Morgan+G’s+2017+OpEd+Article

Do not use the term //blonde// negatively.

Blondes. Why is it that the first thing that comes to mind is an uneducated girl who is only interested in her looks? It is ridiculous to think that people are automatically judged by the color of their hair, especially us blondes. Blondes are categorized as having more fun than other girls. How do you come to this conclusion? Just because my hair is blonde does not mean that I am some party animal that has plans every weekend. Personally I have never attended an actual party! - guess that makes me a bad blonde. My plans consist of staying cooped up inside all day doing homework and chores or out at a volleyball tournament.

We are not "dumb blondes"! A test run by the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth tested people's IQ's between 14 and 21 years of age. The tests revealed that blonde haired women are in fact smarter than those with black, red, or brown hair. The findings showed that blondes had an average IQ of 103.2, compared to 102.7 for those with brown hair, 101.2 for those with red hair and 100.5 for those with black hair.

In the movie Legally Blonde, Elle Woods is your stereotypical blonde, she is pretty, she wears pink, she's president of her sorority, and she dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus. The problem with Woods is that her boyfriend breaks up with her for being "too blonde". Her boyfriend finds her too immature and not smart enough to be with him. Woods is offended and proves her now ex-boyfriend wrong by waltzing into law school and winning over the top case. Woods proves everyone wrong by achieving what others never thought she could. Woods showed us that just because her hair is blonde, does not mean she is incapable of doing things that any average person else can do.

I am a blonde who went through the GATE academy while in elementary and middle school and am currently enrolled in honors and AP classes. I am not letting the title //blonde// take a toll on how I live my life.

//Blonde//, as defined by Urban Dictionary, is a stereotype - taken as either an insult or compliment - Positive and Negative ways: - Negative (said by non-blondes): meaning a highly unintelligent, hyperactive, annoying, loud, generally self-loving and arrogant 'person'. - Positive (usually said by themselves, sometimes with regular spelling and/or grammar errors): More intelligent than non-blondes, More sexy than non-blondes, Bigger breasts (if female) than non-blondes, more of a fun life than non-blondes, generally better people than non-blondes. What did we do to make us seem so stupid? Who is the blonde that ruined it for the rest of us? Who came up with the first blonde joke? Please introduce me to this mofo so I can give them a piece of my mind.