Xtabay, not only is my sister naturally blonde with a naturally not-very-big nose, she is actually named Karen! If you’re in the US or follow news from there, you know what a disaster that is/that she has to be able to understand when things are/aren’t directed at her, and how to take a joke. Tone is infamously hard to read online. I hope your comment is meant light-heartedly and that you aren’t hurt.

I thought it was a hurtful comment, yes. Surprised to see that kind of thing on here.

I apologise Xtabay.

If you like, we can talk more about what it means to be a small-nosed blonde, naturally and unnaturally, and what it means to face those who find a particular camaraderie in it.

Rachylou, excellent point, whether a person is born blonde or chooses it later, there is value placed on it.

I’ll be candid and say those I refer to do not accept natural small-nosed blondes as they are any more than they do anyone else. It is a demanding aesthetic.

Thanks, I accept the apology.

I guess we are free to dislike whom we dislike, but to base it on looks is, I think, wrong. Some would say prejudiced.

Xtabay, now you’re baiting, laying that out there like there aren’t centuries of values attached to appearances, and acting like the mention of that actual history is the problem.

Ah. I just want to say I’m not saying I dislike small-nosed blondes. ‘Small-nosed blondes’ is a tribal call. People squeal it and then invites get issued
to the ladies club. It has little to do with any real physical features. You don’t actually even have to dye your hair blonde. There is a way to bond with this phrase and not have gone blonde. As a bit of a peripheral person on this world, it’s not that I dislike anybody, but I am extremely uncomfortable. Both because I could never put that much energy into my personal appearance and because it’s very hard to room with girls who ... eat one green bean a day and then throw it up because their mum told them to watch their weight so they can get a man.

And then there is indeed, FI, the whole thing about ‘gentlemen prefer blondes’ and ‘blondes have more fun’ ... and in those old movies, the blondes having more fun were all ‘platinum blondes,’ were they not? Just about everybody losing out there, including real blondes.

(Plus, yeah, the crimes against humanity. Ahem.)

I'm sorry Xtabay for my comment. What I imagined was someone that had a lot of plastic surgery, to the point of looking totally unnatural. People in the media that come across as shallow, but I expect have a lot of fear behind it.

I didn't picture at all anyone on this forum, or that I know in real life, with blonde hair and/or a small nose.

Thank you, Suntiger.

But ok, let’s close this down before I lose my thread on fashion and Mary Poppins... !

FI, I'm not baiting anybody. Why don't you stop stirring a pot that doesn't need stirring? Nobody likes to be stereotyped. Period. This is my last comment on this thread.

And thanks, Suntiger, for your thoughtful comment. I do appreciate it.