Good news for us dirty hippie types

Apparently, it is now acceptable and encouraged in mainstream fashion circles to make a lifestyle change of sorts: not washing one's hair, or, at the very least, washing it infrequently.

The "trend" has extended all the way to the southern hemisphere: Sydney radio host Richard Glover is encouraging his listeners to give up any sorta cleansing when it comes to their heads. 86% of people who have participated in the experiment claim that their hair looks the same, if not better, than when they regularly wash it. Says Glover: "We're tired of feeling like cogs in the machinery of consumption. There's this feeling of liberation to be able to say no to an entire aisle of the supermarket."

Fight the power! Did you know that "rinse and repeat" is a lie?! Check it out. It was necessary in the 50s, when people greased up their hair - have you seen the Fonz? These days, it's more of a ploy because 1) shampooing twice means using it up twice as fast and buying more sooner and 2) shampooing twice means your hair will be dry, necessitating more products!

Oh. Don't assume from the tone of this post that everyone in the Loj is totally filthy all the time with hair looking like oiled kelp - far from it. However, a lot of us have done enough "backpacking weeks," "finals = no shower no sleep weeks," and/or "can't find shampoo weeks" (being only human after all) that skipping a more than a day of hairwashing isn't so scary.

Successful/hott women who did not wash their hair every day: Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Queen Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Delilah, Calamity Jane, Amelia Earhart, Helen of Troy.