I think it wasn't the ponytail, but the kind of "this isn't really a bun but I've doubled-up my ponytail in a half-ass looking way" part? I thought it was a little weird, given how slicked back and glittered and baretted the front was, but...
Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
meara - Aug 06, 2012 2:34:48 pm PDT #17178 of 30001
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2012 2:36:16 pm PDT #17179 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
that's some bullshit.
It's consistent bullshit, if at all. The last time I had a plumber work on a blocked garbage disposal, their caution was "nothing fibrous--nothing you wouldn't put into a dishwasher--whatever's left after you scraped your plate into the garbage."
So I believe them, and that I'm skating on luck inbetween blockages.
Can somebody explain to me why people were criticizing Gabby Douglas' hair?
Racism and hair politics, in a nutshell. Your hair might frizz out, but at the end of the day, you're still white.
Hil R. - Aug 06, 2012 2:36:43 pm PDT #17180 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think it wasn't the ponytail, but the kind of "this isn't really a bun but I've doubled-up my ponytail in a half-ass looking way" part? I thought it was a little weird, given how slicked back and glittered and baretted the front was, but...
But a bunch of them were wearing their hair like that. (And she didn't have glitter in her hair. I remember noticing and commenting that all the Russians had a ton of glitter, but the Americans were glitter-free.)
le nubian - Aug 06, 2012 2:38:31 pm PDT #17181 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
greetings all!
I have moved and have been in my new residence since Thursday. I checked in to Bitches throughout the Hades of my move, but I'm starting to catch up on all things. I am a bigass skipper, but I will read through the 1500 messages I have missed thus far.
I have spent a king's ransom trying to get out of town and getting settled here, but my house is on the market and I hope it will be sold soon!
Yay to Curiosity and to most of the Olympics (except NBC's awful awful coverage). The less said about the stuff bumming me out the better.
Hil R. - Aug 06, 2012 2:38:40 pm PDT #17182 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Racism and hair politics, in a nutshell. Your hair might frizz out, but at the end of the day, you're still white.
Yeah, I get that, but I still don't see what the problem was. I googled a bit, and found a bunch of articles quoting people criticizing her hair, but I can't find anything with specifics about what they thought was wrong with it. I'm confused about what people were objecting to.
le nubian - Aug 06, 2012 2:39:31 pm PDT #17183 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Gabby also had a fake ponytail in the back that people objected to. In large measure, it was no worse or better than most hair I saw in women's gymnastics.
Ginger - Aug 06, 2012 2:42:37 pm PDT #17184 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are few subjects more emotionally charged than black hair.
Zenkitty - Aug 06, 2012 2:44:56 pm PDT #17185 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It's flat-out racism. They just couldn't find anything else to criticize.
Connie Neil - Aug 06, 2012 2:47:24 pm PDT #17186 of 30001
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At least they're not talking about her teeth. Maybe it's dawning on people that orthodontia can be a luxury.
le nubian - Aug 06, 2012 2:49:46 pm PDT #17187 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Ginger speaks truth. What would they have said if she came out in cornrows?