In Response to Salon

 I never claim to be a feminist. I prefer humanist. But when I read the female-bashing on Salon.com's banner article "Not Without My Feria" by Mary Elizabeth Williams (http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2010/01/03/not_without_feria/index.html) I was hurt. Her article discusses how a cheap box of hair color can make a girl feel like a million bucks- especially in this penny pinching time. L'Oreal has apparently reported a spike in sales of hair dye, since women's budgets are too tight for the salon. The fabulous article was followed by about seventy comments, ninety percent of which were women sharing their own hair dye stories. Then this dude pipes up with a (paraphrasing) 'is this what Salon has come to a bunch of chicks dishing about hair when we should be talking about real issues?' And then the real sucker punch, 'Can't you see all the feminism washing down the drain?'

The feminist movement has given women today the right to say and do whatever they want without fear of oppression from men. This includes blogs. If women want to talk about their hair, then goddammit, we will. What this man didn't realize is that while we're contemplating the new hue, we're simultaneously balancing our checkbook, crushing business deals, making doctor's appointments, changing the oil on the Camry, yogaing, and examining some real estate. It's called multi-tasking, dude, so don't be fooled.

Maybe he would have been satisfied with a more pertinent forum, say on erectile dysfunction? Napoleon complex? Cage fighting? Ah, but they're covered by daily news channels anyway. Everywhere, including the other eleven banner articles that were on Salon.com's homepage that day, war and rape and patriarchal capitalism are all we see. If you ask me, the world could use some nice highlights.