I'll have to bookmark that to listen to later, sarameg. Thanks.
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2012 3:34:16 pm PDT #27152 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Mar 18, 2012 3:36:24 pm PDT #27153 of 30001
It's a personal story, but it covers so much of what I hear.
eta: and damn, it makes me cry every time I hear it.
Jesse - Mar 18, 2012 3:45:11 pm PDT #27154 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I accidentally went to a black salon once, due to the very "open a phone book" thing -- it was closest to my work. Of course the cut was great, because they were used to cutting straight(ened) hair into a stacked bob, and she ALSO used many sizes of curling irons to bump out the short parts in the back.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2012 3:54:00 pm PDT #27155 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
When I watched "Good Hair" with my mom, she was surprised to realize that all the black women that she'd been saying "If she can get her hair to be long and straight like that, why can't I get mine to do that?" about were actually wearing weaves.
Vortex - Mar 18, 2012 3:54:42 pm PDT #27156 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've never been to a white woman hairdresser, but I've been to many a white gay man.
flea - Mar 18, 2012 3:56:36 pm PDT #27157 of 30001
information libertarian
One of the best Ta-Nehisi Coates running jokes ever started when he asked for barbershop recommendations and someone suggested he try a Haircuttery. It is a classic, and continues to be referenced to this day. [link]
Ginger - Mar 18, 2012 3:59:22 pm PDT #27158 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm just happy I have hair.
Sing it, sister. I do kind of wish I'd kept the chemo curl, though.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2012 4:04:27 pm PDT #27159 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I told my sister I'd shave my head if my mother lost her hair, and she observed it didn't count if I still had eyebrows.
Point.
Lee - Mar 18, 2012 4:08:25 pm PDT #27160 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It counts! I never lost either eyebrows or eyelashes, at least not completely.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2012 4:09:49 pm PDT #27161 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've never been to a black stylist. Some people suggested it when I was a kid, after seeing some particularly horrendous things done to my hair by white stylists, but my mother always said no.
I'm still annoyed about one class picture where each kid was given one of those little fine plastic combs. I usually just ignored the combs, since I knew they wouldn't do anything on my hair, but one year, one of the parent volunteers decided to comb all the girls' hair, and she wouldn't listen when I said no, so I'm in that picture with my hair a massive ball of frizz, sticking out at least six inches on each side of my head.