Major Flirt!
Yeah, that was really bad.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 31, 2007 9:39:08 am PDT #9599 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Oct 31, 2007 9:41:57 am PDT #9600 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just saw a 3 year old Wonder Woman cutie patootie!
I need to pull down my "costume" (vintage prom dress) and make sure it will fit.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2007 9:45:28 am PDT #9601 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This website features a series of drawings made by children who were abducted by aliens for the alien purpose of creating a new race of alien/human hybrids.
The drawings show different aspects of the alien abduction phenomenon and include:
cruel medical procedures performed on children,
children boarding alien spacecraft with other aliens,
children playing with alien/hybrid children so the alien/hybrids can learn how to be human,
children being taken by aliens against their will, and
the types of aliens encountered by the abducted children.
The pictures were drawn by children who successfully resisted the aliens by using a "thought screen helmet" which blocks the telepathic control aliens have over humans.
The helmet is a leather hat lined with eight sheets of Velostat, an electrically conductive plastic used to prevent static electricity damage to electronic components. The girl in this photo has two other cloth hats lined with Velostat which she wears to school.
OMG, the poor girl has to wear a fancy tinfoil hat to school!
At least it looks somewhat like a normal hat. But still... I don't even want to imagine the taunting.
-t - Oct 31, 2007 9:46:03 am PDT #9602 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know, one of the reasons that was given for teh meagre availability of women's hiking clothing was that women would just buy men's stuff regardless of label. I think I hope that there was some similar reasoning going on in those "occupational" costumes. Reduces the rage a little.
JZ - Oct 31, 2007 9:49:48 am PDT #9603 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
From the comments thread on Feministe -- I love this so, so very much, and I'm crushed that I didn't think of it:
I’m wearing pajama bottoms, an old t-shirt, slippers and a robe, and I’m carrying around a baby doll. I’ve got burp cloths and baby wipes coming out of my pockets. I’ve got big black circles under my eyes. I’m a Mombie.
bon bon - Oct 31, 2007 9:50:33 am PDT #9604 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, it does kind of look like the boys' costumes are mostly unisex, but the girls' are skirted. If you were a costume maker, why make a girls' and boys' version when they haven't developed yet?
Trudy Booth - Oct 31, 2007 9:51:00 am PDT #9605 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
To me its not the showing of skin, its the lameness of costume.
You can dress as a cop.
You can add some sort of visual commentary and dress as "police brutality"
But if you just put on a short tight dress with a badge and a hat you're not dressed as something, you just look hot in a goofy way. And I suppose that once that had its own cleverness, but now its just a default. And you're not dressed as anything.
Surely there could be clever exceptions... "sexy burqua" could be awesome. And you can dress as something sexy and have it be a costume. But Sexy Nurse, Sexy Astronaut, Sexy Sexworker is just sort of tired.
Dana - Oct 31, 2007 9:51:35 am PDT #9606 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
why make a girls' and boys' version when they haven't developed yet?
Because girls wear pink, silly.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2007 9:51:46 am PDT #9607 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
But why the rash of costumes for girls that are sexy/slutty? especially sized for those who haven't developed yet?
Kevin - Oct 31, 2007 9:54:21 am PDT #9608 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
But why the rash of costumes for girls that are sexy/slutty? especially sized for those who haven't developed yet?
In the UK M&S came out with a range of "sexy underwear" products -- for kids, aged 6. They got withdrawn.