Does Anyone Own Cornrows?

[downtoearth]

Now that AW called herself racist and GBCNed, can I ask a naive question?

If a white person wears dreads or cornrows to their professional job, are they negatively co-opting that hairstyle or are they making it more acceptable in a professional setting or both (assume that neither is their goal, but that they just like the hairstyle)? I read the whole thread trying to figure this out if it's ever acceptable for someone who looks white to have dreads or cornrows right now in our culture.

[sushi]

Nov 5, 2015 12:00:01 GMT -5 Dig Ophelia said:

We, with out government school education,  just can't appreciate how comprehensive the homechooling experience is, to have a full semester dedicated to the history of hair.  Maybe one day she'll come back and teach us all about how the beehive came to be and who was sporting one in the bible.  

Slightly related, my cousins were homeschooled for a bit. They're from a teeny tiny island, and the school of all of 30 students with 2 teachers refused to work with my cousin's dyslexia. So, my aunt got some homeschool curriculum, and the reading lessons were things like pulling out chairs for girls with bible quotes to support it. It was so fucking bizarre. Every lesson had some quote to support it.

I didn't hear anything about hair, though. 

[cap]

Nov 5, 2015 11:46:41 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Nov 5, 2015 11:40:27 GMT -5 leeba25 said:

I said to myself, why would a post on cornrows be 5 pages long? She outdid herself with that. I mean I guess I knew that she could bible thump on any subject, but damn - literally any subject. How fucking tiring is it, to be like that? 

It takes dedication to make sure everythingever is rooted in Christianity and nothing else.

I call it something other than dedication...

[pixy0stix]

AW happened up in here? Was it her bragging about her hair that can make men have lustful thoughts just by looking at it again?

[pixy0stix]

YES! I see that I am right.

Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya, aw!

[pixy0stix]

Nov 5, 2015 12:27:12 GMT -5 Dig Ophelia said:

Nov 5, 2015 12:23:36 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

AW happened up in here? Was it her bragging about her hair that can make men have lustful thoughts just by looking at it again?

Hold up ... lol ... she actually said that?  

Oh yeah, it's why she covers up her hair. She has to grow it long for Jesus, but covers it up because it inspires lustful looks from other men.

[sushi]

To be fair, it's a little more complex than that.

Her husband loves her long hair. She loves it, too. But she covers it up so as not to appear vain. Because vanity is a sin. But she keeps it long to make her husband happy.

I don't remember it inspiring lust in others, but I'm open to being corrected. It certainly would be in character for her (or her H)

[pixy0stix]

I think dobs could corroborate my story. It was in the thread where aw appropriated the Jewish headscarf.

[aurora]

Nov 5, 2015 12:33:51 GMT -5 @mrsbecky said:

Oh man. Count me among those thinking "how did this thread get so long" and then I read the first page.

...

I started with the last one. Always good to get the summary!

[downtoearth]

Nov 5, 2015 12:39:35 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I think dobs could corroborate my story. It was in the thread where aw appropriated the Jewish headscarf.

This thread? I remember that...

pandce.proboards.com/thread/9610/dobalina-fake-jews

Oh and the original is like page 4 or 5 of another thread on hair.  Hmmm... theme here?

pandce.proboards.com/thread/9314

[MrsAxilla]

Nov 5, 2015 12:29:04 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Nov 5, 2015 12:27:12 GMT -5 Dig Ophelia said:

Hold up ... lol ... she actually said that?  

Oh yeah, it's why she covers up her hair. She has to grow it long for Jesus, but covers it up because it inspires lustful looks from other men.

I can't imagine calf-length hair being sexy at all.  Doesn't it get in the way?  Does it get wrapped around his penis?  Does she end up with stray hairs in her vag?  So many questions....

[pixy0stix]

Nov 5, 2015 12:55:22 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Nov 5, 2015 12:29:04 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oh yeah, it's why she covers up her hair. She has to grow it long for Jesus, but covers it up because it inspires lustful looks from other men.

I can't imagine calf-length hair being sexy at all.  Doesn't it get in the way?  Does it get wrapped around his penis?  Does she end up with stray hairs in her vag?  So many questions....

Must be like cat hair in the vagina.

[meshaliuknits]

Rasta Trent. LOL

[pixy0stix]

heh, both dev and emmy are in that thread. Along with many of our other departed souls.

[MrsAxilla]

Nov 5, 2015 12:51:15 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Nov 5, 2015 12:39:35 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I think dobs could corroborate my story. It was in the thread where aw appropriated the Jewish headscarf.

This thread? I remember that...

pandce.proboards.com/thread/9610/dobalina-fake-jews

Oh and the original is like page 4 or 5 of another thread on hair.  Hmmm... theme here?

pandce.proboards.com/thread/9314

I'm reading through and have to stop myself from liking three year old posts!

[laurenpetro]

i'm so excited to have something to read during lunch.

[heyjude]

This was good stuff.

But "calf hair" is making me nauseous.

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 4, 2015 20:01:54 GMT -5 imobviouslystaying said:

White folks have some nerve telling black folks what to do with their hair though.







Go to bed, white folks. You are drunk.

I'm just reading this thread now but can I add more please?

[rootbeerfloat]

Nov 5, 2015 15:13:41 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

How did you find a picture of aw?!

[eclaires]

Nov 5, 2015 15:17:10 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

Nov 5, 2015 15:13:41 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

How did you find a picture of aw?!

This seriously grosses me out. But I can't stop staring at it. I love long hair within reason and I am super vain about my hair, lol - it looked fabulous yesterday as did my makeup so I took a new pic for my Facebook profile.

There's nothing sexy about hair that long though! It's so flat and weighted down and I am sure she gets a ton of hair shedding everywhere. Clogging the drain. Full of germs and other nastiness.

Like a good southern lady I am a fan of volume. The higher the hair the closer to Jesus. Duh.

[eclaires]

White scalp is gross. It's not pretty. Esp when contrasted with really dark hair. No one wants to see that! But when I see the braids on the black women that were posted in this thread, I think it looks nice. Their scalps are pretty.

[eclaires]

Nov 5, 2015 15:24:05 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Nov 5, 2015 15:22:27 GMT -5 eclaires said:

This seriously grosses me out. But I can't stop staring at it. I love long hair within reason and I am super vain about my hair, lol - it looked fabulous yesterday as did my makeup so I took a new pic for my Facebook profile.

There's nothing sexy about hair that long though! It's so flat and weighted down and I am sure she gets a ton of hair shedding everywhere. Clogging the drain. Full of germs and other nastiness.

Like a good southern lady I am a fan of volume. The higher the hair the closer to Jesus. Duh.

That IS a good Southern lady!! It's Crystal Gayle!!! 

Lol, I know. But damn that hair is wrong and makes me feel ill.

[iammalcolmx]

Nov 5, 2015 15:28:52 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i cant imagine the amount of shampoo and conditioner she uses. or how long it takes to detangle.

I say this with NO SHADE but I am picturing something like my dog gets washed in.

[cville]

Fyi, I kept thinking she was talking about braiding her calf hair for at least five minutes. I had a whole mental journey about what you'd use to tie off a teeny calf hair braid--embroidery thread? Unwaxed dental floss? Those rubber bands for braces?

[eclaires]

Nov 5, 2015 15:31:45 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Nov 5, 2015 15:28:52 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

i cant imagine the amount of shampoo and conditioner she uses. or how long it takes to detangle.

Well, doesn't she make her own soap and stuff? 

I thought she just used baking soda or something.

[AJL]

Nov 5, 2015 15:59:55 GMT -5 pennypenny said:

Nov 5, 2015 12:29:04 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oh yeah, it's why she covers up her hair. She has to grow it long for Jesus, but covers it up because it inspires lustful looks from other men.

Well I know I have been an AW sympathizer, but I did call her out in this thread, so maybe people won't just roll their eyes at my response. But isn't that why all religions that have women cover their hair do it? Because it makes men lustful and they only show their hair to their husbands. I think sfy mentioned before about a Muslim woman coming into the salon to get her hair trimmed and they had to take her to the back where others couldn't see and lust over her hair. This is not just an AW thing.

No it's not an AW thing. It's common in Islam though depending on your specific culture and customs, you may choose whether to cover your hair or not. In Orthodox Judaism, ONLY married woman are required to cover their hair because no other man except their husband should see their hair, but single women don't have to cover their hair at all, so clearly it's not about avoiding tempting men. It's about the relationship between a married woman and man. In Christianity, there are different sects, mostly very conservative and restrictive like Amish, Mennonites, apostolic sects cover their hair. However, some women cover their hair only in services like some Catholic women.

The reasons for covering ones hair are varied and, at least to those outside the various faiths, are often associated with chauvinistic ideologies. 

[tacosforlife]

My hair looks terrible today. I walked to work this morning and sweated so much that I had to take all my clothes off the moment I got into my office. It looks like I stuck my finger in a light socket. UGH.

#notthepoint

[AJL]

This long hair talk reminds me of a photo I saw in an article recently. These ladies were the Seven Sutherland Sisters. Their father invented a line of hair products to capitalize on their crazy long locks. 

[LeggsBenedict]

my old coworker told me she would take her knee length hair, wrap it around her hand loosely and then tuck that little hair ball into her cleavage when she peed. also she used to close her hair in doors pretty regularly.

[laurack]

Nov 5, 2015 16:39:04 GMT -5 AJL said:

This long hair talk reminds me of a photo I saw in an article recently. These ladies were the Seven Sutherland Sisters. Their father invented a line of hair products to capitalize on their crazy long locks. 

Noooooo

You wouldn't even need blankets. But in a bad way