babe i got a dictionary and i think it’s safe to say we’re still gonna disagree

Hmmm...I’m wondering if they sell different things at different locations? I shop at those stores almost exclusively for my daughter and while there is certainly plenty of stuff I would never buy, we usually don’t have trouble finding something appropriate.

There are shorts available for five year old girls that are not booty shorts. Just because clothing manufacturers push sexualized clothing at young children it doesn’t mean we have to buy them.

Well it seems we’re addressing the wrong part of the problem then. In early part of your statement: “we make these clothes and tell [women] to wear them.”

I agree with MiloMinderbender’s concern above:

Ehhh... my elementary school had a dress code and I’m really pretty certain it was because they wanted to maintain a slightly less casual look. Like, you couldn’t wear t-shirts, you had to wear something that buttoned or had a collar. BUT, the dress code also applied to boys and girls. Anyhoo, just wanted to throw out…

I asked why and the principal told me that a dress code that doesn’t allow children to dress in “play clothes” (her words, not mine) fosters a better learning environment.

I agree, a 5-year old should not be told to “cover up” as though she is being provocative. However, in terms of students being able to wear anything they like, I do sort of see the point in dress codes. I send my son to a private school, for a variety of reasons, and their dress code is pretty comprehensive. But each…

THANK YOU! I am teach primary school and am not against dress codes that enforce comfort and safety. Our school allows tank tops but not spaghetti straps, for the reasons you mentioned above. It’s the same deal with flip flops, they’re not allowed because they’re dangerous on stairs and hard to run in at recess.

Why do you think it is not currently a viable option for boys? Genuinely curious.

I don’t mean to quibble; I just don’t understand what is so fundamentally feminine about spaghetti straps.

IDK the stipulations against “baggy sagging” clothes looks like it’s for black and hispanic boys.

To be fair, I’m sure boys can’t wear spaghetti straps either.

We weren’t allowed to wear spaghetti straps when I was in school and I graduated in ‘99. We were actually told that if we wore a spaghetti strapped dress under our graduation gown, we wouldn’t be allowed to walk across the podium and get our diploma. And they did inspect people! I wore one anyway but the teacher that…

on the other hand, you're unfuckable RIGHT NOW.

Not a single woman, would be my guess.

I know that people who didn’t grow up around gangs may not fully understand this, but this is huge. There are parts of big cities where people haven’t left their street in years for fear of being shot by a rival gang. These guys are now walking down the streets together, arm in arm, for peace.
I called bullshit on the…

So I understand this is a post about celebrities “outing” themselves as nerds, but I still can’t believe you missed the most obvious one of all.

Well... of course they are. Acting is a truly nerdy pursuit. I wouldn’t expect anyone who is super socially-adjusted to play make-believe for a living (occasionally in a plastic suit of armor or reacting all day to a blank green screen).

No, instead we breed 300 generations of daffodil while exposing it to stresses like radiation or chemical mutagens until it expresses a phenotype that contains the same genes as those found in a jellyfish. Then we stabilize it, introduce it into nature, grow it with cow dung, mark it as organic and sell it to people…

And that is a real tragedy. Is there a Facebook Avatar I can put up for a week to support equal rights for daffodils?