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Mike Rose doesn’t just look at things as a whole, he separates them then digs deeper into situations. Rose spent time one day with the stylists and was quite surprised from what he saw. He noticed that women today don’t pay attention to what they look like and they rely more on their hair stylists for opinions. Rose states “Hairstyling takes place within a twenty-five-billion-dollar beauty industry, that, at the least, fosters the need for products and services, and, in many respects, has created the conditions for a terrible exploitation of desire.” He was surprised that the stylists worked to suit their own cultural and aesthetic ideals. The hair stylists will tell their customers what looks good and bad and what they should or shouldn’t get.
To me, Mike Rose really analyzes things. He looks at “work” in so many different ways. I like the way that Rose breaks apart each idea and analyzes them to make it bigger. Its unique the way he makes points to show what work is and how people handle it. He talks about everything from how people bring their culture into work and all the different opportunities people have in life. Mike Rose made me realize how important a stylist’s job is. I think it depends on where you go to get your hair cut. Right before I left for my senior trip to Florida, I decided I wanted to get a haircut. I went to a local chain Hair Cuttery near my house. When I went home and dried my hair I noticed that my hair was cut on a huge slant. Not only was I annoyed that it was on a slant but I was also embarrassed because everyone could notice. I think it’s very important to have a hair salon that you trust and enjoy going to instead of dreading the final looks of your new hair cut.


By Brittany Hargrove