Lisa Stansfield- a big change

Good!

It actully looks real cute on her. The lighter hair works well to.

I would never have recognized her.

Seeing that new haircut has led me to this conclusion: Anyone -- yes, anyone -- can have his or her hair cut in a short pixie. Translation: That haircut is nothing special whatsoever.

Also Gord , everyone knows you like long hair, but your condescending attitude towards those of us who wear our hair shorter, always calling us plain or whatever, isn't very nice. You don't have to be snotty about it.

And I don't agree with you, women with shorter hair styles can be beautiful.

Lady Maria wrote: Also Gord , everyone knows you like long hair, but your condescending attitude towards those of us who wear our hair shorter, always calling us plain or whatever, isn't very nice. You don't have to be snotty about it. And I don't agree with you, women with shorter hair styles can be beautiful.

Although you do make a fair point here, Maria, this seems like a slight case of the pot calling the kettle black. Your first response to the news that Lisa Stansfield had cut her hair into a pixie was "Good!". And in most of your posts I've noticed you mention the word 'pixie' and how easy it is to take care of etc. Sometimes you're a pixie-commercial! And Gord is a long-hair advocate. You both (and others too of course)speak your mind on these hair issues we all love and that's the stuff that makes the board interesting. Imagine how boring it would be if everyone agreed!
May the bickering continue!

I may be showing my age here, but who is she? She looks really pretty but I don't know what she looked like before. That picture seems to be dated from last year too.

Isla Q.,
Your points are well taken. I have mentioned the word "pixie" too often, I really wasn't aware I was doing that. I don't mean to be redundant. In fact they should come up with another word for the "pixie cut", pixie sounds a little to cutesy.

And of course we should have different opinions on hair, that's a given.

But I do have to somewhat agree with Melba, Gord sometimes comes across more as a "put down artist" of every hairstyle other than long hair, than someone who is complimentary to long haired women.

It is a very old fashioned and extremely sexist notion that women with long hair are automatically more feminine or beautiful than women who don't have long hair. And in my experience, men who feel they continually need to express that women with shorter hair are "plain" or "not as feminine" ARE sexist, even misogynistic, and thankfully many men don't feel that way.

I'm not saying Gord is sexist, I don't think he is, but believe it or not many women who wear short hair are beautiful and feminine, are mothers and wives, and are women of accomplishment in a number of fields. It really isn't necssary to continually insinuate how "plain" they look, it isn't true anyway.

If you were raised in a very conservative, sexist culture like I was, where women are only thought to be good for cooking, cleaning and making babies and all women are supposed to have long hair, your long hair becomes not feminine and beautiful but a chain around your head, a source of oppression. Just as many Muslim women who are continually restricted in their life choices are throwing off their head scarves and ankle length dresses and doing things they were never allowed to do before, many of us who grew up in very conservative cultures in America are cutting our hair, and it is VERY LIBERATING, and we are just as FEMININE as other women and men DO find us beautiful and feminine. And I'm still a good Christian.

And I am glad that people have different opinions on this website but we don't need to be told continually that women who cut their hair are less beautiful or feminine than women with hair to their ankles.

Yes we do disagree Gord. Personally I think some women look better with short hair, especially if they are pretty. But then again some women don't, I have to admit.

And no I don't expect you to change, I couldn't change you anyway and I wouldn't want to. You obviously have "a thing" BIG TIME for women with long hair, which is cool, everyone has their favorite styles, we all do.

It never hurts to be a little diplomatic though. Honesty is good, but then again so are good manners and a little sensitivity. And those of us who have had our long hair cut shorter didn't "hack" off our hair, we had it nicely styled.

See what I mean about good manners!

I certainly hope your lady has long hair Gord, if not you must be suffering terribly you poor guy!

Best to you.

Call me the Anti-Gord because I love women with short hair?

I bet 90% of my posts reflect that too....

I love Lisa's pixie... I looked at some of the older pictures and like the short styles and hate the longer ones... However I would like the style better in her natural brunet color.

That's why these boards are here so we can give our own take and hear from others with thier take... I've taken a few jabs at and from Gord but respect the fact he has his own opinion and isn't affraid to speak his mind... Gord takes more "punishment" than anyone on this board and for the most part handels it with dignity.