Whoopie Goldberg has a famous stand up comedy bit about how every little black girl has put a towel on their head and pretended it was long straight hair. When I was the age that most black girls were when doing this there was a new eastern import into American television. Sailor Moon; a Japanese animated show with a relatable cast of tween girls fight evil monsters. Changes were made to the show to "protect" western children. In actuality it was to prevent Japanese influence on young American children. One of these changes focused on the western beauty of the character Sailor Venus; something that IO internalized. At a young age I became aware that this character's look had societal benefits and chose to identify with this character instead of one that matched my personality, as the show intended. Not only did I become aware that I was somehow lacking the western values associated with this “beauty” but I also understood that someone like me was not intended to be the main character; choosing to identify with Sailor Venus instead of the also blonde title character of the show Sailor Moon.