tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post9014975206140674683..comments2023-11-26T10:40:07.165-08:00Comments on j i g s a w: What's a haircut anyway?Tobi Vailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-82164942161341542392009-01-28T19:30:00.001-08:002009-01-28T19:30:00.001-08:00p.s. tabitha is my other alias, in case that is co...p.s. tabitha is my other alias, in case that is confusingTobi Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-21229403775831011372009-01-28T19:30:00.000-08:002009-01-28T19:30:00.000-08:00the sociologist in me would love to see this trend...the sociologist in me would love to see this trend as an example of "working class rebellion", but it is my experience that sociologists are always looking for this and quite often find it where it is not actually occurring.<BR/><BR/>thanks to e. rockett for such a candid exposé! I think I am actually starting to get it. <BR/><BR/>more soon, i'm sure.Tobi Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-56506333562305126822009-01-28T15:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T15:24:00.000-08:00also...from the saettle times..."According to Ashl...also...from the saettle times...<BR/><BR/>"According to Ashley Doane, the co-author of "White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism," which examines white culture, ethnicity and stereotypes, the term "mullet" has evolved from a hairstyle to a pejorative label similar to "redneck," "hillbilly" or "white trash." All those terms can carry negative stereotypes of "barefoot, beer-swilling, cousin-marrying, NASCAR-loving and gun-toting," said Doane, a professor of sociology at the University of Hartford, in Connecticut.<BR/><BR/>The label is used by the dominant culture of successful whites, Doane said, to stigmatize and shame "deviant whites" for their failure to conform and to "reinforce lines of race and class."<BR/><BR/>He said the continued popularity of the mullet can be seen as a sign of "working-class rebellion."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718914603545497444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-73358390519675644772009-01-28T15:15:00.000-08:002009-01-28T15:15:00.000-08:00i went to the mall, to go to radio shack, and stan...i went to the mall, to go to radio shack, and standing out side the hot topic, was kid, an actual kid, with the tightest pants i'd ever seen, fake vintage sneakers, and a haircut that looked like a fractal explosion of the locust circa 1998. also a neon band-aid on his cheek..maybe to hold in the tears? <BR/>this the market-prescribed look for rebellious teenagers i think..which leaves them no choice but to turn all signifiers topsy turvy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718914603545497444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-34455591406843326732009-01-28T12:05:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:05:00.000-08:00oh god. I never thought of my hair like this befor...oh god. I never thought of my hair like this before....<BR/><BR/>I had a mohawk for a year. A good 5 inch hawk that was insanely too crazy of colors. Then slowly i cut it down to only like 3 inches and let my natural hair color grow back...eventually it grew out on the sides and then i missed having a shaved side, so i buzzed one side...<BR/><BR/>now here i am with one of those fashion mullets and its totally accidental but its so easy! I wake up and I dont need to do anything with my hair, no torturous hours under the straighting iron to make my mohawk stay up. all i do is wake up. rub my hair a bit and go.<BR/><BR/>Its freeing to just not give a crap about my hair. When I had my mohawk I needed it at that time in my life, I need to feel like I was different from all the same ole haircuts around me and I wanted to make a statement and just be like fuck you to social norms. I dont know I even find my mullet to mean something. I feel more gender queer then ever having my mullet, and the fact that I get called a guy all the time is kinda fun. To make everyone have to second guess am I a girl or a guy like its thrilling.<BR/><BR/>I guess in my crazy ramble which i do to much, im trying to say that yeah right now mullets are in and im a fashionista or whatever. But even all the kids who are rocking mullets have a reason to do it. Like even if they started out doing it because its "in" through the harassment im sure they face because of their hair like it turns into a haircut not just for style i guess...<BR/><BR/>I dont know. That was a long ramble. Apologies.E.Rocketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607247167129711909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-17799383591690393642009-01-28T10:16:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:16:00.000-08:00Anti-fashion is a stance for sure, but it's not a ...Anti-fashion is a stance for sure, but it's not a trend at the moment like the mullet is, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>As for post-modernism, that has been around for how long now? sooo long. I remember learning all that stuff 20 years ago when I was in school for the first time and surely my own ideas about the politics of style come from cultural theory (eg Dick Hebdige's The Meaning of Style)<BR/><BR/>But I'm not really questioning whether or not authenticity is a construct. Rather, wondering what the intention is with the mullet by the wearer. Maybe that's not clear here. I am asking, "do they mean it" as well as "what does it mean" --offering my perspective, which includes a historical analysis.<BR/><BR/>I am curious about young people and how they rebel and don't rebel. Coming from youth culture, trying to still participate in a culture of resistance as an adult, I have a long term perspective. Some older punx shrink away from dating themselves in this way, but they share my history. My parents grew up in the 50s and 60s and then got into punk in the 70's and 80's when I was getting into it and shared their perspective with me. I watched them watch the 60's become ossified and mined and sold back to them as nostalgia-- it was interesting to hear their stories and go to shows with them, comparing their perspective with my own. <BR/>So, while I think generation gaps are funny and recognize that there is one between me and people born in the late 80's-early 90's--I also think they are compelling and wish to explore this fully.Tabitha Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263734692562277597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-78427808583068283492009-01-28T07:32:00.000-08:002009-01-28T07:32:00.000-08:00I wonder if anti-fashion is a signifier too? If s...I wonder if anti-fashion is a signifier too? If so, of what?<BR/>-MorganUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737124821483794762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-8615491765876811502009-01-28T03:58:00.000-08:002009-01-28T03:58:00.000-08:00maybe postpartisan politics are matched by postpar...maybe postpartisan politics are matched by postpartisan haircuts and old systems of meaning/ modes of authenticity are discarded for the pragmatics of everyone trying to seem unique and authentic and new and cutting edge while realizing it is impossible to be unique and authentic and new and cutting edge. i do thinks its all influenced by a movement from post-ironic post-modernism to whatever the hell were dealing with now.COhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861992765412450808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-34331245848204186562009-01-27T23:13:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:13:00.000-08:00also, I'm breaking my own rule here by calling you...also, I'm breaking my own rule here by calling young adults "kids". Everyone on the bus was over 18. Ha.Tobi Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-19848989607672802382009-01-27T23:09:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:09:00.000-08:00what does that mean?what does that mean?Tobi Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-39432611517355870762009-01-27T23:05:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:05:00.000-08:00the kids of today should defend themselves against...the kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s/80s/90s/now/forever.BRETT P LYMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776983313324134085noreply@blogger.com