Be Way Too PC

infinite monkey · 04-11-2012, 08:21 AM

Here is where you fuss and gripe and complain about the inequalities foisted upon you everyday, just because of who you are, or what you look like, or the choices you make.

I'm really sick of how women with dark hair are being represented in movies and on TV. It's nothing new, really. Lucy Van Pelt (in sharp contrast to Lucy Ball, the darling but dumb redhead) was one of the original black widows. Women of Hair Color are shown as nothing more than intelligent, sexy, and cutthroat. They never get to work in a chocolate factory. It sickens me how so many fall prey to this stereotype, and embrace it as though it is a fundamental truth.

I think that driver's licenses should no longer require one to announce eye color or hair color. My eye color could change, given the opportunity to explore the world of tinted contacts. Why should I be indentified by something that is only a small part of who I am? I am a whole person, a complex being, a multi-layered entity.

The next time someone tells me "I love your hair!" I'm going to politely tell them that their perception of me is incomplete and ignorant. I've had enough.

monster · 04-11-2012, 08:44 AM

They wouldn't let me list purple as my hair color on my driving licence, even though it is very clearly purple in the picture.

And I find your used of the word "you" insensitive at best.

Clodfobble · 04-11-2012, 09:44 AM

And yet I bet they'd list "brown" for a completely gray-haired woman who dyed her hair. Rat bastards.

infinite monkey · 04-11-2012, 09:44 AM

They DO! Um, er, I mean...they WOULD!

(disclaimer: started going gray in Jr Hi. The top layer is gray, not underneath. Not that that has any bearing on who I am)

monster · 04-12-2012, 05:30 PM

Whole Foods does not employ people with "non-human" hair color.

Rhianne · 04-12-2012, 06:42 PM

How very hairist.

You'd thing it would actually be an advantage - more easily spotted in the food.

infinite monkey · 04-12-2012, 06:46 PM

Some cow orker told me how nice my hair looked today. I screamed "what does my hair have to do with ANYTHING?"

I might have to quit.

Sundae · 04-14-2012, 10:30 AM

That gave me a great big belly laugh.
Sorry it was at the expense of your suffering, Inf.

04-11-2012, 08:21 AM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Be Way Too PC Here is where you fuss and gripe and complain about the inequalities foisted upon you everyday, just because of who you are, or what you look like, or the choices you make. I'm really sick of how women with dark hair are being represented in movies and on TV. It's nothing new, really. Lucy Van Pelt (in sharp contrast to Lucy Ball, the darling but dumb redhead) was one of the original black widows. Women of Hair Color are shown as nothing more than intelligent, sexy, and cutthroat. They never get to work in a chocolate factory. It sickens me how so many fall prey to this stereotype, and embrace it as though it is a fundamental truth. I think that driver's licenses should no longer require one to announce eye color or hair color. My eye color could change, given the opportunity to explore the world of tinted contacts. Why should I be indentified by something that is only a small part of who I am? I am a whole person, a complex being, a multi-layered entity. The next time someone tells me "I love your hair!" I'm going to politely tell them that their perception of me is incomplete and ignorant. I've had enough.

04-11-2012, 08:44 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	They wouldn't let me list purple as my hair color on my driving licence, even though it is very clearly purple in the picture. And I find your used of the word "you" insensitive at best. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-11-2012, 09:44 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	And yet I bet they'd list "brown" for a completely gray-haired woman who dyed her hair. Rat bastards. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-12-2012, 05:30 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Whole Foods does not employ people with "non-human" hair color. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-14-2012, 10:30 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	That gave me a great big belly laugh. Sorry it was at the expense of your suffering, Inf. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-11-2012, 09:44 AM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	They DO! Um, er, I mean...they WOULD! (disclaimer: started going gray in Jr Hi. The top layer is gray, not underneath. Not that that has any bearing on who I am)

04-12-2012, 06:42 PM	#6
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	How very hairist. You'd thing it would actually be an advantage - more easily spotted in the food.

04-12-2012, 06:46 PM	#7
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Some cow orker told me how nice my hair looked today. I screamed "what does my hair have to do with ANYTHING?" I might have to quit.

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