I am all for man buns. Here’s why.
For large stretches of my life I have had short hair. This means that for most of my life I have not had to worry about how to keep my hair out of my face, but now that it is closer to shoulder length I need a way to keep it out of my face, that means the bun.
I will be honest. I do not do the bun particularly well. Often it is uneven and in some stage of falling out, but it is a practical hairstyle. I can’t even deal with going to the gym with hair in my face. If I can don the bun then my male counterpart, many with great fashion sense, sure can as well, Leo DeCaprio’s thinning mess notwithstanding.
Time magazine’s Brian Moylan wrote “what used to be a look that showed a guy who was sensitive and unafraid to sport what could be considered a feminine affection now looks like a douchebag who is trying to fit in with what men’s magazines are telling him the cool guys are doing.” Really? You’d think in 2015 and in a liberal magazine we’d have moved past the whole girls have long hair, boys have short hair idea. Trying too hard? Welcome to the real world. We’re all trying too hard about something. Buns are a trend, get used to it.
Jared Leto’s amazing bun is no longer with us, but never fear there are still many tumblr and pinterest pages filled with men and their buns. For guys there are many youtube videos for the how to do’s of the bun.
They express a great sense of style and personality. They make a statement and as we all know self-expression is the key to making you standout.
If I can be allowed to don what was vaguely inspired by a bun, after staying up half the night writing an essay to my 8:00 a.m. class, then all the men (and women) on campus who have great and stylish looking hair have a right to do so.
Feminism means equality for all genders, so if a woman can do it so can a man, and vice versa.
Bring on the bun.
