![]() ![]() And while these mothers might have good intentions, the message they're sending continues to ring loud and clear: Beauty and femininity are wrapped up in the length, style, and color of your hair. Another confessed that she was thinking about "going behind her mom's back" and getting layers and highlights before her wedding. "Your hair looked so much prettier before," her mother told her. My friends tell me similar stories-just last weekend one of them was chastised for a dye job. "Don't ever dye it." When I finally did, I hid it from her as long as I could for fear of her response (did I mention I'm 23 and now live across the country?). "Your long, sun-kissed hair is so beautiful," she used to say as she brushed it. But when it came to my hair, I wasn't allowed to touch it. Growing up, my mother couldn't care less what I wore (as long as it didn't break school dress code), was pretty easy on my makeup choices, and laughed when I painted my nails every color of the rainbow. Even I, with long, boring brown hair, can relate to that. It's also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother's deepest insecurities, hopes and desires."ĭo me a favor and read that last sentence again. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don't belong to themselves that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. "The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair, first the LET must be challenged. ![]()
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