The Bald Chick Thread

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I'm curious to know, how many people close to you know about your acomo thing and do they pick on ya for it?

It's not something I share with anyone IRL, and on the net I've been called a repressed homosexual on some occasions.

At this point, my wife knows, and a few others probably suspect it. It's one of those things - I no longer think it's weird, I doubt anyone would be too freaked out by it, I'm sure some people figured it out on their own, and I actually like to talk about it, but it's still scary. There's still that fear of being thought of as some kind of a pervert.

On the net, I'm always glad to find a good discussion, and it isn't easy. A lot of the boards I used to like have gotten neglected or spammed to death or trolled out of existence, and not every acomophile has the same viewpoint. Some get off on any woman with a bald head, including cancer patients and French collaborators from the 40s. Some are into shaving women's heads as a punishment and submission thing. I don't believe they find it beautiful or powerful; just the opposite. And there are some who just want to swap pictures, link to video clips and discuss who looks hot, without the discussion going any deeper than that.

Believe it or not, boo boo, you are the most like-minded acomophile I've run across in a long time, so I'm enjoying this discussion a lot. If I could find a few more of us, I'd probably start up a well-moderated acomo board over at my site.

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Speaking of aliens Baldy. I remember that in your blog you mention Gene Roddenberry being a possible acomophile and now that i think about it that makes perfect sense.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture wasn't a great movie, but I loved it's positive depiction of the Lt. Lila character and how this bald chick could be hot and everybody wanted to bang her. I can't think of any mainstream movie before or since where a bald chick was depicted as being sexually desirable to men.

If you ever find a copy of The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Roddenberry and Susan Sackett, check out some of the character guidelines Gene wrote about Ilia and Deltans in general. Descriptions of her "breathtakingly beautiful" face and her "smooth, slender bare head with the sensual quality of delicately sculptured nudity, always hidden before in other women," plus all of the stuff about Deltans, their sex-based culture and their women being dangerously attractive to human males. I've heard that sort of thing before, and it is definitely an acomophile writing that.

I've also seen a photo of Gene posing with the newly-shaved Persis, sporting a big, cheesy grin. I've seen that picture before too, when guys who make head shaving videos all line up to have their picture taken next to the bald woman.

I'm pretty sure the whole purpose of creating the character of Ilia was to show people how attractive bald women are. In some ways, it was a success. I don't know that Ilia changed the way society looks at bald women, but she certainly stirred up feelings in some of us that we might not have been aware of. If nothing else, she provided adolescent acomophiles with something to jack off to.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by baldy1138

At this point, my wife knows, and a few others probably suspect it. It's one of those things - I no longer think it's weird, I doubt anyone would be too freaked out by it, I'm sure some people figured it out on their own, and I actually like to talk about it, but it's still scary. There's still that fear of being thought of as some kind of a pervert.

On the net, I'm always glad to find a good discussion, and it isn't easy. A lot of the boards I used to like have gotten neglected or spammed to death or trolled out of existence, and not every acomophile has the same viewpoint. Some get off on any woman with a bald head, including cancer patients and French collaborators from the 40s. Some are into shaving women's heads as a punishment and submission thing. I don't believe they find it beautiful or powerful; just the opposite. And there are some who just want to swap pictures, link to video clips and discuss who looks hot, without the discussion going any deeper than that.

Believe it or not, boo boo, you are the most like-minded acomophile I've run across in a long time, so I'm enjoying this discussion a lot. If I could find a few more of us, I'd probably start up a well-moderated acomo board over at my site.

That sounds groovy, if you ever start a forum I'd be happy to participate.

Originally Posted by baldy1138

If you ever find a copy of The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Roddenberry and Susan Sackett, check out some of the character guidelines Gene wrote about Ilia and Deltans in general. Descriptions of her "breathtakingly beautiful" face and her "smooth, slender bare head with the sensual quality of delicately sculptured nudity, always hidden before in other women," plus all of the stuff about Deltans, their sex-based culture and their women being dangerously attractive to human males. I've heard that sort of thing before, and it is definitely an acomophile writing that.

I've also seen a photo of Gene posing with the newly-shaved Persis, sporting a big, cheesy grin. I've seen that picture before too, when guys who make head shaving videos all line up to have their picture taken next to the bald woman.

I'm pretty sure the whole purpose of creating the character of Ilia was to show people how attractive bald women are. In some ways, it was a success. I don't know that Ilia changed the way society looks at bald women, but she certainly stirred up feelings in some of us that we might not have been aware of. If nothing else, she provided adolescent acomophiles with something to jack off to.

Yeah I'm a bit of a Trekkie myself and I sometimes visit the Star Trek encylopedia, I remember reading the article about the Deltan race and reading these descriptions, the author sounded like he was turning himself on.

There's also a vid of when Persis shaved her head, afterwards she was greeted by Gene himself, and he gave her a present which was an electric razor which I think was his way of saying "please keep it this way". I dunno weither to think this was sweet of him or creepy, or both.

Natalie is what got me really into it (I still wish she did it the smooth way, always how I prefer it) but I think the first time it actually turned me on was when I watched the Star Trek movie at like 14 or whatever. Not only did it turn me into an acomo it got me more into Star Trek too.

I'm also quite into Indian women, they tend to be especially stunning when sporting the look, like Glenda Narulla and Diandra Soares.

[VEGANGELICA]

Originally Posted by boo boo

On this issue I'm just challenging a lot of the ideas people have about hair and female baldness. It's not a campaign against hair, just a celebration of an alternative look that doesn't get proper respect. And lets not forget that some women don't have a choice, women with alopecia are made to feel like deformed freaks and the media's attitude doesn't help.

Hypocritically you'll see a lot of ads and promos for charities like Locks of Love (which is fraud btw) which sends a rather mixed message, people act like giving alopecians wigs is like curing some kind of f*cking disease, yes it helps them with their self esteem but why is that? Because people are jerks who will mock someone even if they have a medical condition. Many people with alopecia are otherwise healthy individuals, it's not a life threatening condition (though it's sometimes caused by something that is), with the worst side effect being how people react to it.

And when I watch crappy talk shows like Tyra Banks give alopecians wigs and "sexy" makeovers instead of encouraging them to be themselves, I find it pretty sickening. If more women sported the bald look, alopecians wouldn't stand out so much and they wouldn't have to wear a wig if they didn't want to. That's not an attempt at a guilt trip or anything. But it's yet another reason I love women who embrace the look because it becomes empowering for every bald woman.

See, boo boo, we are similar in one respect because here you are being critical of how people tell women they need to have head hair to be beautiful...yet that is exactly what I'm doing (but in reverse) with body hair issues: I want people to not have to feel they must *get rid* of their body hair to be "acceptable" and feel good about themselves. One reason I don't shave is to empower women who keep their hair and don't want to feel bad about themselves.

I don't oppose your choice Vegan, only the attitude you have with other women who choose the other option. I believe you can make a statement out of your hairy legs without trying to guilt trip women into making the same choice as you and telling them their choice is a wrong choice.

I'm not trying to guilt-trip them; I'm trying to point out that shaving implicitly tells other women that there is something wrong with them, just like Locks of Love implicitly tells women that being bald is something to cover up and be ashamed of. Or like Tyra Banks implicitly tells women with alopecea that they aren't okay as they are by offering to make them "more beautiful" with wigs and make-up.

Besides I have a better suggestion. I've told you about rule 34 right? I have a suggestion for you, visit a website called rabbitsreviews.com, look up the table of contents and click on "hairy". You will be intrigued by the results.

Well you don't have to get into porn but if you want to find people who can appreciate your hairy gams, becoming a hairy fetish model could be the way to go.

Something to do part time when you're not busy doing scientist stuff lol.

I would never desire to be a hairy fetish model, boo boo. I feel it would be too humiliating to intentionally put myself on display for the general public as if I were trying to win their approval or be seen as attractive by strangers like women often do. That's one aspect of porn that I don't like: it is people prostrating themselves to try to be appealing to others.

If I ever become a hairy fetish model, it will only occur as a side-effect of photos I take to celebrate my hair (yeay, hair!) in a non-sexual way. I actually don't want to find people who appreciate my hairy gams...I want to find people who treat me like a human first, with gender issues secondary. Although becoming a "Hairy Scientist" porn star would be amusing!

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

See, boo boo, we are similar in one respect because here you are being critical of how people tell women they need to have head hair to be beautiful...yet that is exactly what I'm doing (but in reverse) with body hair issues: I want people to not have to feel they must *get rid* of their body hair to be "acceptable" and feel good about themselves. One reason I don't shave is to empower women who keep their hair and don't want to feel bad about themselves.

Yes but I'm not trying to make women who don't shave their heads feel bad.

I'm not trying to guilt-trip them; I'm trying to point out that shaving implicitly tells other women that there is something wrong with them, just like Locks of Love implicitly tells women that being bald is something to cover up and be ashamed of. Or like Tyra Banks implicitly tells women with alopecea that they aren't okay as they are by offering to make them "more beautiful" with wigs and make-up.

That is guilt tripping them, if a woman shaves her legs like many here do you're holding them responsible for the low self esteem of others. This is just unfair, that's like telling me I have to shave my head because it makes guys with alopecia or male patern baldness feel bad and that's just stupid.

I believe in free choice. I don't believe people should be forced to do/not do things out of fashion, but I also don't believe people should be forced to do/not do things out of some percieved moral responsibility. That is what religion does and your attitude isn't much friendler IMO.

I oppose moral absolutism pretty strongly.

I would never desire to be a hairy fetish model, boo boo. I feel it would be too humiliating to intentionally put myself on display for the general public as if I were trying to win their approval or be seen as attractive by strangers like women often do. That's one aspect of porn that I don't like: it is people prostrating themselves to try to be appealing to others.

If I ever become a hairy fetish model, it will only occur as a side-effect of photos I take to celebrate my hair (yeay, hair!) in a non-sexual way. I actually don't want to find people who appreciate my hairy gams...I want to find people who treat me like a human first, with gender issues secondary. Although becoming a "Hairy Scientist" porn star would be amusing!

I was joking sheesh, I know you wouldn't be into that.

I think in regards to porn, more and more people are being more openminded about it. I know people have the viewpoint that putting your naked body on display turns you into an object and that it's enslaving yourself blah blah. I understand that viewpoint somewhat.

I just see it differently and I don't see sexuality as being enslaving at all, unless it's something committed by force, but in porn nobody is being forced to do anything, they might pretend but it's just pretend. I think sexuality is a great thing. I'm not really that into porn but I no longer feel guilty when I invest some interest in it. I don't see people selling their bodies for money as being any more dehumanizing as artists selling their work for money, we're all striving to give away a part of us in some way or another.

We're all attention whores we just go about it in different ways. I whore myself by going on about topics like this.

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by boo boo

I know people have the viewpoint that putting your naked body on display turns you into an object and that it's enslaving yourself blah blah. I understand that viewpoint somewhat.

I've come to believe the objectification happens on the viewing end. Someone who seriously views women in porn as objects probably doesn't have much respect for women to begin with. Someone with a healthy amount of empathy, even when using a person's image as a visual aid for masturbation (let's not kid ourselves, that's the primary use of porn), is going to understand on some level that it is an image of a real person. It's not any different from separating an actor in a movie from the part they play - some people have an easier time of it than others.

I've checked out some material in the past, and I can honestly say that the most impersonal and objectifying magazines or videos do nothing for me.

A few adult magazines in the early 90s tried to branch out into acomo porn. Possibly too small a niche, because those titles are no longer around. But of all the models, the most interesting was Stevi Secret. Everybody else got a phony name and a dumb story with their photo set, but Stevi was a real person, with her own adult video company. She used the magazine as a platform to promote her business, marketed videos of her photo shoots, and wrote a regular column. She was the best, because she was real and she was smart. She actually stayed bald for the better part of a couple of years, and was something of a star among acomophiles. Stevi is still in business, but she went more mainstream years ago. More money in that. Her videos are still available though.

Same thing with the shaving videos that aren't porn in the conventional sense of the word. I used to have a few of those when I was single. Actually, I'm allowed to have them now, but it doesn't seem right to keep more than one or two around at any given time. Anyway, the ones where they try to act out a story do nothing for me. I find those just dumb. And the ones where the model just sits there and gets shaved are boring.

The most interesting, for me, were the haircut.net videos. This middle-aged guy and his wife, just your average suburban parents, with a little studio set up in their garage, making videos. Always seemed like the ultimate example of a wife participating in her husband's fetish. She does most of the clipping, and seems to handle the orders. They don't release much new material these days, but they've made hundreds of videos together, with ordinary women who answer an ad in the newspaper.

What I find really appealing about these videos, is that they are very casual. Many of the models are women who wanted to do it anyway, and the opportunity to make a few bucks gave them an excuse. Their reactions are genuine, and throughout the video, model and barber chat about anything and everything. Music, TV shows, kids, work, hobbies, why they decided to get shaved and what they're feeling, how they think people might react. I find that much more of a turn-on, precisely because the models are not objectified.

Now the Chinese are getting into the act, and cranking out cheap VOD acomo titles by the carload. Not only do the models say and do relatively little, you can't understand a word anybody says. Not really my cup of tea.

I'm actually planning an article on the history of acomo erotica. I just have to get around to writing it.

[boo boo]

I'm not into porn where headshaving is used as an act of humilation and such which is usually how it is when headshaving is involved, it's only arousing when both parties take pleasure in the act.

I hate when stories in porn drag on and they're rarely done very well, but build up and tiltilation is definitely preferable than just straight up doing it right off the bat.

Oh jeez I'm going off topic here. Well yeah. Hairnet is a neat site though I don't order anything off the internet, and I stopped visiting that site when they removed all the actual images of headshaving.

I have a thing for asians too so I'm actually into some of the asian sites (Fhaircut in particular which has some really lovely models and is thankfully easy to navigate) though some models show an alarming lack of ehthusiasm, at least they don't look bummed out, but enthusiasm is a bigger turn on.

A personal favorite of mine is that LoverBald guy's livejournal which is updated daily with all kinds of new content, videos, pictures, occasional porn links. =D

Anyway here are my opinions on other acomo sites.

Bald is Beautiful on Women: Well I don't know if this counts as a true acomo site but it's easy to see why it's popular among us acomos. Instead of models it specializes in normal everyday women who sport the look. I keep a little folder of bald women that I started a long time ago and this site is a source of a lot of it heh. Is that creepy? I guess so.

RedLiteFetishHairDistict: This was the first site I came across when I started getting into bald chicks, it's pretty much packed with links, if there is something on the internet that has anything to do with bald chicks, you will find a link to it here. Pretty cool. NSFW though.

Extremehaircut: This one is pretty obviously geared towards acomos and has some pornographic content. The models tend to show enthusiasm and as long as it doesn't get too freaky (and it has) I like it. The "Haircut Fetish News" section has tons of updates and pics and stuff.

BaldBeauties: Waaaaay too sleazy for me and some of the models are just fugly.

BaldGirlz: Sites with paid membership I can't give too much of an opinion about. Kat Surth is a smart girl for realizing the untapped potential of this fetish and I'm guessing she's made a small fortune off of it. Don't really find her attractive though.

Kumimonster: A fetish model who does a whole lot of things, sometimes she does things that are a little gross or too out there but overall I like her a lot.

Futurecuts: I enjoy the video clips that end up on YouTube so much I have no desire to buy the whole things. Isn't there controversy surrounding this site though? I remember one woman claiming that they decieved her about the content of the site and didn't know it was for some fetish thing. Well they did something because the site is suspended now.

Youtube is probably the best site however if you're an acomophile, you'll just have to ignore the stupid rants of people who have nothing better to do than look up links of women shaving their heads just to bitch about how ugly it is.

[baldy1138]

Bald is Beautiful on Women is a good site, and the owner's a good guy. He wants to present a positive image for female baldness, make it safer for the masses.

Redlite used to be a big photo trading site in the mid-90s. Share a few pics from your collection in exchange for your choice of what Miles, the owner, had accumulated there. It was always a link site, but that seems to have taken over, and nothing seems to have been taken off the site since it was started. Mostly, I think it's there to catch traffic for ads these days.

Extremehaircut wasn't too choosy about who and what they offered, but they've gradually gotten better with both the models and the quality of the photography. The last few have been quite attractive, and I would rate Silva as one of the most striking models on any acomo site. One thing about Extremehaircut, and I suppose it does fit their brand, is they are in kind of an acomo arms race, pushing the envelope with each new set, from head shaves, to head and eybrows, to full head, face and body, and finally everything right down to the eyelashes. I must admit, the model's gaze was penetrating after that, but it was a bit much. The emphasis there is not so much on aesthetics as shaving off as much as you possibly can.

That's another place where acomophiles tend to differ. Some like the shaving. I only see it as the process of revealing the baldness. It can be exciting, like a slow striptease, or entertaining if some imagination is used, but it can also just get tedious. I like bald women, not so much watching how they get that way.

I agree completely on Baldbeauties. Very much a porn site, only a few of the models are what I would call attractive, and they really haven't done much new stuff in years. A lot of the established sites used to be much better, but many of them have been coasting for a while.

As for Baldgirlz, I agree they don't have much in the way of free samples, and what they do have is pretty stale. They have done some fine work though. Most of Kat's effort seems to be at haircuttingfun.com, which seems to be focused mainly on VOD titles. She does seem to be putting a lot of effort into what she produces, and she's starting to market on sites like Amazon. The best thing at haircuttingfun is that her blog is kept reasonably up to date.

Kumi is great, but I never really spent much time on her site.

Futurecuts does have great clips. The site itself is mostly a collection of low-cost, low-quality videos, which is not a bad thing, but also doesn't mean much for visitors. I check in from time to time, just to see what's new. I had wondered why their site was down. If they actually did misrepresent themselves to a model, I'd love to know what reason other than fetish porn they gave for paying her to sit in front of a video camera and get her head shaved, then strike some poses afterward. Seems like a strange request in any other context.

As for YouTube, they have a lot of good stuff, but they also have a lot of crap to sift through. The Face World Faceoff people are the latest, and I really don't want to get started on what I think of them. And there is a veritable mountain of charity buzzcuts that people are calling shaved heads.

I have to agree. Right now, the best thing out there for just looking at high-quality pictures of bald women for free is the Loverbald blog.

Myself, I'm hoping to fill the long-neglected niche of people who want to explore the fetish in a bit more depth. So I've got the blog up, and there will eventually be a forum, but not until the blog gets going.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by baldy1138

Bald is Beautiful on Women is a good site, and the owner's a good guy. He wants to present a positive image for female baldness, make it safer for the masses.

Yeah, I like eroticism and roleplaying but what's great about that site in particular is it captures beautiful bald women just being themselves.

Redlite used to be a big photo trading site in the mid-90s. Share a few pics from your collection in exchange for your choice of what Miles, the owner, had accumulated there. It was always a link site, but that seems to have taken over, and nothing seems to have been taken off the site since it was started. Mostly, I think it's there to catch traffic for ads these days.

Yeah, I wish it was more well organized, like being able to seperate updates by the day, week or month they were updated instead of just tediously surfing through a massive wall of links.

Extremehaircut wasn't too choosy about who and what they offered, but they've gradually gotten better with both the models and the quality of the photography. The last few have been quite attractive, and I would rate Silva as one of the most striking models on any acomo site. One thing about Extremehaircut, and I suppose it does fit their brand, is they are in kind of an acomo arms race, pushing the envelope with each new set, from head shaves, to head and eybrows, to full head, face and body, and finally everything right down to the eyelashes. I must admit, the model's gaze was penetrating after that, but it was a bit much. The emphasis there is not so much on aesthetics as shaving off as much as you possibly can.

Shaved eyebrows is a strange but appealing look, I like it, it's definitely a step up in the kinky/weird meter but it's fascinating how different a person's face is without those little lines of hair. Women with alopecia lose the brows and they can still be very beautiful, like Gail Porter. Eyebrows do complement a face and make them more distinct from another though so I'm content with just the headshaving.

I think some acomo sites really cross the line with face shaving though. That's just ridiculous.

That's another place where acomophiles tend to differ. Some like the shaving. I only see it as the process of revealing the baldness. It can be exciting, like a slow striptease, or entertaining if some imagination is used, but it can also just get tedious. I like bald women, not so much watching how they get that way.

I differ from you then, the headshaving process is very arousing for me, especially when it's a smooth shave and lathering is involved, very much part of the eroticism, it really is a striptease as I see it.

Watching the evolution from hair to no hair, seeing them feel their scalp for the first time. I love it.

I agree completely on Baldbeauties. Very much a porn site, only a few of the models are what I would call attractive, and they really haven't done much new stuff in years. A lot of the established sites used to be much better, but many of them have been coasting for a while.

Also not enough samples.

As for Baldgirlz, I agree they don't have much in the way of free samples, and what they do have is pretty stale. They have done some fine work though. Most of Kat's effort seems to be at haircuttingfun.com, which seems to be focused mainly on VOD titles. She does seem to be putting a lot of effort into what she produces, and she's starting to market on sites like Amazon. The best thing at haircuttingfun is that her blog is kept reasonably up to date.

Yeah sampling is important and the samples there are random, not enough actual bald chicks and just few I really find that pretty.

Kumi is great, but I never really spent much time on her site.

Now she offers a LOT of samples.

Futurecuts does have great clips. The site itself is mostly a collection of low-cost, low-quality videos, which is not a bad thing, but also doesn't mean much for visitors. I check in from time to time, just to see what's new. I had wondered why their site was down. If they actually did misrepresent themselves to a model, I'd love to know what reason other than fetish porn they gave for paying her to sit in front of a video camera and get her head shaved, then strike some poses afterward. Seems like a strange request in any other context.

Yeah it's possible that this woman was just spreading crap because she was pissed off about something else.

As for YouTube, they have a lot of good stuff, but they also have a lot of crap to sift through. The Face World Faceoff people are the latest, and I really don't want to get started on what I think of them. And there is a veritable mountain of charity buzzcuts that people are calling shaved heads.

I'm actually curious to know what your opinion on Face World Faceoff is. It doesn't really have anything to do with acomophilia it's more of an environmental protest thing. Some of the girls are beautiful but their pretentious neohippie rants I'm not as crazy about. And they do have an annoyingly elitist attitude towards people who don't share their viewpoint.

And yeah, buzzcuts look great but what's the real logic? If you're THAT close you might as well finish it off. I don't like stubble.

I have to agree. Right now, the best thing out there for just looking at high-quality pictures of bald women for free is the Loverbald blog.

Shame his old youtube profile was deleted, he started a new one but not with all the videos from his old one.

Myself, I'm hoping to fill the long-neglected niche of people who want to explore the fetish in a bit more depth. So I've got the blog up, and there will eventually be a forum, but not until the blog gets going.

There have been other acomo forums I think but they were pretty dead. You'll definitely need advertising skills and find places where you can promote it, get people interested, just as long as you don't break any anti-advertising policies.

As for this forum, I'm probably the only person who would be interested.

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Shaved eyebrows is a strange but appealing look, I like it, it's definitely a step up in the kinky/weird meter but it's fascinating how different a person's face is without those little lines of hair. Women with alopecia lose the brows and they can still be very beautiful, like Gail Porter. Eyebrows do complement a face and make them more distinct from another though so I'm content with just the headshaving.

I think some acomo sites really cross the line with face shaving though. That's just ridiculous.

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.

I differ from you then, the headshaving process is very arousing for me, especially when it's a smooth shave and lathering is involved, very much part of the eroticism, it really is a striptease as I see it.

Watching the evolution from hair to no hair, seeing them feel their scalp for the first time. I love it.

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.

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.

But ultimately, the shaving is more of a means to an end for me.

I'm actually curious to know what your opinion on Face World Faceoff is. It doesn't really have anything to do with acomophilia it's more of an environmental protest thing. Some of the girls are beautiful but their pretentious neohippie rants I'm not as crazy about. And they do have an annoyingly elitist attitude towards people who don't share their viewpoint.

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.

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.

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 this person just didn't get it, was deliberately being bitchy, or just trying to hijack someone else's video to promote her agenda.

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. It wouldn't be an effective political statement if it wasn't rebellious. 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.

There have been other acomo forums I think but they were pretty dead. You'll definitely need advertising skills and find places where you can promote it, get people interested, just as long as you don't break any anti-advertising policies.

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.

As for this forum, I'm probably the only person who would be interested.

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.