@RachelMadHo: Thank you! Why does no one ever remember that there are three levels of lying - "lies, damned lies and statistics." Plus, since this is a dating site,I'd be willing to bet that people are populating their profiles not with what they neccessarily really like and think, but what they think a prospective date would find appealing. I'm assuming this is mostly a straight site, so it may say as much or more about what women think men want in a woman and vice versa, rather than what they themselves are really like.
In the past year, I have bougth copies of Bust, Bitch, Lula, Coilhouse, Eliza, and Worn, but the ONLY mainstream fashion mag I laid down cash for was the Michelle Obama Vogue. I don't even take American Vogue out of the lirary any more, it's so boring, but I went to my local book shop every day from the official release date until the mag finally made it's way west from the distributors to make sure I got a copy! Oh, and I'm white. I also got a copy for a work mate (happens to be black) because she'd gotten me a copy of the President Obama Spider Man!
I think we can safely leave this response to Dorothy Parker, whom upon being waved ahead by a pretty young thing who told her "age before beauty" replied "yes, and pearls before swine."
Someone commented that they assumed Pleasnt CO. was sold to Mattel after founder Pleasant T. ROwland died - I looked it up, and accordign to Wikipedia, teacher and texbook author Rowland "founded the Pleasant Company, which manufactures the American Girl dolls and accessories, in 1986. Rowland was inspired to create the American Girl brand by a visit to Colonial Williamsburg; she felt that the dolls, books, and accessories would make history more tangible - and therefore more compelling - for young girls. Each doll is designed with a specific story, placing them in a specific historical time period.
Based in Middleton, Wisconsin, the company reached $350 million in sales in 2001, and is second only to Barbie in U.S. doll sales. She sold the Pleasant Company (now American Girl) to Mattel in 1998 for $770 million."
$770 Million. And no clause saving any of the characters!
Well, I suppose that the relative freedom of the hoop, vs. heavy layers of petticoats, could be "freeing" especially when combined with crotchless pantalettes(closed-crotch underwear imitated trousers and was terefore too masuline, you see). But I wonder how much that nifty combo was actually employed in acts of freedom?
I just sent this item to a friend who works at Google. Here is his response:
"Just for you, I have just sent an email to a bunch of very powerful people featuring the word 'clitoris'. Baring concerns of internal propriety and confidentiality, will let you know what happens."
Ladymag doth protest too much.
I got a free subscription last year without even having to buy anything from Urban Outiftters. The subscription ran out, and they sent me numerous letters asking me to please, please subscribe, which I wouldn't have as the mag was mostly crap, but they keep. sending. it. to. me. anyway. I can't get them to stop! Echoing some others here, so long as Bust stays (as close to Sassy as we get now), Nylon can go.
Yeah, my brother and I were Cricket readers, Highlights was strictly waiting room. But our real favorite was 321 Contact - my favorite issue ever (that I held on to for way to long and now regret ever tossing out)was the one with Mork from Ork on the cover. I do still have my Zoom! Kids Catalog, however.
Does "economically disadvantaged groups" include white, Jewish, northeastern, grad students? 'Cause I was there, baby.
And here I thougth I was so ahead of the trends when I canned my own fruit for the winter!
I'm totally safe, because I only shop at F21 with knock-off credit cards.
One of the dresses or skirt outfit, for sure. Take the red wedges and grey cardi and put them with the ink-blue swissdot to dress it down a bit (and warm it up inside air conditioning). Toss on a long gold necklace or three and you're set. Oh, and brown belt over cardi and brown bag.
Ok, had to see for myself - read the whole website. By the time I got to their Disclaimer page and Privacy page (links at bottom of main page), I was 99% certain this was a hoax. Then I clicked, from top of Privacy page, to their parnter site, ChildTrader, which claims to have made over 1000 families happy once they realized their child was not right for them and facilitated a swap. Now I'm 100% certian its a hoax.
I will be proud and honored to vote for Hilary Clinton for President in 2016!!!
We need EXACTLY what Jezebel describes here! I took home ec and shop (everyone at my school did both) but wasn't particularly great at either. My cooking parter and and I got docked a grade for eating our cookie dough raw. And I have never needed to sew a throw pillow to get along in my daily life, but learning how to make a realistic, stick-to-able budget would have been helpful. My younger sister asked me (when I was all growsd-up and living with my boyfriend) why she was super-smart in all her AP classes but felt like she had no basic life skills, like how to cook a chicken. So my boyfriend(now husband, and not just becasue of this) taught her!
My man can't stand SJP either, and yes, he thinks she's unattractive, but he says he can't stand her because he thinks she's phony. I sometimes think he is taking his subconsious anger about my vast shoe collection out on her, though. Which is fine with me! Plus he thinks Maggie Gyllenhall is sexy, and not just beacuse I think so too, which he also finds sexy.
Wow, the Axe-effect must be really working for these guys.
I love and re-read the Anne books every few years - they are like a nice vacation. I read them all as a girl, but had to stop halfway through Anne's House of Dreams when I was about 14 - I couldn't bear for her to grow up. I finally finished it and the rest of the books up through Rilla of Ingleside and the short story collections) when I was in my late twenties, and now I love being able to relate to Anne as an adult too! But for pure contrariness and ambition, I love the Emily books even more.
