FemiKnitMafia

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• 1. Beth S.  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:18 pm

  ACK! Careful with those things, it’s very hard to do the back of your own head. As I learned when I chopped off all my hair in high school…

• 2. Sara  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:24 pm

  Some related reading for you:

  http://joggle.com/?p=9

  http://joggle.com/?p=10

  

• 3. Tasha  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:24 pm

  Oooh. Breakups always lead to haircuts. Think about whether you really want to go shorter!

  Besides, it’s awful cold out for the use of the clippers!

• 4. Becca  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:31 pm

  Now is the perfect time to get a new look–but don’t get carried away with those clippers!

• 5. maryse  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:36 pm

  want to go short? fine. but don’t do it yourself. you want to look smokin’ hot. you don’t want to look like a circus freak.

  and being told you look like suburban mom (although you are one ) would be cause for something drastic.

  although i have to admit, you did a decent job with the back there.

• 6. leah  |  December 9, 2007 at 10:53 pm

  i was waiting for this. BUZZ it girl!!!

• 7. Suzanne  |  December 9, 2007 at 11:14 pm

  Hey now, femme? Really? Suburban housewife? Is they yoking?

• 8. PainterWoman  |  December 10, 2007 at 12:41 am

  I don’t care if you use Breck, Prell, get a perm, or Shirley Temple ringlets. But I’ll stand up for you when you remind folks that namecalling (which is what labels are all about) IS. NOT. NICE.
  Someone said (when I was a librarian) that I looked “like a Real Estate Sales Woman.” I think it was supposed to be a compliment. I’d rather have looked like a suburban mom… because they always seem to have just come from the salon. I NEVER look like I just came from the salon… unless I just did. (which is rare. Best wishes.

• 9. Thorny  |  December 10, 2007 at 3:04 am

  Whoo! Go you!

  There’s a reason breakups always lead to haircuts - because nothing is more liberating than the removal of dead weight. And haircuts remind us of that, while our hearts are still feeling a bit fragile and under-protected.

  Heck, even without the breakup, nothing makes me feel like someone who kicks ass and takes names like a good haircut. Which reminds me - I ought to schedule one, I am /way/ overdue.

• 10. roro  |  December 10, 2007 at 3:37 am

  Oooo! Sassy!

• 11. Kelly  |  December 10, 2007 at 8:14 am

  I think this is a great look for you. And you did a spectacular job, and this is coming from someone who cuts her kids’ hair and *knows* how difficult using those clippers can be. Good for you. I’d go shorter too, it will be fun, I think. The angling of the clippers in your own hands for the back of your head might be a bit too tricky and cause bald spots on the first try, though. Maybe a hair place would be better for that. I had short short hair for years and no one ever mistook me for a suburban mom. It’s a good change.

• 12. Lisa  |  December 10, 2007 at 8:21 am

  Change is good for the soul. Sassy is a great way to describe the new look so far. Go with it and see how you feel now. Besides, ir’s only hair. It does grow back.

• 13. Bertha  |  December 10, 2007 at 10:46 am

  I think you should chop it off! If for no other reason than because I really want short boyish hair myself but that look doesn’t work with my face, so I’ll need to live vicariously through someone else!

• 14. Danielle  |  December 10, 2007 at 12:45 pm

  Go for it!!

  (Perhaps I say that because I know that I won’t cut my hair very short …

• 15. Amy  |  December 10, 2007 at 1:34 pm

  I *love* the hand-knit socks with the hair.

• 16. Carry  |  December 10, 2007 at 1:54 pm

  Yay for breakup haircuts!!! (or growth, depending ROFL) It’s looking good so far, can’t wait to see it finished! Rach did the clipper and cut and she is HOTTTT!

  And yer peepers are sexy woman…(and love the shot with the socks…priceless!)

• 17. Rhonda the Stitchingnut  |  December 10, 2007 at 8:19 pm

  I’ve always gone from very long to very short in one jump. Off & on thru the years there’s been major changes in my hair style and/or color. Always a major change after a bad break up and always go for something that made me feel “hot”. Go for the real short. But I’d find someone with a license to carry those scissors first and just sit back and let ‘em got at it. It’ll be so cute on you, Mafia. Really!

• 18. Sitcomgirl  |  December 10, 2007 at 11:36 pm

  I love this length and you did a great job with the scissors!!! Maybe keep this for a while? It looks damn good.

• 19. Lucia  |  December 11, 2007 at 4:49 pm

  Maryse beat me to it: you are a suburban mom, and (one to another) nothing wrong with that. Also nothing wrong with choosing to look less like one.

  (Are het women femme by definition? I’ve always wondered.)

• 20. Bex  |  December 14, 2007 at 5:40 am

  Looks great!
  (finally had a chance to read your blog! yay!)

• 21. honeybee33  |  December 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm

  Lucia:

  Let this femme tell you that no, het women are not necessarily femme. They CAN be femme, but most aren’t. Examples of het-femmes include Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, Wonder Woman (tho aren’t there questions about her sexuality?), and Wilomena (played by Vanessa Williams) on Ugly Betty. Key characteristics are a kick-ass-and-take-no-prisoners attitude coupled with a surprising revel in what old-school feminists would call “the bondage of feminine trappings.” As a friend likes to say, if you chase a straight woman, she’ll fall off her high-heels and cry; if you chase a femme, she’ll take off her high-heel and beat it through your forehead.

  Not that I’d ever sully my Cole Haans with some idiot’s blood … ;~)

  FKM: Kickin’ haircut!!! go-go-go!!!

  ~ hb33 ~

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