In class, we were talking about Disney a few weeks ago when we watched Tangled. This YouTube video focuses on hair in Disney movies, and it provides a lot of great clips. For instance, we can see the contrast of hair in villains (dark, frizzy, mustaches, etc) vs. heroes (shaved, blonde, straight and flowing, etc). The video also shows clips of transformations with hair from Mulan cutting her long hair in order to become a male soldier to Beast becoming a shaved prince with a lot less hair. These are only a few of the issues we can see in the video, and I think it would be interesting to hear more input about what other people notice.
Last class, we watched Good Hair. This video does not necessarily raise the same issues as the first video, but it did amaze me that her weave had saved her life. In her case, I suppose the investment was definitely worth it.
On the other hand, there is also an article that I came across that touches upon the negative consequence of hair loss due to weaves. It's almost ironic to think that the more one tries to maintain their hair in order to look "beautiful" by the standards of mainstream media, the more you lose that hair. Speaking of hair loss, I also hear that Lady Gaga is experiencing it due to the excessive and constant dying of her hair.
Study on Weaves and Hair Loss
Lady Gaga's Hair Loss
I remember watching Mythbusters in high school and they did a study on this reported case and found out that there is no way a weave can stop a bullet. they even tested a super weave with 5 wigs and showed it does not work. here is the video:
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My guess is that the bullet ricocheted of the roof of the car causing it to slow down a lot then hit her head.