see this kind of story is why I lose my mind if my period’s two weeks late even though I haven’t seen a dick in a year

I’m not arguing that. Heck, I wouldn’t know.

I think she’d kick his ass.

That guy’s idea of “compromise” is “do what I say.”

What would Big Red have to say about this?

That girl’s hair is my hair. Her hair isn’t just curly, it’s thick. So straightening it will take hours. I’ve had my hair straightened twice, by professionals, and it is such a production that doing it myself is not an option. So fuck them, not everybody’s hair works the same way.

My hair is half wavy/curly half straight. This makes me constantly look like I just escaped from the humid rain forests of South America, surviving on bugs. Thanks, genetics.

WTF is wrong with these people? That gorgeous child has BEAUTIFUL hair.

Her expression/hair/posture could not be more perfect. #yaskweenyas

When I was in high school, I went to a fancy-ass ballet academy (the kind that routinely fed directly into the bigger, fancier-ass ballet academies in NYC). One of my friends in the academy shaved her head prior to the yearly “showcase,” (snooty word for “recital”), and they wouldn’t let her perform without wearing a…

Do people not realize how damaging it is to straighten curly hair??? I'm multiethnic and have naturally coarse, thick, curly hair and people go "oh, you should just straighten it for work" as though that wouldn't destroy my hair at all.

This wasn’t between women, in this case. The director of the team is a man, and he decided to kick the girl off because of her mother’s “attitude”. And the compromise he offered them was for her to ruin her hair for 4 hours of competition. There certainly seems to be an agenda, however, considering it’s Texas.

No no no. Curly hair does not stay straight with straight ironing and sweat mixed together. Curly hair wants to be curly and sweat producing exercise would just turn that into a big ‘ol mess of frizzy curls.

Jesus Christ, that’s a gorgeous head of hair. I wouldn’t do fuck all to mess it up. Fuck that coach.

Yeah, I knew a girl once who saw me after a flat iron and told me I was a diamond in the rough. I told her to go fuck herself. My curls are fucking awesome.

What I assume the other girls look like

I feel like that sentence. Is the ultimate reason why cheerleading is dumb. Makeup and hair isn’t a part of any sport.

Oh, it gets better if you read the article. The asshole coach says the team “chose the hairstyle” for competitions. Because I guess cheerleading is a fail unless the girls look like a line of Barbie dolls?

Her hair is awesome.

““When you come into the sport, you understand there is makeup to it. There’s hair to it.”