tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post2607615576966538993..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Second virginityPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-23342939586683813052008-04-08T21:17:00.000-04:002008-04-08T21:17:00.000-04:00She didn't do the pre-dyeing skin-allergy test. An...She didn't do the pre-dyeing skin-allergy test. And suffered the consequences. Ick.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-9460759836361368952008-04-08T21:14:00.000-04:002008-04-08T21:14:00.000-04:00A cautionary tale:hereA cautionary tale:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/08/nalien108.xml" REL="nofollow">here</A>FLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153989000780677971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-25488351078694731872008-04-05T23:20:00.000-04:002008-04-05T23:20:00.000-04:00That's so annoying. Dying you hair has got to be ...That's so annoying. Dying you hair has got to be one of the safest and cheapest ways to express yourself through your appearance. I'd much sooner want a kid of mine to get a dye job (or a weird haircut) than a piercing or a tattoo.<BR/><BR/>I went to high school in a conservative town in Oregon in the 1970s, where the only unnatural hair color I ever saw was the occasional streak of green or purple worn by one of the teachers, who'd been doing it since the 1950s, so I don't think of a streak of color as making a teacher look younger than her students.Dr. Psychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674134879261502504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-53507785587118365032008-04-04T06:10:00.000-04:002008-04-04T06:10:00.000-04:00Well, the folks at Disney, cognizant of the desir...Well, the folks at Disney, cognizant of the desire of young teens to replicate their favorite persona's of Hannah Montana and Company, are launching a line of real hair xtensions at the end of the month, produced by Georgie, a Brooklyn-based company, that will obviate the need for parents to resort to hair processing and continuous touch-up visits at the salon. Moms such as Ms. Polanosky can now be true to their scruples and have their daughters enjoy their "unprocessed" hair moment in the sun.<BR/> <BR/>Ruth Folger Weiss<BR/> <BR/>Ad Lib Unlimited, New York<BR/>ruth@adlibny.com www.adlibunlimited.com/blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-88280421716072675112008-04-03T18:00:00.000-04:002008-04-03T18:00:00.000-04:00It seems clear enough that even when the hairdye 1...It seems clear enough that even when the hairdye 10-year-olds demand might seem "sexy" on someone older (not the case in the article, as you note), the motivation (and likely effect) is to look different and mildly rebellious. Beauty pageants are another story, because there the goal really is turning a fetus into Marilyn Monroe. <BR/><BR/>Agreed. For the sake of not looking younger than my students, pink or blue hair is probably out of the question.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-61668609300766849912008-04-03T17:49:00.000-04:002008-04-03T17:49:00.000-04:00I think the opposition is to young girls getting s...I <I>think</I> the opposition is to young girls getting sophisticated, adult hair treatment, much like the opposition that many people have to allowing pre-teen girls to wear make-up or to the culture of children's beauty pageants because these turn girls into sex objects. Unfortunately, the examples given here are of girls getting decidedly unsophisticated hair styles ("punky"), so the message is unclear.<BR/><BR/>I also want "punky" hair. But I want more to keep my job.Miss Self-Importanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137742112649375756noreply@blogger.com