(very late to the party) I have noticed that you have been posting many photos of Indian women lately and LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it. It's foolish, I know, but as an Indian woman I always think, "Ooh! They're talking to me!"
A man with a trolley used to sell these in our village in India when I went there. They tasted gross! It's crushed ice with a load of syrup flavoured with fake flavours. I guess if you like reaaaally sweet stuff then they're ok.
@sabi: that sounds like a snow cone, which is a common item sold from ice cream trucks everywhere in the US. lots of people like them, especially kids, and especially because of their fake, sticky sweetness.
@GirlTakeItEasy: I had the exact same thought. Isn't it funny how that phrase so perfectly encapsulates a kind of longing for simple, childlike pleasure?
I'm currently G chatting (note: not working) with my friend right now about how much we love ice cream. Also, how that love didn't lessen as we got older. Then I refreshed Jezebel and this came up! Mmm Icies!
@Ailatan: One of my favorite perks of adulthood is being able to eat ice cream whenever I want. Hungover? Ice cream for breakfast. See Mr. Softee in Union Square? Don't have to ask your mom for change.
i mean, as much as i love these photos of pretty indian women enjoying their lives, it seems a little strange to me, dont you think? like, wow look at those indian women doing normal things like voting, playing in the water on a hot day, enjoying ice cream!! its like we are almost surprised by it when we really shouldn't be. perhaps i am being overly critical and if so, i apologize. but it seems like this photo in particular has no particular value to it (its not particularly beautiful or interesting like the previous indian photos) other than to show indian women, well, being normal people.
@sugarpea: But aren't all Snap Judgments just pictures of pretty women (and sometimes handsome men) doing random things? I get your point, but it's also kind of refreshing to see some non-white women in a Snap Judgment.
@JessaFields: They are usually famous people, though.
I was assuming that a Jezebel editor was in India and that's why we were getting the pictures, but now I see the Getty credit I think I also don't "get it".
@sugarpea: I don't think you need to apologize but I do think you are overthinking things. We are starting to put more photos of women from news agencies on the site in addition to celebrity/paparazzi photo; photos that are aesthetically pleasing, or newsy, or depicting women outside of the U.S., or all of the above. These pics are not intended to have nor are they presented with any sort of "surprise" or "wow" factor; in fact, if that's what comes up for you, I'd suggest that you question your own assumptions... and recognize that the idea of "value" is subjective.
@sugarpea: I think its pretty-- it reminds me of all those life magazine through the eras photos-- I would love to see more random women in random places in pretty pics.
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/gross, yet relevant if you've ever watched SATC.
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...Also, did this photo make anyone else think briefly of River Tam? "My food is promblematic..."
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I was assuming that a Jezebel editor was in India and that's why we were getting the pictures, but now I see the Getty credit I think I also don't "get it".
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