut for a cancer benefit, and when she showed up for work with short hair, she was promptly fired.

beautiful post about the importance of hair in women’s lives

Blogger Meowser posted a lovely piece about her experiences with PCOS-related baldness and the effects that experience has had on her life. It really highlights the importance of hair to women’s senses of self, identity, and confidence. It’s not just superficial.

Go read it. :)

nice story about black women’s hair

Writer Morgan Sherman has a piece on The State about black women and their relationships with their hair.

http://www.thestate.com/living/story/221051.html

Nair apparent; or, let’s get those children shaving!

The New York Times published a story about new hair removal (sorry, “skin smoothing”) products aimed at the under-15 market. Nair has a new product called Nair Pretty for all those youngsters worried about their stubble.

Let’s be transparent, this is simply about expanding their market & earning more money. I wonder if it is possible for us to have dialogues with our daughters and with each other about the necessity of teaching young girls that the hair that grows on their legs naturally is somehow disgusting. Silly question, maybe, but how come there ain’t a product like this for men? They tend to have quite a bit more body hair, after all…ew, stubbly. ;P