Comments on: Gabby’s Goal Was Gold… Not the Best Hair http://www.danielleelwood.com/gabbys-goal-was-gold-not-the-best-hair/ Saying the Socially Unacceptable Since 2008 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: A Childless Take on Your Kids - From Your Homegirl http://www.danielleelwood.com/gabbys-goal-was-gold-not-the-best-hair/#comment-9727 A Childless Take on Your Kids - From Your Homegirl Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.danielleelwood.com/?p=2096#comment-9727 [...] my girlfriend Monique wrote an awesome guest post about the drama over Gabby Douglas’s hair, I knew she would become a frequent guest poster on my website. I also knew she wouldn’t [...]

]]> By: Facing My Anxiety: A Story of Bullying http://www.danielleelwood.com/gabbys-goal-was-gold-not-the-best-hair/#comment-9698 Facing My Anxiety: A Story of Bullying Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:22:32 +0000 http://www.danielleelwood.com/?p=2096#comment-9698 [...] best friend Monique (yes, the same Monique who guest blogged here two weeks ago) attempted to pull me away as I dragged this boy along with me. Hair in my hand with the other arm [...]

]]> By: janegassner http://www.danielleelwood.com/gabbys-goal-was-gold-not-the-best-hair/#comment-9498 janegassner Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.danielleelwood.com/?p=2096#comment-9498 I didn’t see the specific tweets although I read that people were criticizing her hair. Didn’t know why, since all the Fab Five had the same half in/half out ponytail (very much ‘the thing’ these days). What most strikes me about your post, Monique, is that it reveals a side of African-American women that I didn’t realize existed. It’s rampant in the white world, so why did I think it wouldn’t be in the African-American world? I guess it’s a gender thing, this need to eat our own merely for succeeding.

]]> By: Wordyless http://www.danielleelwood.com/gabbys-goal-was-gold-not-the-best-hair/#comment-9491 Wordyless Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.danielleelwood.com/?p=2096#comment-9491 I remember seeing the tweets during her first competition at the Olympics and I was rather surprised, because I didn’t see anything wrong with her appearance. I saw a few more tweets, but I figured it was twitter just being twitter.
At this point, I am very surprised to see this discussion hasn’t died down yet. smh

One day, we as a society will improve, but as long as media continues to tell us beauty is more important than accomplishments/talent, we are doomed to more hair judgment tweets and less congratulatory tweets on historical event making moments.

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