the hottest thing about election 2008 - john mccain is 18 years OLDER than his BLONDE wife, cindy. and, speaking of blondes ...
i've heard that back in the day romance novels used to be real heavy on the blondes - kind of to the point of barbieism. but now, my gosh, IMO, it's rare to find a romance with a blonde heroine - at least the books i've been reading. now, there are plenty of books where blondes are bashed and ridiculed simply for their hair color, but what's that bitterness about? really?
i'm not a blonde, at least i don't consider my hair to be blonde, so why do some authors have such harsh feelings toward blonde heroines? i loved barbie when i was growing up. her perfect measurements didn't give me a complex. she didn't make me become anorexic. no, i was like, "wendy (i didn't call my barbies barbie), you're so pretty, and the beach boys totally sang a song about you! that's so cool. oh, BTW, i totally think tony is going to ask you to prom."
i see nothing wrong with blonde heroines, esp. ones who are wonderfully proportioned - naturally - and are tone because they have the discipline to get their fitness on in the gym! and speaking of proportions, that's a sore subject with me too. some women have curves ... as a gift from God!! not every endowed woman you see has had plastic surgery, and as most of you know, you can totally tell the ones who bought 'em versus the ones who didn't.
my point is, there shouldn't be any haters. writers should feel free to write about any type of heroine - blonde, brunette, mohawk - chesty, flat, plastic - whatever. if you're inspired to write about a big and beautiful woman, go for it. if you want to write about a size-two blonde goddess who has 500 bachelors chasing her, go for it. it's all about the story inside the writer. everybody's a critic, yes - but you can't let criticism stop you from writing the story you want to tell.
dang, i didn't even touch on the age subject. yet.
i've heard that back in the day romance novels used to be real heavy on the blondes - kind of to the point of barbieism. but now, my gosh, IMO, it's rare to find a romance with a blonde heroine - at least the books i've been reading. now, there are plenty of books where blondes are bashed and ridiculed simply for their hair color, but what's that bitterness about? really?
i'm not a blonde, at least i don't consider my hair to be blonde, so why do some authors have such harsh feelings toward blonde heroines? i loved barbie when i was growing up. her perfect measurements didn't give me a complex. she didn't make me become anorexic. no, i was like, "wendy (i didn't call my barbies barbie), you're so pretty, and the beach boys totally sang a song about you! that's so cool. oh, BTW, i totally think tony is going to ask you to prom."
i see nothing wrong with blonde heroines, esp. ones who are wonderfully proportioned - naturally - and are tone because they have the discipline to get their fitness on in the gym! and speaking of proportions, that's a sore subject with me too. some women have curves ... as a gift from God!! not every endowed woman you see has had plastic surgery, and as most of you know, you can totally tell the ones who bought 'em versus the ones who didn't.
my point is, there shouldn't be any haters. writers should feel free to write about any type of heroine - blonde, brunette, mohawk - chesty, flat, plastic - whatever. if you're inspired to write about a big and beautiful woman, go for it. if you want to write about a size-two blonde goddess who has 500 bachelors chasing her, go for it. it's all about the story inside the writer. everybody's a critic, yes - but you can't let criticism stop you from writing the story you want to tell.
dang, i didn't even touch on the age subject. yet.
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All my girly girls are blonde. Hmmm. Maybe I need to expand.
Great post!
I don't have a problem with blonde heroine's. Most of mine tend to be fairer haired.
The big thing I have a problem with is stereotypes. You know...smart girls with dark hair, glasses and no sex appeal. Blondes that are plastic with no brains...it's just too cliche.
My heroines have either auburn hair or strawberry blonde. Gotta love red hair.
I'm a blonde! :) (Okay, born a blonde and continuing to keep it that way through my adorable hair stylist, Philip.) I'm not stupid (I'm pretty sure two toxicology grad degrees say so - at least they should)but can do some really dumb things as my critique group well knows! :) Still I have to admit I love the words from the song "I'm a Blonde"....take a look!
Cuz I'm blonde
I don't have to think
I talk like a baby and
Don't pay for drinks!
I know other girls are
smarter than me
But I have this phil-os-o-phy...
SO WHAT?
Cuz I'm a blonde, ya, ya ya!
Cuz I'm a blonde, ya, ya ya!
Oh, and Christie...I just need to clarify that when you say the hottest thing about the election is that John McCain is older than his wife...you're not actually calling John McCain hot...riiiiight??????
no. i was not endorsing the hotness level of a presidential candidate. it is, however, interesting that he is a republican with a much younger wife. is that conservative? hmm. anyway, if the American people have no problem with John's and Cindy's 18-year age difference, why is it creepy for two fictional romance characters to have an 18-year age difference? and the blonde thing -i agree with trinity - it's the stereotype factor. it just seems there's this massive taboo anymore for beautiful blonde characters. gah, i could go on and on and on.
TG because John is not. Hot, that is. As for age differences, they are cool. I could take on a 32 year old Freddie Prinze, Jr.! :) Yes, that gives us a definite age difference. :)
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