Drybar Is My Nemesis

No, I don’t feel empowered by sparkly gold blow dryers masquerading as self-care

Emily J. Smith
Human Parts
Published in
7 min readAug 21, 2019

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Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images

II heard a statistic once that said men think about sex every seven seconds. This seemed absurd to the point of unbelievability — until I realized that I think about my hair exactly that often. In fact, I think about my hair more than anything else in my life. If I know you — even if I like you…

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Emily J. Smith
Human Parts

Writer and tech professional. My debut novel, NOTHING SERIOUS, is out Feb '25 from William Morrow / HarperCollins (more at emjsmith.com).