Christina Hendricks has Passion and We Want Her to be a Spaceman.

Mad Men star’s Christina Hendricks is known for one thing – her flaming red hair.  A sort of messiah to red heads everywhere, Hendricks has made it her calling to stifle the negative comments directed at the Scots-Irish who were fortunate enough to be born with molten locks of sexuality. 

At the turn of the twentieth century, the notorious Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls brought in an ugly era of bigotry against the Irish in the United States.  What has been glorified and held up as “traditional” is entrenched in bigoted overgeneralizations of citizens who were coming to America for a better livelihood.  Putting this in perspective, this era coincided with the “No Irish” signs that permeated the United States when many Irish were immigrating to this country.

In 2005, the tide finally began to turn when Hendricks was showcased as a capable, independent manager at Mad Men’s advertising firm, Sterling Silver.  Bringing dignity back to a community mistreated by the public, Hendricks was able to overcome bigotry that has long been mocked by such as South Park, which specifically targeted and discriminated against “gingers” – a slur which has somehow managed to root itself in the mainstream media.  

Since her arrival into the limelight, Hendricks has done all she can to shed light on issues that affect the lives of redheads.  For instance, Pacific Sun and Pantene Pro-V offer over 44 shades of “blonde” shades for men and women who want to dye their hair collectively.  Similarly, these companies give individuals wishing for a brunette tint over 37 distinct options and 19 options for people who wish for the dark(ish) black tints.  If you wish to dye your hair red or a different shade of red you only have four options.  Four options to choose from if you want to dye your hair red compared with 19 options if you wanted to dye your hair black(ish).

Hendricks has proven herself in the public’s eye to be more than a character than she play’s on a top-rated television show.  She is an inspiration.  She is hope for a group of people that had no one carrying their banner, until in walks a smart, capable, and intelligent woman on a TV show set in the 1960s.

It’s no wonder that whenever any of us thinks of the red head from Mad Men the first thing we think of is her advocacy on behalf of  redheads everywhere.  No longer is it Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.  Today it is Proud Ann and Proud Andy.