tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post6043798192939479611..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: "[T]hey really cut out a lot of the hard work, time and sweat that I put into D.J.’ing."Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-11326714385018338602012-09-26T17:02:05.816-04:002012-09-26T17:02:05.816-04:00Ah, OK, sorry about misinterpreting. The "Evi...Ah, OK, sorry about misinterpreting. The "Evidently" came across to me like this was the first evidence you'd seen of its being something to complain about.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-83310233033691305912012-09-24T15:12:17.121-04:002012-09-24T15:12:17.121-04:00PG, your comment illustrates why the links-roundup...PG, your comment illustrates why the links-roundup approach doesn't always properly convey tone. I totally get this problem, and even think I've blogged about it on many occasions. Re: kids' sizing, its peculiarity these days is that even a (short) woman with definitive curves can wear quite a bit of it. (The hormones in dairy our kids are consuming? Childhood obesity more generically?) <br /><br />But what I was referring to was more what it means that Christina Hendricks's build was being referred to as an imperfection she miraculously gets around, and not, you know, one of the two versions of the female body our society idealizes (skinny and straight-up-and-down or hourglass). <br /><br />In a non-links-roundup post, I'd have mused on whether it's good or bad for women that there are these two ideals - it increases the number of women approximating one or the other, but also makes it so that any woman deemed 'what men like' is thought to look bad in clothes, and any woman thought to look good in clothes is deemed 'what men don't like.'Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-37142417539515268412012-09-24T13:29:29.996-04:002012-09-24T13:29:29.996-04:00It's presumably at least as much something to ...It's presumably at least as much something to complain about, in terms of expense and inconvenience in purchasing clothing (and especially undergarments), as being so tiny overall that the best-fitting clothes for one are in the children's section. There are several major brands that categorically don't fit women with big chests and small waists, no matter what size you buy. And getting shirts and dresses tailored more narrowly at the waist is far more expensive than getting sleeves, pant legs, skirts hemmed up to be the correct length on a short person.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com