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Originally Posted by baldy1138
Yeah, the shaved eyebrows look can be quite striking, although I tend to like the eyebrows where they are most times. Part of going without eyebrows, I think, is adjusting the makeup to complement it. A woman with a particularly piercing gaze can look amazing without hair or eyebrows. The eyes are just unleashed.
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Agreed.
http://api.ning.com/files/0tHS-XyVNZ...737&height=552
This is a woman with alopecia, and her eyes are stunning.
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I do find the shaving to be a turn-on. I've just found with a lot of the material out there, the clipping is shown in excruciating detail from multiple angles, the lathering and shaving are done a couple of times, and there just isn't any artistry to it. And after all that, hardly any time is spent on the result. I tend to jump forward to where the razor shaving begins.
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Same here.
Some videos focus way too much on the cutting, which is boring. There is no actual purpose to cutting your hair if you're gonna shave it off anyway it's just playing around and teasing. I don't get erotic appeal from that, I get it from the buzzing, the lathering and the razor shaving. And you're right some don't show enough of the end result.
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The woman's reactions are definitely part of the appeal. That first feel when it's done, or even that little "WTF?" expression they all get when they first feel the razor up there. I know from experience, it doesn't feel like you think it's going to. I really enjoy that moment of surprise.
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Yeah the reactions are special, the more confidence a woman shows in her new look afterwards the better.
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But ultimately, the shaving is more of a means to an end for me.
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True, but seeing the transformation has a special appeal to me.
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I'm thinking of doing a whole blog article on that. Part of it is exactly as you say - pretentious neo-hippy rants and the whole "fer us or agin us" attitude.
And they just bug me. The "SHAM-poo and CON-ditioner" line wasn't all that clever the first time I read it, much less the fiftieth. I find many activists have a blind spot for when they're just being lame and annoying and doing absolutely nothing to further their cause.
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Yeah I hate how they constantly use those puns.
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And they are just another extremist image for shaved heads. They don't even think it's attractive. They're sacrificing good looks for the environment, not advancing a broader idea of beauty.
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I'm sure some of them want to defy what the media considers attractive as well though. But yeah they have made it a political obligation rather than something to do for fun, comfort or aesthetic reasons. To be fair, that doesn't mean some of them don't do it for those reasons also.
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I don't know if you saw this, but one of the Futurecuts preview clips on YouTube had a comment from one of these people to the effect of "Good for you, although I'm not sure I understand the motivation."
Gee, it's not a political statement. She's just doing it for fun, a little extra money, and because some people think it looks good. What a strange notion. I couldn't tell if she just didn't get it, was deliberately being bitchy, or just trying to hijack someone else's video to promote her agenda.
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That's actually not that ignorant by YouTube standards. A lot of headshaving videos on YT get comments like "ugly" and "WHY???????????????????????".
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I also just don't understand some of the reasoning. Apparently, individual choice is to blame for our woes, so they are adopting a uniform look that does not use hair products (just shaving cream, razor blades and soap). What? The whole beauty industry is fueled on conformity. People fork out money for this stuff because they think they have to look a certain way. Unless you live in the world of THX 1138, shaving your head is an act of rebellion more than it is one of conformity.
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Opposing uniformity by promoting uniformity doesn't really make a whole lot of sense.
But from what I understand, these people seem to think
diversity is the root of our problem (I don't agree with this obviously), that because we are so different we judge ourselves by comparing ourselves to others in how we look, especially in terms of hair.
I don't agree with this movement but I think I understand what it is they are trying to say. Still annoyingly self righteous though.
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And I don't believe for one minute these Face World Faceoff people don't get a charge out of standing out in a crowd.
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Yeah, there is nothing wrong with wanting attention from others. But there is something wrong with hypocrisy.
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That's why I'm not in too much of a hurry to get a forum going. I want to build the blog audience a bit, and try to get a critical mass before I start. You will definitely get an invitation when that happens.
As for the other dead forums, it seems like neglect was the problem. Not enough moderation. They either got overrun with spam and trolls, or tightened up their membership requirements to the point where it just wasn't worth signing up. A few good moderators who are firm but flexible are what any forum needs. I'll keep you in mind for the job.
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Yeah your blog is only a month old so it still needs time and hopefully the acomo crowd will flock in your direction if you keep the content coming. I'm optimistic that you will gain more viewers because your blog has a ridiculous amount of tags.
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I must admit, it is pretty strange that I'd have to go to a music board to find a good discussion of bald women and acomophilia. I usually hang out on b-movie boards, where they know Persis, but not for the same reasons.
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Yeah, I made this thread because I constantly went on about bald women on topics where it isn't really relevant, I still do that actually.