The Member Spotlight:
May 2004 Edition

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Jim_Steele
Admittedly, there is a chasm of attractiveness between redheaded men and women one would be hard pressed to jumped on a motorcycle. Redheaded women receive the sexy sobriquet of "Ginger" (Ginger Rogers, Ginger Spice, Ginger from "Gilliganâs Island"), while orange-haired men get stuck with the pedestrian "Red" (Red Skelton, Red Grange, Erik the Red). The only other physical traits that so readily suggest their own nickname are obesity (Minnesota Fats, Fatty Arbuckle, King Louis the Fat) or amputation (Lefty, Righty, Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown). So does it aggravate me? Only in as much that the nicknames are lazy and uncreative. But if someone wants to call me Mr. Tomato Head, who am I to argue?

Kaftan
I love my red hair, as well as it's natural curl . It's my favourite and best feature. I guess I'm lucky. Being a redhead growing up didn't really effect me. With a large extended family of about 40 cousins, two thirds of which had red hair, I wasn't any different. And even at school, I don't remember being teased about my hair but I do remember being teased about my freckles. In high school three of my close friends also had red hair, so again I didn't really stand out.

Soubya
Growing up, I was always exposed to comments from family and friends such as "you're a fiery redhead, aren't you," or "I bet you have quite a temper, little redhead!" and it seemed to plant a lot of little evil seeds in my head that I could get away with such behavior simply because so many people expected it. I don't think that is healthy to do to a child. I wonder if my life would be more peaceful now if I wasn't coached all during my youth to be a Fiery Redhead, in so many ways.

Lunah
I spent five years of my childhood in southern Italy, where the overwhelming majority has dark, dark hair. I was definitely an oddity. I'd either have people come up to me and stroke my hair, saying, "Bella, bella!" (Beautiful, beautiful!), or I'd have people making signs to ward off evil at me. Ha. Later, as I was older, the one comment I remember most was "Hey darlin', does the carpet match the drapes?" No class, I tell you! But I have to say that I don't mind being singled out for my hair color -- it does stand out. (Although lately people seem to single me out for my tattoos, too. ;))

redsliver
I love it. Growing up I died it, I colored it, I straightened it, everything. But now I wouldn't change it for anything. I always hear "Is your hair natural?" because it is long and curly and red, well yes it is naturally red and naturally curly. It always makes me feel good, but it is annoying.

LuNaKittay
I adore my hair. I feel like it defines me in a lot of way and as an artist, its a theme which frequently plays into my work. I am also constantly interested in finding out information about my red hair too. The scientific end of it is amazing.

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