Comments on: BAD BANGS

By: S J

S J — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:35:07 +0000

This blog is fun. Not even a member of the clergy, myself, but I read this for fun. And, yippee, I have no worries about 80s curled under bangs, as curl and my hair are not part of the same picture. If it is cut properly, and the guy who did my last cut seems to be an artist (!) it slightly CURVES under at the sides, and the bangs curve toward my
head.

And, I just love the phrase “Festival of Inappropriate Sharing”…

By: hafidha sofia

hafidha sofia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:42:06 +0000

I haven’t seen anyone with those curled up bangs in a loooong time, hard to believe anyone is still (or newly) walking around wearing them! Then again, I didn’t think “jellies” would come back, and I’ve seen a few people in those. Not churchwear!

By: K

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:20:27 +0000

I don’t even know what to say about the comment above me, but I am curious why people would take issue with the bangs-curled-under thing. Obvs. the offending hairstyle looks like rolled sausage hanging out on people’s foreheads, not Jennifer Garner bangs. This looks good on no one, and it should be pointed out that this style is dreadful, not to mention completely out-of-date. It is, indeed, a public service announcement.

By: LHL

LHL — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:49:10 +0000

I love this blog. That is all.

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:49 +0000

I came across the blog because I am married to a member of the clergy. Is it ok to share opinions because you seem to have a lot of them. You seem to be able to give advice and be critical of people who write in but when people disagree or try to as funny as you are (and you are funny) - you come down hard on them. Can't people writing in have things to say? You can dish it out but you can't take it as they say. Where do you get the time/money to do all that shopping? I'm concerned you might have a shopping addiction. Seeking for that product that will make you happier. One of your articles talked about approaching a clergy wife if she wasn't projecting the right image. Are you serious? How rude. If that happened to me (and I can't imagine anyone member of our congregation's leaders doing so- they know the boundries- When you are preaching people are not focused on you, they are in worship and not focused on your footware or eyeliner. Yes, I have met female ministers who could dress better, but its what they DO and not what they look like that is important in their work. Aren't you afraid that members of your church read your articles? Don't you want your personal life private? If my husband talked about this personal stuff and members of our church read it I would be embarrassed and betrayed. You talk about boundries. Take some of your own advice and be careful what you say here and keep your private life private. My husband and I work hard to keep our family life our own since we live right next to the church and our children need their privacy. Bless you in your search for happiness. [Dear Noel Christenson, I'm so pleased that you're such a paragon of personal privacy in your own life. Congratulations on keeping your "private life" private. Although as one who believes that life is life, and that there's no need to be so all-fired concerned with PRIVATE LIFE if one has no secrets to keep, I don't see the big fuss. Ministry is about all of one's self - the integration of a whole person in the service of God's creation. Your anxious cautions that I should be careful of what I say sounds a lot like your own fear speaking. As a pastor's wife, I'm sure you have to be very careful what you say, and I'm sorry about that. What you seem not to have realized, and I attribute this simply to lack of sense of humor, is that PeaceBang is a wilder, more outspoken, flamboyant version of the Rev. Victoria Weinstein -- for heaven's sake, do you think I talk about shoes and lip gloss in church? C'mon, girl, put your thinking cap on a bit more snuggly. What I'm after in this advice column is to entertain and to de-frumpify the clergy. Simply put, darling, you can't engage hard-working religious professionals in a conversation about public image without making it FUN and FABULOUS! So no, PeaceBang dishes it out and can't take it, because she's PEACEBANG! Peace...BANG. Get it? No, I guess you don't. I'm sorry that you're so naive as to think that people in worship are not focused on footwear or eyeliner -- in fact, readers of this blog could give you dozens of examples of how wrong you are. If you took the time to read more of the blog you would know that ministers have comments and critiques leveled at them about their appearance every day the Lord hath made. As far as "boundries" go (and the correct spelling is "boundaries"), I've got good ones, but PeaceBang doesn't. She doesn't need to. She's my alter-ego and savvy readers (including my congregants) know that. Now, Noel Christiansen, how about your prissy, judgmental attitude and statements? Gee, I hope you don't go around your own parish diagnosing people with a shopping addiction just because they enjoy shopping. I hope you don't think it's appropriate to judge how anyone else spends their hard-earned money as you have judged me. I hope you don't inflict your humorless, clueless reading of a community (and this blog is an on-line community) as freely as you have here, and to accuse people of character defects based on no knowledge of them. I hope you don't think that closing your scolding little letter (aren't *you* worried that people might see this letter and think that you're a real sour-puss?) with the word "blessing" excuses the nasty, judgmental content. Lighten up, kid. The world is tough enough as it is. - PB]

By: joii

joii — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:33:31 +0000

…?
…!

I just got myself some bangs, too, so what the heck are you saying, curled under? Can we get more specific datas on this supposed fashion crime being committed?
Furthermore, if it looks good on ya, it’s good for ya, and what the *rest* of the world is doing can go hang.

personal opinion. [Why would you want more "specific data" if you don't care what the rest of the world thinks? Why would I bother? - PB]

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:58:30 +0000

Shoot! I was hoping for a photo! [I know... I wish I could. But the two examples I found were of clergywomen. - PB]

By: K

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:10:13 +0000

*applause*

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:08:59 +0000

Wait, by curled do you mean the 80 curling iron curl thing that many of us have buried pictures of, or when they sweep across your forehead a la jennifer garner?

http://beauty.about.com/od/bangswelove/ss/celebbangs_6.htm

Panicking at her new bangs that she tried for the first time in 20 years,
Carol

[The curled-under thing either committed with iron or brush. Jennifer Garner's are beautiful! Relax, girl. - PB]

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:00 +0000

LOL you are hilarious!