Blonde, Blue-Eyed White Women

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:True blondes age badly period

Nope, compare Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christie Brinkley, Grace Kelly during her 40s, to other women the same age. They age/d like fine wine, with minimal, if any, plastic surgery and are/were true blonds. The Kardashians are gross and fake and horrible role models for young girls.

[Anonymous]

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You know that most blondes are bottle blondes right? You can be too. Then you would also be a white blonde woman.

White brunette—>white blonde will cost you $4 with a bottle of Nice and Easy. Your problem solved. Just saved you a lot of money in therapy bills!

+100.
OP, whenever I read/hear "oh but the standard of beauty has always been blonde/blue eyed blah blah blah" I always think to myself, if you really really think that is true then why not go ahead and dye your hair/ put in colored contacts?
If that were really the standard of beauty I'd think everyone (or at least every caucasian) would be doing that, just as we all generally apply make up to look prettier.
But of course, the truth is that beauty is way more about the right balance of defining facial features + smooth glossy skin&hair. Not the color of one's hair or eyes, those things are so easy and cheap to change anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I look like Northern European white. Never been mixed up with a US born white. More than the looks, I think it's what I do,how I carry myself or behave that give is away that I'm not originally from here. Like one guy said in 1997, "Are you from Sweden of something, because white people don't walk here".
If some of us do look washed out later in life, you know why; we can't take as much sun as the people with darker skin. But also, I'm a blonde who had "bad genes" and they are clearly coming out in my 40s. I'm surprised I ever looked good, and I did: blond hair and green eyes were bonus. I had fun when I was younger and absolutely recognized that I got a lot of attention for being blonde
( this attention disappears once I get off the plane in Northern Europe). At my age, 43, I just want to be healthy, do well financially, enjoy my children, and take it easy. When I was young I cared for looks and I had them, now I don't my looks, and I don't care.
I have been brunette but it didn't last long. Maybe I looked like a fake brunette or it didn't fit me, but people walked by me as if I didn't even exist.
Op, enjoy your good looks as I did when I was younger. It's good to feel pretty. I don't even put effort into looking prettier. I just don't care right now; priorities change. I take my shower, put cream on my face and I'm good to go.

What the hell is that look that doesn't look U.S. born white? Are you on drugs? Do you realize that a large part of the U.S. population is Northern European? How you carry yourself? Ridiculous! Perhaps you have a strong accent? You sound ridiculous! You realize that much of the white population of Colorado, Minnesota, etc.. looks exactly like that? You live where? In the DMV? And you decide to show your ignorance about the U.S. by claiming that you carry yourself, by that you mean being a shallow dimwit? Yes, that just be it!

+1
European snobbery is the würst.

[Anonymous]

I think blond is a very difficult color to pull off, if one was blond as a child, they will be able to pull it off easily as adult. It can be exquisite if natural or done impeccably by a professional. That being said, all colors and skin tones can be striking, it depends on a balance and symmetry of features usually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I look like Northern European white. Never been mixed up with a US born white. More than the looks, I think it's what I do,how I carry myself or behave that give is away that I'm not originally from here. Like one guy said in 1997, "Are you from Sweden of something, because white people don't walk here".
If some of us do look washed out later in life, you know why; we can't take as much sun as the people with darker skin. But also, I'm a blonde who had "bad genes" and they are clearly coming out in my 40s. I'm surprised I ever looked good, and I did: blond hair and green eyes were bonus. I had fun when I was younger and absolutely recognized that I got a lot of attention for being blonde
( this attention disappears once I get off the plane in Northern Europe). At my age, 43, I just want to be healthy, do well financially, enjoy my children, and take it easy. When I was young I cared for looks and I had them, now I don't my looks, and I don't care.
I have been brunette but it didn't last long. Maybe I looked like a fake brunette or it didn't fit me, but people walked by me as if I didn't even exist.
Op, enjoy your good looks as I did when I was younger. It's good to feel pretty. I don't even put effort into looking prettier. I just don't care right now; priorities change. I take my shower, put cream on my face and I'm good to go.

What the hell is that look that doesn't look U.S. born white? Are you on drugs? Do you realize that a large part of the U.S. population is Northern European? How you carry yourself? Ridiculous! Perhaps you have a strong accent? You sound ridiculous! You realize that much of the white population of Colorado, Minnesota, etc.. looks exactly like that? You live where? In the DMV? And you decide to show your ignorance about the U.S. by claiming that you carry yourself, by that you mean being a shallow dimwit? Yes, that just be it!

+1
European snobbery is the würst.

I am originally from Ukraine and can spot other Eastern European people ( female of male) most of the time. It is Slavic face features, body language, mannerism, body type and clothes. I was also been told that I do not look like a typical American white female. Most people can spot I am from Russia/Ukraine/Belarus so I can totally believe PP who says she looked different. Although I must admit I cannot make a difference between American born white person or someone from Nordic country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a true blonde with blue eyes of Swedish/German descent. And to answer OP’s question, yes. I do feel stereotyped at times but more often I feel incredibly lucky that I was born with these features. I’ve also always fallen more in the category of cute than glamazon b/c I am short and have freckles.
Interestingly, my college was full of athletic beautiful blondes but the brunettes got the most male attention, I think b/c they seemed more exotic.

You do know, I hope, that we don't want to have that kind of attention nor do we wish to be characterized as "exotic". The connotation here is that we don't belong and that we are sexually more adventurous than blondes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m Asian. Still waiting to be “on trend”.

Oh, you have been with a subset of white men for QUITE some time! They love nothing more than telling their blonde haired, blue eyed friends and family how totally inferior they are to you in every imaginable way.

Especially among military men stationed in Asian countries

This sounds like a bad 1950s movie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am 50 and I have luscious brown hair that is long. I also have brown eyes. I have a beautiful hair color and beautiful eye color.

People stare at me all the time. People used to stare at me when I was 20, 30, 40. Here in the U.S.

Two years ago I was in Rome, eyes were turning wherever I walked. My then 17-year-old DD turned eyes left and right too. She participated in a Dolce Vita event on Via Veneto.

I dare you to tell me I am not a standard of beauty. Your green-eyed monster can be nothing but scared of my confidence in my mind and my looks.

So awesome! This is hilarious!!!

Is this a total send-up or another bad 1950s movie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am in my late 40s, Jewish, with dark curly hair. If anything, I thought that the barriers between me and generally accepted standards of beauty were the curls and the nose. But otherwise, who would even look at blondes next to Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor! And Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, of course..

Wow, with those references you are old.

And with that boring comment, you are a vapid idiot.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need therapy to work on the part of you that hopes your child doesn’t grow up to have a baby with someone who is “too ethnic” for you. Seriously, your job is to be thrilled that your child has found love. I get that you are mentally damaged from years of comparing yourself to Christie Brinkley , but don’t compound your shit by being racist as well. Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You know that most blondes are bottle blondes right? You can be too. Then you would also be a white blonde woman.

White brunette—>white blonde will cost you $4 with a bottle of Nice and Easy. Your problem solved. Just saved you a lot of money in therapy bills!

+100.
OP, whenever I read/hear "oh but the standard of beauty has always been blonde/blue eyed blah blah blah" I always think to myself, if you really really think that is true then why not go ahead and dye your hair/ put in colored contacts?
If that were really the standard of beauty I'd think everyone (or at least every caucasian) would be doing that, just as we all generally apply make up to look prettier.
But of course, the truth is that beauty is way more about the right balance of defining facial features + smooth glossy skin&hair. Not the color of one's hair or eyes, those things are so easy and cheap to change anyway.

Yes. I have always been miffed that other people could change their facial “flaws”, but I couldn’t. There’s literally no surgery that will make my eyes farther apart. Makeup only does so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True blondes age badly period

Nope, compare Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christie Brinkley, Grace Kelly during her 40s, to other women the same age. They age/d like fine wine, with minimal, if any, plastic surgery and are/were true blonds. The Kardashians are gross and fake and horrible role models for young girls.

These actresses all aged badly, except for Reese Witherspoon, and she is not that old. It’s hilarious that you think the Kardashians are fake but Christie Brinkley is not. She looks like the Joker now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True blondes age badly period

Nope, compare Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christie Brinkley, Grace Kelly during her 40s, to other women the same age. They age/d like fine wine, with minimal, if any, plastic surgery and are/were true blonds. The Kardashians are gross and fake and horrible role models for young girls.

These actresses all aged badly, except for Reese Witherspoon, and she is not that old. It’s hilarious that you think the Kardashians are fake but Christie Brinkley is not. She looks like the Joker now.

Ha! They aged badly? Right....really? Compared to whom? You? I can guarantee the Kardashians have undergone many more procedures than any of those actresses listed, and the Kardashians are decades younger.

[Anonymous]

What a racist thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m brunette and olive skin, though I have blue eyes. Also part Italian

I have never felt this at all. But, Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford and Phoebe Cates and Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington and Andie McDowell and Catherine Zeta Jones and Courtney Cox and Jennifer Connolly and Helena Christensen were all very popular so I do not feel like it was a blonde thing... and that was the 80s.

Yes. And Meghan Fox, Sandra Bullock and Angelina Jolie and both Princess Kate and Meghan Markle.

So many dark hair actresses. And Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor in their heyday were stunning.