These Moms Are Totally Destroying That ‘Mom Hair’ Diss From The NYTimes
Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned. And that’s exactly what the New York Times did earlier this week when it published a style feature titled “Mom Hair: It Exists. Now What To Do About It.”
The trend piece, written by Bee Shapiro, delved into the phenomenon of “mom hair,” an angled cut many women get during postpartum hair loss (oh yeah, that’s a real thing). Instead of feeling modern, Schapiro says the bob comes off as “mumsy” and “frumpy.”
Then, stylist Juan Carlos Maciques recommends expecting moms start planning for their hair during the third trimester. See also: slightly-too-short bangs to add youthful joie de vivre. Or, you know, to look like your baby cut them.
In short, the article was so snobbish it seemed like a parody. The moms of the internet — particularly the ones who write for a living — weren’t pleased. Keyboards tapping like a furious army of childbearing bees, they used social media to express the many ways the Times had misplaced its priorities.
Giving birth to a living, defenseless human is exhausting, but don’t forget to call your salon ahead of time.
"Please inform your doula that ombré is now a part of your birthing plan." https://t.co/uY1prxBH9d
— Izzy Grinspan (@izzygrinspan) June 21, 2016
Cultural critics also pointed to the use of “mom” as an adjective to make something seem outdated or dowdy. The same treatment has also been applied to jeans and, as Slate’s Michelle Goldberg tersely notes, porn.
Girl things are silly. Lady things dumb. Mom things embarrassing. Old woman things v. bad. See a common thread here? https://t.co/gywg01FmWy
— Heather Havrilesky (@hhavrilesky) June 21, 2016
Some moms laughed about the idiocy of placing a good haircut over a child’s wellbeing.
“Start planning while you're still pregnant"
Yeah, not keeping up with hair trends was my BIGGEST postpartum concern https://t.co/NOSj5TjJa4— Rachel Jeffcoat (@longstorytweet) June 21, 2016
Others pointed out moms have to focus on finding themselves again after giving birth, whether that’s in a career or at home.
To think I wasted time after my kids were born writing novels when I could've been rectifying my frumpy mom hair https://t.co/P8hbtbrx1g
— Curtis Sittenfeld (@csittenfeld) June 21, 2016
The piece reminds me of a recent “SNL” sketch involving host Brie Larson. She’s about to get mom hair and transform into a Marshalls-shopping, seashell-soap-loving mama.
Plus, as many a commentator pointed out, there are more mothers in this world than white ladies with straight hair.
Clearly curly-haired ladies are exempt from mom hair which is nice b/c we've already been made to feel weird about our hair our whole lives.
— Rachel Klein (@racheleklein) June 21, 2016
Take note, beauty writers: This is why you don’t mess with the mom squad.
anthropological look at white hair following childbirth https://t.co/FdtaKi8peJ
— Deaux (@dstfelix) June 21, 2016
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These Moms Are Totally Destroying That ‘Mom Hair’ Diss From The NYTimes
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