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The Short Hair Scandal


Except for a short period of my life where I donned long hair (which was mightily unkempt), I've mostly sported the short or bob hair cut. I just didn't have the time to deal with the straightening, curling, or whatever it is that women are required to do before they get out of the house to buy a bag of salt from the grocery store. 


I've wanted to write something about how An San, a rising archer from South Korea, got flack for sporting a short crop. Despite her performing with near stellar perfection. 


How is having short hair a sign or declaration of anti-men? 


Are men who wear their hair long anti-women, then? I don't even know where this is going because it doesn't even make sense. LOL.


Short hair is simply easier to manage. The flip side is that if you have to attend a gala or a big event, short hair is even harder to style!


PLUS, some women just look fantabulous with a short crop! Miley Cyrus, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Meg Ryan, Natalie Portman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Victoria Beckham (I don't even remember her in long hair - lol), Katy Perry...so on and so forth. 


And have you seen Anne Hathaway and Emma Watson in a boyish or bob hairstyles? 





Get a grip. 


I let that one blow past me. I pick my battles. But recently, another South Korean actress/entertainer got criticized harshly for chopping off her locks. 


Song Ji Hyo, for as long as we remember, has always worn her hair long. Whatever wind blew her way that day, she decided to be free with the clipper and scissors. She went with the pixie cut and internet citizens went berserk!


Some people even demanded her stylist be fired. Like wow. You guys really know your priorities. 



Come on, guys. Short hair is cool, it's chic, it's classy, it's convenient, and if someone wants to chop their locks off, so be it. 


And what does short hair have to do with anti-men? Please, fill me on this one. I have no freaking idea. 

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