Gabby Douglas and the Olympian Hair Debacle
‘Don’t judge a book by it’s cover’ is an axiom that, it seems, is impossible to put into practice – especially when it comes to women.
Why judge a woman on what she can do or what she says when you comment on the superficial instead? This has been seen from tennis pros Serena and Venus Williams, and the constant commentary on their outfits, to Hillary Clinton and snarky asides on her make-up (or lack thereof). Now USA Olympian gymnast Gabby Douglas is the latest victim of pointless physical commentary. Never mind that she’s sixteen, or that she won a gold medal: what Twitter and Facebook flared with were comments on the slight frizz in her hair after her event.
How can your hair NOT frizz after all of this?
As Jezebel pointed out searching for ‘Gabby Douglas Hair’ on Twitter yields a disturbing amount of results – people couldn’t stop talking about how the young medal-winner needs a comb.
Let’s just take a moment to remember that aside from the pointlessness of hair commentary in general (should we care what Michelle Obama’s locks are doing?), when one is doing intense athletics, one tends to sweat. And hair to frizz.
With all that being said (with great vehemence) I must confess that I have skipped work-outs on days where a) my hair looks AMAZING or b) I don’t want to re-do my hair before I go out. Since the August magazine is the hair issue, I have to ask – do you do the same?
Tell me in the section below!
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i have to admit, i have on a number of occasions, skipped workouts. think we all have
yes I do miss workouts, yoga classes (esp cause we do them outside suncoast casino DBN, KZN) esp cause I am mixed I have similar hair to the gymanst and it gets really frizzy meaning I’ll have to redo my ahir when I get home. People are commenting on her hair..come on. Why do we woman hate so much on each other despite our great achievements. Nkosazan Dlamini – Zuma got the AU job and some people were going on how slowly she speaks! How could she get a job of such high esteem when she was such a slow couch. Despite all she has achieved in her career the success she has had in whatever post she has been placed in. Sometimes we dont want to wear make-up but as long as we look clean , fresh and do our jobs perfectly then people esp. our own fellow sisters / female counterparts need to cut us some slack! Frizzy hair = Gold medals. Did those perfect locked hairdo’s win them Gold medals! People need to stop being so critical on even the most dumbest/ pettiest of things ever!
Totally agree with your sentiments re. the commentary on her hair – WTF?? – Priorities!!!
But yes, I am extremely frustrated if I don’t plan my schedule accordingly and realise that I have a gym class and I have just had my hair done – love the feeling of it looking ‘salon-good’ and want to prolong it as long as possible!! Oh if only we had our own private stylists then this wouldn’t be an issue!
Totally agree with you, Sam! Loved this read on the topic too!