It seems like a staple on this site: Taylor Swift head shots o_O |
I only knew of one girl in university with PLATINUM hair, and although I never said any of those things or subscribed to those beliefs just because one's hair colour was lighter than all the others, I also never bothered asking her how those jokes made her feel. Even bookstore chains would fill their shelves with joke book after joke book of BLONDE jokes, where one can read about or use them sparingly or as a means of showing disrespect. I knew that my friend, who has PLATINUM hair, is bright, intelligent, warm, and a graduate from the school of dry humour ^_^ I did have a friend in high school who was really cheerful and sometimes perky. I was really nervous around her for some reason, because I did not know what to say to her at times, nor did I tell her how much I appreciated her attempts at trying to make me feel better when life wasn't so cool for me...? She follow her on Twitter though; I should send her a tweet. Be right back...Alright, done! ^_^
I should apologize though, because halfway through writing and thinking about my experience with BLONDES I remember from an earlier blog about how Taylor Swift "redeemed" BLONDE hair, which doesn't need redemption. BLONDE like all other hair shades is neutral, and to preface being BLONDE as something negative that needs people like Taylor Swift to bring it back is wrong, so I'm sorry I wrote that. Too much of pop culture's perceptions of being BLONDE in music, movies, television, media are based on this false idea about BLONDES being slower or not as intelligent, and I realize now that it can take the indirect route into what I think and say. I should do more thinking o_O (I better call the hospital).
I'm sure if you ask a girl, who has BLONDE hair, if those things bother her she would probably say yes. Then again, there a lot of things said and done to women of different hair colours that even I am upset with, and I'm a dude! Super Bowl commercials and magazine covers are guilty, but those are the tip of a Greenland-sized iceberg. Where do you start the change in the culture? Where do you begin? Well, for me, it should begin with what I'm taught: To treat ALL women with the love and respect they are due "in all purity". That little quotation is from the Bible: It comes from a verse found in the first letter the apostle Paul wrote to his understudy, Timothy. You never know when something false will creep into your thinking about a class, gender, or community of people; some of the best movements start small, so take the time out to be polite, not just to BLONDES, but to ALL gals out there...Substitute guys with gals, if you are a girl (Hi, thanks for reading).
Dear BLONDES, Thanks for helping me out when I didn't know where I was going or doing o_O Stay awesome ^_^, Phil
Well, that's all of them: BRUNETTES, REDHEADS, NOIRES (!), and BLONDES! For the last couple weeks I wrote in bunches o_O, and didn't get a lot of sleep =_=. I'll go back to my regular schedule of blogging once a week, because I have quite a lot of work to do. I'm going to close with a video from my favourite PLATINUM singer and the alternative rock band she is in. You might know them ^_^ See you soon (The Nearly Deads ^_^ Aren't you a good guesser.) Oh yeah, Happy St. Patrick's Day...don't drink and drive!
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