Dear Dish on Hair Dye
Dear Dish:
I've noticed throughout the years that women like to change their hair colour. Blonde to brunette, red to green, you name it, they've all done it. What's the reason for this? Is it because all women are looking to change something in their life and this is one of the things they can actually control?
Colour Confused
Dear Confused:
While I appreciate the opening for a feminist rant about how all women are oppressed due to the overarching ideological structures of our patriarchal society and are therefore trying to regain some semblance of control through their hair, I really just can't muster up the enthusiasm for it right now.
There are various reasons why women dye their hair. Maybe they are dying of boredom. Maybe they just want to shake things up. Part of the problem with the hair dying phenomenon is that once you make the decision to do it, it is dye cast. You then have to continue to dye your hair for the rest of your life unless you have the patience of a saint and can wait for years for the dye to grow out. The other alternative is to try the short hair look for awhile, cut the dye out and start fresh.
Also, once you start dying, it can also become addictive. Dish's hair was once a fabulous shade she can only desribe as either a blackberry or black cherry colour. It was to dye for. She pretty much felt as though she had dyed and gone to heaven. Ever since, she has been on an eternal quest to recapture that colour. Many times she has come close, but it is always just a little bit off.
So who knows? Maybe the hair dying fad will dye down but, for now, it appears to be going strong. So just go with it. Live and let dye.
Dish
posted by Dish @ 8:00 AM
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