Brotherhood of Bald People

Bald Is Hot: The Mission Director In Sturgis

bbpw — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:04:16 -0500

The Mission Director, his son Tyris, and family friend Alex get a picture taken with Corinne Doherty, Miss Renegade Classics @ Sturgis 2009:

What Women Think: Bald Can Be Sexy

bbpw — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:29 -0500

We get a lot of hits on the website from people searching keywords like "Women's opinions of bald men". Well, here's a pic of Mike with a couple of ladies at the St. Paul Saints game last summer. Looks like the ladies are liking his bald head just fine:

Bald Pride: The New Logo T's are Here

bbpw — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:30:59 -0500

The new logo t-shirts are a favorite around town. The front side of the T's show off the Brotherhood logo while the back side says: "Finally I found a Hairstyle I Like". Here's a pic of the Mission Director sporting the new look.

Click Here to find the New Logo T's in the Online Store

The Brotherhood Heads "Back to the 50's"

bbpw — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:45:17 -0500

Mike will be set up at the "Back to the 50's" Classic Car Show at the MN State Fairgrounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - June 19, 20 &21st. The booth will feature sales of our new car design t-shirt "A Head Above the Rest". For those of you who are planning to be there, make sure to stop by and say "Hi!" to the Mission Director! I'll be taking pictures and video to post on the website next week. In the meantime, here's a little clip I found on YouTube from last years show:

Newest T-Shirt Design Unveiled

bbpw — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:00:29 -0500

Here is the newest T-shirt design. The shirts will be available for purchase in the online store on June 22, 2009:

Noah Gets A Brotherhood T-Shirt

bbpw — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:21:46 -0500

A special thank you goes out to Noah's family for allowing us to post these pictures. Noah recently went through medical treatments for cancer. A friend of the family purchased Brotherhood t-shirts for Noah and his dad (who shaved his head in support of his son). We've heard that Noah "loves that shirt and always gets compliments on it--people love it, too!":

The Brotherhood donates t-shirts to Children's Hospital, but the goal is to find a company that will sponsor the line so the shirts can be given out to children all over the country.

Vicki Neis, a child life specialist at Children's Hospital, said the Brotherhood t-shirts help children with cancer feel accepted. "People are concerned when they see a child with no hair, but if they're wearing the T-shirt it says, 'I do know I'm bald, but you don't have to worry,' " Neis said.

Hair Loss: Who Discriminates More, Men or Women?

bbpw — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:43:45 -0500

From "The Cueball Chronicles" by Suzy Hansen:

Hansen asks: Who discriminates more, men or women?

Kuntzman answers: Very glad you asked me that. There are academic studies that deal with this, and I updated them for my book as well. Men are much more likely to think of bald men in negative terms than women are.

Hansen: Do bald men know that?

Kuntzmann: No, that's the problem. The results are quite shocking and should hearten bald men around the world. I'm trying desperately - and hopefully with this interview - to get these results out because not enough bald men know. I've sent it to the Associated press but for some reason they just didn't have the guts to prove it.

So here's the latest results. Only 30 percent of women who responded to the poll thought of bald men as old or unattractive, while a whopping 69 percent of male respondents described bald men with the same unflattering terms. Only 30 percent of women thought that a man becomes less attractive as he loses his hair while 60 percent of men thought so. Two-thirds of women said that a bald man and a man with hair are equally attractive, while only 36 percent of men felt the same way. Men are much more inclined to think of bald men - and therefore themselves - as less sexy.

Hansen: Is it a locker room thing?

Kuntzmann: Men are conditioned to think of baldness as the first sign that they're getting old. And men and women are vain in slightly different ways. With men, being thought of as old is totally connected to their own virility. It always has been. Bald men are seen as less virile. All the typical signs of male aging such as less strength, less ability to run the bases in a softball game, inability to get an erection or inability to remember things - these things happen much later in life. But when the hair goes, sometimes in the 20's or 30's, that's the first sign that they're getting old. Women, whose hair loss happens so much later in life, have a totally different way of thinking of themselves as old.

None of the women responded - out of hundreds of responses - that the word "failure" pops into their mind when they see a bald man, but 10 percent of the male respondents said that word pops into their head when they see a bald man.

To read the full interview: http://archive.salon.com/books/int/2001/05/31/bald/index3.html

Video: Larry David Hires Bald Chief

bbpw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:08:56 -0500

Headblade Video: Combover Intervention

bbpw — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:12:10 -0600

14 Great Reasons To Shave Your Head

bbpw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:29:34 -0600

As he celebrates the one-year anniversary of his first head shave, Brotherhood Member Dominic Perino shares the changes that have happened to him since making that decision:

Well, today is my one year anniversary since I first decided to shave my head. For all of those out there on the fence, I have decided to list everything that has changed as a result of shaving...if it get's too long, sorry.

1. Not worried about any weather condition, wind, or wearing a hat that would mess my hair up.

2. I have ridden lots of rollercoasters/amusment park stuff with my wife--don't have to worry about the hair.

3. Gone to the beach all last summer, swimming, pool parties etc and never worried about my hair.

4. Learned to ride and bought a mototcycle--I can ride anytime, anywhere without worrying about messing my hair up.

5. Have EMCEE'd numerous functions and don't have to worry if "can they tell how bad my hair is thinning", which did affect my performance in the past--people have told me "WOW, that was awesome--you were never like that before you shaved your head".

6. People look into my eyes when they talk to me, and I know whether they are being "real" or not.

7. Got some cool nicknames like "Skeletor" and "Captain America"

8. Get much more sleep than I used to--shaving it every day is EASY, and takes much less time.

9. I actually sleep on long airplane rides--no worries on messing the hair up.

10. I have Phillies/Flyers season tickets, and I can now wear hats or ball caps to games and I no longer avoid or worry about removing my hat when the national anthem is played.

11. Can go to the gym and shower there afterwords because I don't need the time or have the worries of my hair.

Now the IMPORTANT ONES:

12. My family and friends treat me the same, and I can be more relaxed and my real self comes out more because I am not worried about my hair.

13. I have learned that superficial things are not important--it is what's in the heart that matters.

14. And MOST IMPORTANT, my wife of 19 years loves me just the same. And, I have taken a stressor away--the stress of not going out or avoiding places/things because of my insecurity about my hair is gone! She loves having the real me back again.

So to some of those on the fence, you may be able to relate...for me, my life has become much less complicated and I am having much more fun since I decided to shave one year ago...it doesn't even feel like a whole year has gone by...

Dominic