Ginger and loving it

Official disclaimer: I love being a carrot top. Forget what you've heard about blondes: Redheads have all the fun. We look good in green, are in the hair color minority (1 percent, according to some estimates) and get a lot of attention on St. Patrick's Day. Really, though, my strawberry-blonde locks are just part of who I am. Although I've never fully forgiven my Kindergarten teacher for making me use tacky orange construction paper for my hair when we were working on self-portraits, I do love being an example that the myth about redheads having fiery tempers is not true. (Don't believe anything Brian tells you that indicates otherwise.) Apparently, having red hair is not such a good thing if you live in Britain, where "ginger" is a derogatory word. Wondering what exactly a "ginger" is? You could probably waste quite a bit of time reading definitions at Urban Dictionary.

Most of my favorite redheads come from literature and movies. They include: Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, the Weasley family and Lily Potter (Harry's mom), Mary-Jane Watson (Mrs. Spider-Man), Ariel and that elusive little redheaded girl from Charlie Brown.