Post: #1

Just saw this article on manbuns on Broadly, an online mag that's part of the VICE network. Not sure if it really warrants its own thread, but this shit is just too ridiculous, it really reads like The Onion:

Quote:Man Buns Are Good and Decent

Quote:Since time immemorial, men have been gathering their hair into round shapes atop their head. The practice will outlive all the haters.

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Quote:Though the man bun discourse is only five years old, the hairstyle itself is far from new. It dates back "thousands of years," according to E-J Scott, a fashion historian.

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Quote:"We should think about styles like the 'man-bun' as complex symbols of international harmony and understanding amongst men," he said, thought-provokingly.

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Quote:Today, the man bun is weighted with hyper-specific connotations about a certain breed of masculinity: Guys were first indicted for the bun because the style was associated with the traditional dress of "hipsters.

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Quote:When asked what drew them to the highly controversial hairstyle, other men who choose to wear buns have similarly simple answers. A young man, David feels an attachment to his hair as expression of his identity—which is pretty much how everyone with hair feels. "I especially love the labor of caring for long hair," David told me.

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Quote:Since David's hair has now grown well past shoulder length, he says, he's experienced "an elevated level of verbal harassment from men. "This past Sunday a group of drunk men in my neighborhood in Brooklyn were yelling at me for the span of almost half a block as I was walking," he said. David can only recall one positive instance when a man interacted with his hair. It occurred within a drug store: A young man approached David to tell him that he thought his hair was beautiful, and that he wanted to learn how to grow the same. David kindly "directed him toward some supplements."

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Quote:According to many of the man bun–wearers I spoke with, this bizarre scrutiny of their hair isn't just about hating hipsters. It's also about discomfort with a seemingly atypical display of masculinity. "Society has a problem with feminine attributes on men," Timothy argued. "We are uncomfortable if men seem like women."

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Quote:"I would personally never choose to gender my bun," said David. "I am really not interested in policing anything anyone does with their body."

If you look at the other articles that are published on Broadly you get an idea why so many young people are fucked in the head in the US.

Post: #2

My friend had a manbun, he probably still does, I just don't have a friend anymore.

Post: #3

http://www.manbunhairstyle.net/

To me its just a girl with a beard.

Post: #4

As ridiculous as this style might look ive seen those types of guys with some VERY high quality girls out here in Germany.

Post: #5

A samurai's topknot (the knotted hair in a bun on the top of his head) was considered a potent symbol of masculinity. If an enemy cut off the topoknot of a samurai, that was considered the ultimate humiliation.

This cultural point appeared in one of the best postwar Japanese samurai films, which I wrote about a while back.

Post: #6

(Today 08:12 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:  A samurai's topknot (the knotted hair in a bun on the top of his head) was considered a potent symbol of masculinity. If an enemy cut off the topoknot of a samurai, that was considered the ultimate humiliation.

Beat me to it. I've accused Faggy Hipster Manbunned Musos of Cultural Appropriation before for shits 'n' giggles. They had no comeback.

There's also the issue of Traction Alopecia:

Quote:"It's really, really common," Jackson, Mississippi, dermatologist Sabra Sullivan told Mic. "I see it probably once or twice a week." The condition, which causes acute baldness around the forehead and temples, is a direct result of hairstyles that pull the hair over long periods of time.

"They're putting traction on the hair follicles that the hair is not really meant to take," Sullivan said, adding the behavior could lead to follicle death plus permanent scarring. "Traction alopecia in men is becoming more common," she said and agreed that man buns were at least partly to blame.

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I have noticed through my extensive reading that the man-bun is rather an ancient style in South Asia (northern India) and there must be more to do this but unfortunately the research is not there.


Old Pakistani Punjabi movie


Buddha statue


Maharishi Bhrighu (a really ancient and famous sage)


Sikhs also wear it under their turbans.

It seems to be quite prominent in that region especially with high-status, prestigious and perhaps demonstrates masculinity and virility. I just always found that really interesting and little documented. I am not sure if this is paralled in other parts of the world.

Post: #8

(Today 08:19 PM)AnonymousBosch Wrote:  There's also the issue of Traction Alopecia:

Quote:"It's really, really common," Jackson, Mississippi, dermatologist Sabra Sullivan told Mic. "I see it probably once or twice a week." The condition, which causes acute baldness around the forehead and temples, is a direct result of hairstyles that pull the hair over long periods of time.

"They're putting traction on the hair follicles that the hair is not really meant to take," Sullivan said, adding the behavior could lead to follicle death plus permanent scarring. "Traction alopecia in men is becoming more common," she said and agreed that man buns were at least partly to blame.

Nail on the head scalp.

Post: #9

I swear I used to have a Vice TV channel, but can't find it now.

You could scroll through the schedule of shows, and it was just liberal after liberal. It was only shows about abortion or disenfranchised indigenous peoples, or a mixture of the two. Then they had sports, but it was things such as Frisbee golf or Prius racing. The only time they talked about regular sports was if disenfranchised indigenous people were playing them.

I guess its gone.

Aloha!

Post: #10

Vice is a piece of fucking shit. I don't even want to get into the many personal reasons why I loathe that fucking piece of trash outlet.