Tango ad

A month or so ago, I was walking back from the shop when I saw a rather offensive advertisement. I took a picture of the advert on my mobile phone, but have lost my USB cable so can not upload it. However, today, I decided to google the advert and found that I was not the only person who's feathers were ruffled by it!

It's offensive and discriminative as the overall tone suggests that ginger hair is undesirable and will occur as a negative side effect. And the reference to pubic hair is an insult too far.

I agree with Ruth Preston, and feel that the advert could lead to discrimination and bullying for those with ginger hair, especially children and teenagers who may already have insecurities concerning their hair colour. The article raises another valid point, that of skin colour, and Ruth's daughter Lauren believes that negative attitudes towards hair colour are as unacceptable as racism. I do believe that the advert would have been banned if it made reference to a change in skin colour, especially if it suggested the change was detrimental to one's appearance.

I then stumbled across this blog, the author of which also expresses a strong negative opinion towards the advert and the other rather distasteful adverts used by Tango to sell their awful gassy drink. However, in a letter from the ASA the advert is classed as 'crude and 'humorous'.

Humorous it may be, but only for those who aren't discriminated against because of their hair colour.

Leave hair alone!

The dailymail have been bashing Nicola Roberts again...tut tut. I say good on her for being individual and not dying her hair and coating herself in fake tan, like a certain ginger Hollywood startlet. Also, her pale skin and ginger hair make her stand out from the rest of her bandmates.

Being pale suits her and most of the time I think she dresses well and wears colours that suit her pale skin and ginger hair

The dailymail miscue their jump on the ginger bandwagon

I champion ginger hair all the time. Being a natural red head or ginger, (I'm not ashamed to label myself as ginger, and I do not find the term deregatory or insulting) I'm proud of my colour and feel it makes me stand out.


I saw Florence and the Machine at the weekend and was blown away by how good a performer Florence is. Not only is she a brilliant live performer, but she also happens to be ginger. Ok, I know her hair colour may not be natural. However, it is a beautiful colour and if she chooses to die her hair that colour then fair enough! Anyway, so seeing Florence and then going home and watching Dumb and Dumber made me want to start ranting about how brilliant ginger hair is. Why did Dumb and Dumber make me feel like this? Well below is Mary Swanson from Dumb and Dumber. Lauren Holly is the actress who plays the character and Lauren, is to my knowledge, also not a natural redhead, put pulls the colour off with class as if it was her natural colour.


However, after browsing the internet whilst my boyfriend played on his PS3, I stumbled across this article. The article really infuriated me for many reasons:

1. Cheryl Cole's hair is not red or ginger. She died it that tacky shade of plum for a photoshoot and the dyed her hair back to her normal colour.

2. Nicola Roberts who is in the same girl band as Cheryl has naturally ginger hair, yet the article only mentions her when criticising her fashion choices.

3. Florence Welch's hair colour isn't natural.

4. The article implies that when ginger hair is no longer in fashion ginger haired people should go back to being ridiculed.

5. A number of the celebrities mentioned are not natural redheads, but are being championed for dying their hair ginger.

6. As we are all born with a natural hair colour should we only celebrate it when it is in fashion? And who decided that ginger hair is in fashion?

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I have decided to start blogging after being bored to death listening to my boyfreiend talk about his blog. I think I was just a bit too jealous of the time he was spending on his blog and not with me. He has since got a PS3, thus, I have got my laptop back and have decided to create my own blog.

Being female and ginger I think my blog will be full of girly things and ginger things! I don't really have a particular theme in mind, rather it will just be a blog about things I find interesting enough to talk about.