From Velocity Weekly, Sept. 23, 2008
When you see a curly-haired woman getting a makeover on TV, more often than not, by the end of the show her hair will be straight. When Anne Hathaway's character in "The Princess Diaries" needed to be transformed into royalty, her wavy locks went straight. And in the new movie "The Women," we know that Meg Ryan's character has finally pulled it all together again when she emerges with her big blond curls smoothed out.
In the New York Observer article published earlier this month, "Curl, Interrupted: Do Curly Coifs Equal Frazzled Psyches," Sara Vilkomerson explores Hollywood's tendency to straighten out a female character's hair to show that she's straighten out her life.
When Vilkomerson chatted with Jonathan Hanousek, a celebrity stylist who was in charge of Ryan's locks throughout the filming of "The Women," he said Ryan's curls were meant to show that her character was "earthy" and that she didn't care much about her appearance.
As a curly girl, I don't care if you think I'm earthy, but if you think I don't care much about my appearance, then have a talk with my husband who has watched me change clothes four times before leaving the house.
I was 21 before I decided to wear my hair in its naturally curly state, and once I did, everyone had something to say. While most folks love it, many don't. And the few times a year I rock my mane straight, I'm inundated with questions like, "Why don't you wear your straight all the time?" Don't get me wrong. A woman should wear her hair however she wants, and if you prefer straight hair, that's fine. You like what you like. But it would be great if hairstylists, Hollywood and our pals would stop giving us curly girls a complex.
I know what some of you are thinking. But it's just hair. Or is it?
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