doit2julia! I'm right there with ya. I know I eat more than my friends who are fat or "normal" (I hate that word but it's also hard to describe mid-sized folks). It's because I have an insanely fast metabolism that I'm thin—-and that's also why I have to eat a lot—because my body is burning through calories. I could…

Of course not all nail salons have the above issues, for example your parents' story is awesome. But it is sad that there are salons exploiting women and the problem is that as a member of the public it's hard to tell.

Woah, super interesting! I'm reading up on it now.

Same here, certainly. From my small east coast town to everywhere else I've been, I see that the field is dominated by Vietnamese workers.

Does anyone know why nail salon work and ownership became such a heavily Asian-immigrant profession? Not trolling, just curious! Did it start regionally and then become the norm in the US (and uk, from what I gather from this article)?
My googling turned up nothing that wasn't a terribly racist yahoo answer (I.e.…

Same. I'd probably describe it as more weird or uncomfortable than overtly painful, actually.

Also see NomNom83's post below...that's where I'm coming from too. I just think there's something about ridiculously long hair that's a little....skeevy!

I don't think it's because it's dreadlocks though—I never said that in my post. I think it's because it's 20+ feet of hair—of any type. It could be shiny blonde white girl hair that was that long...if it's kept in a big bundle in a sack...it just seems like it would be kinda gross, to me.

Hmm idk. I feel like a lot of people I see with very long hair (like, below the butt length) IRL also have hair that looks damaged/weak. I think people just have different max lengths that their hair can grow to (mine always gives up around the upper boob region). Hers appears to have no stopping point though!

Ah definitely didn't mean it as an offense to dreadlocks...I actually think they're so pretty!

I remember that too! Ridiculous. They looked like beach balls.

Thanks a lot Lipfat. I didn't wanna, ya know...sleep or eat ever again. GAHHH BURN IT OUT OF MY BRAIN.

That happens to me too! Although I sometimes just kinda...um....let it smell weird.

Sorry :-P I mean just picturing a giant ball of hair all tucked into a baby sling is enough to make me a bit gaggy.

I mean to each their own, I guess, but that sounds kinda gross to me. I mean there's no way a 42lb nest of hair in a baby sling is easily washable so I would guess that any food bits or dirt or bus/subway germs that end up in there stay for a while. OH god and now I just thought about what if bugs made a nest in…

It's called Texas.

My prom pictures are online!? Ugh.

Actually, a lot of olinguitos are pursuing degrees at Columbia. You can observe them in their environment during late night study sessions at the 24 hour starbucks or playing beer pong at a frat party.

The thing is, once you already have a bunch of low quality clothing, it's hard to stop buying more because you get so used to the low prices...even though all of that clothing has a high turnover rate. I'm trying to improve slowly!

Yeah j.crew and anthropologie are sales-only stores. But I do see how the money is worth it with how things fit and hold up. I love to hunt for their things in consignment stores like buffalo exchange! They're still a little pricey but totally worth it, even over buying new from f21 and the like.