Rant

Fighting wrong messages with more wrong messages.

I came across this article as I was browsing reddit. Basically, it’s criticizing Victoria’s Secret for making real women feel bad about themselves by using models with unrealistic body types. Sure, it’s true that most women don’t have the bodies that those models have and that it usually takes a LOT of dedication, control and [...]

Oprah is EVIL

My therapist and I randomly fell into a discussion about Oprah Winfrey. I was surprised to find another person who suspected Oprah of being EVIL. No, our conclusion was not to this extreme, but I never did approve of this woman’s immense power and popularity. I remember people being shocked to hear this from me. [...]

Q & A

Before we move on, there were a couple of questions I wanted to answer before I forget. Several of you Asked: Did you get your hair permed? Yes, it was permed.  In fact, I did this for one reason and one reason alone – to do a lose bun with curls on the side, without [...]

I was in line at Borders, during my break from work, for my usual latte and a guilt-ridden herb and cream cheese pretzel, when I couldn’t help but overhear a girl behind me say to another, “…she’s from Korea… and she’s Christian… which is very rare over there…” I tried to politely pretend I didn’t [...]

Shopgirl Rants

Please have the courtesy and decency to refrain from assuming that, just because your sales associate happens to speak the same foreign language as you do, she should easily hook you up with special “discounts” that usually would not be applied to your purchases. I don’t know if it occurs to you that you’re pretty [...]