I don't know much about this Amanda Palmer chick. I know she was in that band, and I may have heard one or two songs which I don't remember being that bad. So, I'm reading this interview on SG with her, and it seems pretty ridiculous. Just about the entire interview is about this "controversial" video depicting abortion which she has released. It's a pretty big build-up, so by the end I am thinking...hey, this is something I have to see. So I clicks on the old linky and...shit! Absolute shit, the video, the song, the chick...EVERYTHING! Try to maintain a wee bit of credibility SG. There is no way that anyone gave a shit about this video, especially considering that most people outside of her fanbase do not not know who she is. I am guessing that someone at SG has a hard-on for her and her excessive body hair. Because I guess at some point THAT became some kind of turn on. Please SG...you have the ability to get interviews with some very important and interesting people. Please, do not waste our time with this contrived bullshit. We deserve better! Keep interviewing Eliza Dushku about her sex life until you can find something decent.
Dreadlocks are but a hair style, not only used by the Rastafarian culture, and they definitely were NOT the first to utilize it, actually the earliest tribe this hairstyle can be attributed to is the Masai tribeman warriors of Kenya.
Specifically, Rastafarian dreadlocks are a tribute to Haile Selassie the Emperor of Ethipoia (Ras Tafari) the one with "the hair of whose head was like wool" King of kings, represented by the Lion of Judah.
The hair style is based from the bible, Leviticus 21:5
and it represents a way of life, rebellion from the standard "asshole americanized" way of living.
Their dreadlocks are those that are formed naturally from letting the hair matt, not back-combed if you want to get technical about it.
In the Rastafarian views "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cutting in the flesh" the way the hair matts naturally comes to represent the Lion of judah...
Outside of that specific religion, it is realistically just a hair style, and a personal choice, we are not here to please everyone, and you should definitely try to be more educated on the subject if your going to say something in regards to it.
Please don't tell an SG to "get rid of" something. If you don't have something nice to say about her hair, then don't say anything at all.
Sorry if it sounds snarky, but people don't realize that we are just regular folk, much like you, and we don't need snap judgments, and negative feedback on the
"I LOVED IT" section.
-Luscious