Guy at the gym: Excuse me, (shy) I was just listening to Lauren Hill on my iPod and I think you look a lot like her. I think she's very beautiful. I'm Joe (extends hand)...
Me: (Giggle, but thinking I look NOTHING like no Lauren Hill).
He was a nice enough guy so I didn't give him any flack.
I was called Tatyana Ali once in high school, but I didn't understand how or why.
Thankfully, I don't get many accidental celebrity sightings.
Good comeback!A so-called friend called me Jimi Hendrix once when I wore my afro with a headband.nono: In response to that, I called him "George Jefferson" because of his receding hairline.
Damn. You think Macy gray is hot? she has no neck. I would be offended to OP.
YES! I GET THAT ALLL THE TIME! It really pisses me off because I realize they're CLEARLY not even looking at me when they say it. They're looking JUST at the fact that I'm Black with natural hair. When people look at ME, I actually get some good ones, like Vanessa Williams or, for the last couple years, Stacey Dash.
To each her own. OP, I can understand why you feel like you do. This is the honest to goodness truth of how I deal with stuff like this IRL. I do not respond to anyone who calls me out of my name. No, really. A few years ago BM did not refer to BW as B****** or H***. I know most of you were born after that time period though. Then (after the rise of certain artists) it was nothing to be at a club and have some dude call you out of your name. Then it became cute to do it out and about. Then it became cute for women to refer to each other this way. If you don't respond to ppl, they get the message loud and clear w/o violence. So, just like I would never turn around to address a man calling out "Hey H*", I would never acknowledge anyone referring to me as **insert random celebrity or well-known persona** either. There’s an old adage that says if the shoe fits wear it. On the flip side the h* or b**** shoe never fit so I don’t respond to that. I think at your age I would feel the way you do too but as I’ve since learned not to let my feelings lead me b/c they change too rapidly from situation to situation. Like Ronnie said up post I've found life has so many real things worth being upset over. This is not one of them.
I don't think she's attractive. That's why i get upset.
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KCcurly Please don't get mad at me but I HOWLED when I read thisSomeone called me Maxwell one time and I was pissed off because I couldn't even get compared to a female celebrity? Whatever.
In hindsight, I'm not as angry.
You're overreacting.
I've been called (and chased on a train) everyone from Mel B (scary spice) to Kelis to Beyonce all because of my hair style/colour. I take it as a compliment and a way that people use to identify with you, they pick whoever they know/think is hot and associate you with that, its not serious.
KCcurly Please don't get mad at me but I HOWLED when I read this
At least Maxwell is a handsome man
I think you have to pick your battles. You can't waste the time, effort and energy it takes to get mad at a bunch of random people. I got called Brandy all growing up, and now at 32, I STILL get called that, even though I have NEVER in life worn braid extensions. Because I have a "bubbly" personality, I got compared to Blossom from way back in the day, and she's white. I've on occasion been compared to Kelly Rowland, which I really don't mind because we have similar body shapes. I personally don't think I look like Brandy, I don't find her particularly attractive, but I presume it's always been meant as a compliment so I choose not to stress over it.
You don't need to defend yourself or your hair to anyone. Eventually I think it'll stop bothering you, but it may take more time. Just do you, KIM, and stop stressing. There are PLENTY of things in life to stress about, this just isn't one of them, IMO.
I went from Whitney Houston to Magic Johnson to Lion King. The Lion King thing gave me an identity crisis. He's yellow and he's not human and he's blond!
(lol)
I've been called African Mama, and Lauren Hill, Erika Badu and all kinda names, people giving me the power fist and telling me something that always has to end with "sista", quite annoying...all over an afro. Smh..and of course right after asking me if it's real, since for some odd reason people in the area I live in don't think afro's are real and are surprised by any sort of "afro-textured" hair.
i'm waiting for the day someone callls me sideshow bob -i'll probably thank them for comparing me to my longtime hair idol