I’m a man and rock a low pony. But my beard is white and I’m more like a Journeyman by now. And I’m an upholsterer, but same diff.
i have no idea what this means
Low ponytails were a common feature of men’s fashion in Colonial-era America. The Original OP is saying that sometimes their low ponytail makes them look androgynous instead of the look they were aiming for.
Serious question: when did the “colonial-era” stop in the US?
Shortly after we stopped being a colony.
I say that almost unironically - colonial fashion was already getting heavier influence by European trends, with the increasing cultural and economic integration of the American colonies, by the time the American Revolutionary War happened (hence the mocking lyrics of “Yankee Doodle” - “The Americans are trying to imitate European style! What plebeians! Dohohohoho!”). With the French Revolution sending shockwaves through European fashion, and frontier expansion and the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s giving precedence to more ‘utilitarian’ styles (such as short hair for men, and heavier overcoats for protection from the elements) in the USA, colonial fashion was on its way out basically since we started being a ‘real’ country.
Good read
Ok yes. Although this “we” that stopped being a colony is of course always a bit tricky.
To Native Americans and black people it didn’t matter so much whether the people that killed and exploited them could keep the loot to themselves, or whether they were required to send some of it to Europe.
I guess the point is that settler colonialism is still colonialism.
The land is still stolen, and the wealth is still built on slavery.
As is much of the wealth in Europe of course.
I sincerely thought it was slang for vagina.
New slang unlocked
In that case, I would unironically love to know what you thought “young man in colonial America” and “woodworking apprenticeship” were slang for!
I was very confused.
oh i thought it was a yoga thing
I think it’s about wearing one’s hair in a ponytail tied at the bottom by the nape of the neck, more commonly a men’s style.
Jokes on you, I think eager young colonial american woodworking apprentices are cute too.
Remember kids: men are not cute
source?
I don’t have to remind myself not to find men cute
