I have naturally very curly, very frizzy hair. For it to be any kind of tame, I'm looking at at least 30 minutes

That Jezebel article about the hair-straightening thing that has insane levels of formaldehyde -- there were quite a few comments that in "the professional world" (I don't remember if they specified which profession and/or which part of the country) having wavy/curly hair is seen as Not Professional.

I honestly don't know how true that is, but I can see it being an issue among professions where client interaction is an important part of the job, like DJ said.

Y'all need to see Chris Rock's documentary "Good Hair". It's insane.

Also, I take 25 minutes, including shower. And, it shows!

having wavy/curly hair is seen as Not Professional.

It can be curly or wavy, but has to look tamed, which is often just as much work, if not more.

Basically this is ok [link] This is not [link]

I think that's a bit overstated, as far as how much work you have to put in to be an average associate. It probably took me 40 mins to get ready in the morning, and most senior associates at my firm were not that well put together (which I think was kind of an office uniform).

I think what's aggravating is that it is very true that for women generally, it is certainly a more intensive process. And for some women considerably so. If she'd left it at that and not gone into what really is a pretty ridiculous sounding regimen and framing it as not just normal but required, the reactions would have been a lot different.

I second the recommendation for "Good Hair".

I think what's aggravating is that it is very true that for women generally, it is certainly a more intensive process. And for some women considerably so. If she'd left it at that and not gone into what really is a pretty ridiculous sounding regimen and framing it as not just normal but required, the reactions would have been a lot different.

brenda, FTW!

Yeah, brenda is totally right.

But any guy with a tough beard would tell you that shaving is a huge timesuck, and there are certainly jobs where a beard is seen as not put together.

Crocodile blamed for Congo air crash

A crocodile stashed in a duffel bag got loose on an airplane, frightened passengers and led to a crash that killed 20 people on board, according to an inquiry into the accident.

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An unnamed passenger had hidden the crocodile in a large duffel bag with the intent of selling the reptile, according to the Telegraph. The animal escaped as the plane approached its destination.

Pandemonium ensued.

"The terrified air hostess hurried towards the cockpit, followed by the passengers," a report obtained by the Telegraph said. The plane then became unstable, "despite the desperate efforts of the pilot."

The plane crashed into a home a few hundred feet from the airport, though the people who lived in the residence were not in the house.

The crocodile reportedly survived the crash but was killed by a blow from a machete.