NY Times view on long hair

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe the NYT referenced the musical Hair - which debuted in 1967, FIFTY EIGHT YEARS ago - as the reason why long hair is more popular now.

I think they could have said some things that edge toward the political, as posters have done, to describe the styles now. Or looked at Hair as part of the broader counter culture movement, and how mores have continued to change in the past 60 years, but the way they used the reference was ridiculous.

Thinking about the women we see everyday (or used to) - newscasters like Jane Pauley, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric who have been replaced by the Fox News look. It is interesting that Melania is the first First Lady to have hair below her shoulders.

That’s the only interesting thing there. The rest is usually plagiarized.

[Anonymous]

The beauty industry pushes long, highlighted, permed/wavy hair and extensions because that makes them money.

[Anonymous]

I think it's hard to get long hair to look great consistently without effort. It ends up in a ponytail. I wear my hair "long" now more with a long bob than before and it's easier to have it look really good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

This would just make me want to keep my pixie cut so that I could go around threatening men with my hair. What a cool trick, like a superpower.

DP. Hahaha, that’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wearing my hair short since 90s and let people make guesses and comment about my sexuality/gender. I like messing up with the others’ brains.

[Anonymous]

My hair just doesn’t grow past bra-strap length anymore. It’s still thick but has become more curly with age and the length has stalled. I used to have hip-length hair at one point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

I can’t imagine changing my appearance to please a bunch of misogynists.

Surely you can imagine changing your appearance to make your daily life more convenient though right?

Either way I agree that long hair is a rebellion. We all grew up watching our moms cut their hair short once they hit "a certain age" because you were "supposed to" and now we don't have to if we don't want to! I've had long hair most of my life and I'm certainly not going to cut it all off simply because I turned 40.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

I can’t imagine changing my appearance to please a bunch of misogynists.

Surely you can imagine changing your appearance to make your daily life more convenient though right?

Either way I agree that long hair is a rebellion. We all grew up watching our moms cut their hair short once they hit "a certain age" because you were "supposed to" and now we don't have to if we don't want to! I've had long hair most of my life and I'm certainly not going to cut it all off simply because I turned 40.

Convenient to whom? So strangers don’t make comments? The thing I have received the most negative comments about in my life is my brown skin, so no, I cannot imagine changing it.

And who are you rebelling against exactly? Your mother? The 80s? And you’ve chosen a “rebellion” that makes you look like every other middle aged woman? lol. Ok. Sounds like high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My hair just doesn’t grow past bra-strap length anymore. It’s still thick but has become more curly with age and the length has stalled. I used to have hip-length hair at one point.

Mine doesn't stop growing but does become a frizzy mess as it gets longer.Then I get frustrated and chop it off again.

I have never had a hair style like Kristen Bell or Kate Middleton.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

I can’t imagine changing my appearance to please a bunch of misogynists.

Surely you can imagine changing your appearance to make your daily life more convenient though right?

Either way I agree that long hair is a rebellion. We all grew up watching our moms cut their hair short once they hit "a certain age" because you were "supposed to" and now we don't have to if we don't want to! I've had long hair most of my life and I'm certainly not going to cut it all off simply because I turned 40.

My mom got that Princess Di cut when she hit 35 and kept it ever since. When I was a kid she made us keep our hair in chin length bobs so she wouldn't have to style it.
Now at 40 I have mid back length hair that I quite like and it bothers my mom so much. She thinks my husband is "making" me keep it long but of course he has nothing to do with it.
I'm not pretty and never was but I have always had nice thick hair. I believe in playing up your good features.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

This would just make me want to keep my pixie cut so that I could go around threatening men with my hair. What a cool trick, like a superpower.

DP. Hahaha, that’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wearing my hair short since 90s and let people make guesses and comment about my sexuality/gender. I like messing up with the others’ brains.

Is it just an American thing having long unstyled hair?

When I look back at my high school class photos at a girls' school, there are all sorts of styles and hair lengths. When I go back home, many older and younger women have shorter hair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

This would just make me want to keep my pixie cut so that I could go around threatening men with my hair. What a cool trick, like a superpower.

DP. Hahaha, that’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wearing my hair short since 90s and let people make guesses and comment about my sexuality/gender. I like messing up with the others’ brains.

Is it just an American thing having long unstyled hair?

When I look back at my high school class photos at a girls' school, there are all sorts of styles and hair lengths. When I go back home, many older and younger women have shorter hair.

Not sure how old you are, but there was a time in the U.S. where we had styled hair. People like to pretend it was all Golden Girls or MAGA hair, but there was a middle ground.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

This would just make me want to keep my pixie cut so that I could go around threatening men with my hair. What a cool trick, like a superpower.

DP. Hahaha, that’s exactly what I did. I’ve been wearing my hair short since 90s and let people make guesses and comment about my sexuality/gender. I like messing up with the others’ brains.

Is it just an American thing having long unstyled hair?

When I look back at my high school class photos at a girls' school, there are all sorts of styles and hair lengths. When I go back home, many older and younger women have shorter hair.

Not sure how old you are, but there was a time in the U.S. where we had styled hair. People like to pretend it was all Golden Girls or MAGA hair, but there was a middle ground.

So how did it get to the point that every girl I see coming out of a nearby highschool has the same unstyled long hair? I imagine them chanting "we're all individuals" while looking exactly the same.

I did grow up during the punk era so there were some very interesting looks. I had a short haircut that was shaved to nearly nothing at the back, and people just wanted to touch it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually think for middle aged moms, the real rebellion is to wear a bob/lob haircut, but really own it and not let it dictate that you be frumpy or asexual.

I also think shorter hair demands that it be well kept -- regular trims, worn down daily. So many women with long hair just wear it in a pony tail or bun many days, and it often looks frizzy and unkempt. Even when it's worn down and styled, you can often see the split ends and broken hair shafts. It absolutely feels like giving in to a trend even though it doesn't suit you at all.

My long hair is much easier to manage. It also looks nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL on rebellion. Nearly all the moms I know from our DCs’ independent school wear their hair long. If anything a pixie would be rebellion.

30 years ago I cut my hair into a pixie cut and got tons of d*ke comments. Men especially found it threatening for whatever reason. Never again.

I can’t imagine changing my appearance to please a bunch of misogynists.

Surely you can imagine changing your appearance to make your daily life more convenient though right?

Either way I agree that long hair is a rebellion. We all grew up watching our moms cut their hair short once they hit "a certain age" because you were "supposed to" and now we don't have to if we don't want to! I've had long hair most of my life and I'm certainly not going to cut it all off simply because I turned 40.

Convenient to whom? So strangers don’t make comments?

The thing I have received the most negative comments about in my life is my brown skin, so no, I cannot imagine changing it.

And who are you rebelling against exactly? Your mother? The 80s? And you’ve
chosen a “rebellion” that makes you look like every other middle aged woman? lol. Ok. Sounds like high school.

I mean, yes? If I were wearing a style that I wasn't ideologically attached to for some reason, and it was causing constant negative attention, I would probably change it to make my life easier.

[Anonymous]

Long hair can be just as unattractive on older women as short hair. Stringy/dry/frizzy/ is not good.