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Book Review of Blonde Like Me : The Roots of the Blonde Myth in Our Culture

Blonde Like Me : The Roots of the Blonde Myth in Our Culture
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Blonde Like Me was a very interesting book, detailing about the different shades of blonde and how they affect the women who wear that shade. For example, who knew that the color of winter sunshine was called Apollo Blonde and that Apollo Blondes are a combination of business woman and change-the-world? Or that Summer Wheat blondes were the homemakers and keepers of the hearth?

I have to admit that there are sections of the book that are superficial and perhaps even silly, but if you are a blonde (or live with blondes...know blondes...have a morbid curiosity) then you may enjoy this book. For the record, I was blonde as a child (for all those who have read the book-you know where this fits in!) and reading the book allowed me to see the various "shades" I had been...an innocent blonde when I was 18 and I'm now now an Apollo Blonde at 29...amazing the changes we blondes go through!