with reference to the skin lightening stuff in India, while I agree that a lot of that ties into the Indian caste system, but a huge part of is tied in strongly with the concept of 'brown englishmen' etc #brangelinajewelry
@rd2uk: I don't know, I saw skin lightening lotions all over Asia. I think it's just used to be a marker of wealth/beauty, like how it used to be cool to be overweight and pale in the US if you were wealthy and you weren't working all the time.
A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
@Heidi Lengdorfer: totally agree with both of you, just saying that in the case of india colonization plays a huuuuge role in people wanting to be lighter skinned/speaking english/wearig western clothes etc. obv theres loads of other factors that play into all of this, such as those that ya'll have mentioned. #brangelinajewelry
@graciousplum: I once bought Jimmy Choo heels at a second hand store. They were in great condition and only $30, so I couldn't believe my luck. When I got them home, I realized they are the most UNCOMFORTABLE shoes ever. It's not that they're painful; I've never worn them long enough to feel pain because they are literally impossible to walk in. Something about the balance is off. I cannot walk more than a couple of steps in them. And I am someone who taught myself to walk normally in 6" (no platform) fetish heels. I don't get it. #brangelinajewelry
@Oleander: I firmly believe that this, rather than all the talk on Sex and the City, is why Manolo Blahnik is more popular than Jimmy Choo. MBs are *really, really comfortable*. #brangelinajewelry
@girlgonemild: After all of the excitement when H&M finally opened a store in LA, I thought I would find all sorts of awesome things there. So far most of what I've seen has looked like it just stepped out of a time machine from 1986. #brangelinajewelry
I'm sorry but those are some butt-ugly necklaces Angelina. They look like that weird Lord of the Rings themed jewelry section in SkyMall magazines. #brangelinajewelry
Posh thoughts: Beck, I had the most horrible dream last night. You had hitler-hair, and I had space-samurai hair and everyone could see us in our underwear......creepy.
Posh - I've really got to pee, and these spanx-like underwear are not helping matters. Do you think he would notice if I just let it dribble out a little? There is so much body oil on me already.
Victoria: "Hmm. Deverbal nouns are verbs (or verb phrases) that have been nominalized with a nominalizing enclitic or converted into a noun through zero derivation (that is, verbs that are used syntactically as nouns without an added nominalizer)."
Victoria: Have you ever wondered if there's more to life than being ridiculously good-looking? David: Um, like WHAT, Victoria? Victoria: I don't know, like...helping people. David: Um, WHAT people, Victoria? Victoria: I don't know. PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP!
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A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
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I don't know anyone who buys $600 shoes! #brangelinajewelry
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Or maybe I'm just bitter that they don't carry shoes in my size. #brangelinajewelry
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We're So Down To Earth Plus 10?
Death of Logic and the English Language?
Mommy Dearest?
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David: "Bored now."
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As an aside, that is a pretty hot ad. I'd be smugly looking daggers at all and sundry if I got to pin Becks to a big pile of rope too.
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David: Um, like WHAT, Victoria?
Victoria: I don't know, like...helping people.
David: Um, WHAT people, Victoria?
Victoria: I don't know. PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP!
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The things you learn from Jezebel.
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