Reality shows exist basically to poke fun at how dumb our society has become. Unfortunately, most people who actually ARE on reality shows don't necessarily know that's happening (Duggars, I'm looking at you!) The only reality show that I *MIGHT* consider going on is a competitive show that is more in lines of, say,…

Leafs suck right now (i.e. probably going to miss the playoffs for the billionth straight year), but they are an old, old team (part of the Original Six) and many fans stand by them, good or bad. Historical rival is Montreal, not Ottawa.

Of course Cissy is upset. 19 is much too young to be engaged.

They're hideous only if they're super-dooper high - like 2" platforms with 7" heels (If the platform is say, 3/4" and the heels are around 4" it isn't too bad.). Goodness I saw too many of them at Toronto Fashion Week this week. Oy. But those are the girls who're photographed by street fashion photogs. As a normal…

I started using Fresh after Smashbox got rid of their tinted liptreatments and have been in love ever since. My favourite is Honey. I honestly CANNOT wear very heavy lipstick without feeling like I'm fake or looking improper. This probably comes from my school's uniform code. Can't seem to shake that (I can't wear…

A lot of people - mostly young and youngish Asian women - are skinny fat (heck, I probably was until I was 23). Culturally, we are told that being by older people "too muscular" isn't feminine so we might not work out as much as other ethnic groups (a lot of my friends joke that going to the mall/department store is…

Re Marni at H&M: Completely sold out of women's except for those black (dark blue?) short sleeved coats that fit funny on most body types (at least at the stores near me). Lots of guys' stuff left though.

Some of the jersey dresses aren't bad. They also make some body hugging bandage dresses, probably discarded designs from Max Azria's Herve Leger line.

I think J.Crew is like BCBG. You get the "regular" stuff and the "collection" (or what BCBG calls "runway) pieces of which the latter is more expensive (and often only available at select stores). It's their way of charging the consumer a lot more even though they're often pieces that one doesn't want (BCBG runway…

Is TKaM standard for Grade 8 English everywhere? Because that's when I read it too.

Well, to be honest, I wouldn't mind going back to pre-WWII/Japanese Occupied Shanghai. But only as an upper class society girl* (as much as I hate Chinese period/costume television/movies, I am absolutely OBSESSED with that era. The fashion, the parties, etc, etc...kind of Gatsby-like.

Cantonese TV can be filled with cheesy period/costume comedies that make no sense (at least the ones I've seen. Really, women 1,000 years ago did not talk like someone out of the Hong Kong version of Gossip Girl)

I wish I could like people's posts because I completely agree with you. I'm kind of tired of some body image activists telling people to like who they are/what they look like and eat anything/everything. Well, it's great to like who one is, but I'm not sure I'd call overstuffing oneself "loving one's body."

Considering how fashion-obsessed wealthy, urban Chinese women are, I'd say YES.

You mean watermelon and black/African-Americans. POC and black are not necessarily synonymous. Asians are non-white, yet there's no watermelon connection. At all. However, if you DO want to get into stereotypes, we can talk shopping.

Holy, even I pay my writers (albeit not much), and I a lifestyle blog!

I don't know if someone who came as an infant or very young child (pre-school or very early elementary school) can really be considered first generation because of their exposure to the new culture. I've had this discussion with people myself, and I feel that someone who came to Canada at, say, age 3, is just as…

But you know they never will. Because we aren't supposed to (or rather, not allowed to) talk about it.

Some girls/women might see the letter as implying they shouldn't be wearing make-up or dress fashionably and see that as restricting their independence/ability to choose what to do with themselves. Maybe that's what got people upset.

Fashion doesn't want to be associated with short women either, regardless of size. Kind of sick of hearing about alterations. Doesn't always work. Not with all those colour block dresses out these days. You lose proportion once it's hemmed.