tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521918029429422782.post6956348988679891499..comments2023-10-24T16:53:30.467+01:00Comments on Ginger Lucy: Proud to be...Ginger Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09569485832379380025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521918029429422782.post-26709821418164710062009-03-12T00:13:00.000+00:002009-03-12T00:13:00.000+00:00I should also add that the name "Ginger Lucy" come...I should also add that the name "Ginger Lucy" comes from a friend at university who had me listed in his mobile phone address book as that, to differentiate me from the several other Lucys he knew. He initially had me as "Lucy Big Tits" but then changed it as he thought I might take offence. He didn't mean either of them as an insult.Ginger Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569485832379380025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521918029429422782.post-31659947016137187072009-03-12T00:09:00.000+00:002009-03-12T00:09:00.000+00:00I thought I should reply to this properly here rat...I thought I should reply to this properly here rather than coming over to your blog to do it.<BR/><BR/>I suspect it's because children pick up on anything different as an excuse, and whilst it's not rare, it's not as common as any other hair colour. And it's not anything that can be hidden.<BR/><BR/>Anne of Green Gables isn't exactly well-treated by her Canadian classmates at first - I remember the "carrots" scene.<BR/><BR/>For some reason it's then carried into adulthood in a way that certain other things children might have picked up on aren't - I have nobody calling me a swot these days at least, but still plenty of "Oi, Ginger!" if I'm walking alone (unless they're shouting something about my tits of course - or both). Amusingly, this was replaced by "Hey, Red!" when I was living in New York - so it does happen there. <BR/><BR/>I did get laughed at by plenty of children in Vietnam too who hadn't seen red hair that often. <BR/><BR/>At least this isn't the 17th Century when we were more likely to be burned at the stake as witches, despite the admiration of painters. Red hair = sexiness = the devil. <BR/><BR/>I was most pleased though when at one of the R.E.M. gigs I went to last summer, Michael Stipe dedicated a song, "Walk Unafraid", to the beautiful redheads, "or gingers as you call them here". So I gathered he was aware of the potential for teasing even if the term "ginger" isn't specifically used in the States. <BR/><BR/>I'm not therefore convinced that it's a UK thing. I think it might be that you don't notice it unless it's directed at you - much the same as the boyfriend finds it difficult to believe the number of lewd comments I get on a weekly basis when I'm out, because it never happens when he's with me. But then he's a vegetarian and has long hair so he's used to being mocked in a "friendly" way for that which just gets tiring and unfunny - it's much the same. <BR/><BR/>I'm used to it, and probably "character building" is the right term to use. I'm not a shrinking violet and I have no idea whether that's because it was never in my nature to be so, or because I became that way through having to defend myself (or field admiring remarks) and because society thinks I should be extroverted with a short temper. <BR/><BR/>Nowadays I just buy all the yarn I find which is named after anything to do with gingerness. Got some gorgeous Malabrigo Sock in Botticelli Red the other day, mmm...Ginger Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569485832379380025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521918029429422782.post-91543278386500047172009-03-11T03:51:00.000+00:002009-03-11T03:51:00.000+00:00How I wish I was with you for this weekend. Prick ...How I wish I was with you for this weekend. Prick looks like a very interesting shop and I would like to see that exhibit. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if the remarks/teasing/bullying are universal? I don't remember any redheads being bullied at school or even teased. At that age, we were separated by gender (boys have cooties, no girls allowed in the clubhouse, etc.). <BR/><BR/>When I think of redheads, what comes to mind is art, (The Birth of Venus), and characters in famous children's books (Anne of Green Gables, the Weasley family in the Harry Potter series and Pippi Longstocking), and history (Elizabeth I). I'm sure I could think of more if I put my mind to it. <BR/><BR/>Why is ginger such a derogatory term yet in your part of the world?stash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.com