No, it’s not. There is a certain range of textures commonly referred to as “bad hair” in numerous languages. There is a reason the love interest in the stories we tell in our culture lean in the Rapunzel direction.

Your last sentence is everything.

Any advice for taking in a tankini top? I like to swim laps without thinking about my clothes at all, and the fabric that is comfortable on land, billows about distractingly in the water.

I used to be on a team and we’d go to the Speedo outlet for $5-15 swimsuits. Those were the days!

There are bathing suits (to look cute and take photos or whatever) and there are swim suits (to move with comfort and keep your genitals & nipples covered).

Internalized sexism is a thing

I feel like it’s an extended episode of Black Mirror. I still want to wake up in an alternate timeline/universe.

Yes, it’s been a trend for several years now. Retailers focused on the middle class have had a harder time staying in business, while discount and luxury retailers chug along.

Especially in NYC where car ownership as a status symbol is less common.

I don’t know much about rich women, but if they valued the advancement of all women, perhaps our society would be at least somewhat different. There’s a reason why prestigious universities, classic arts, and organizations for sick children get a lot of support. They’re less controversial than women aiming for paid…

Thank you!!! I recently read an article that 45 has encouraged other successful businesspeople to run for public office. Why do people think that years of experience is good in the private sector (especially slower-moving industries) but not in the public sector? These experienced folks have been around the block…

Yeah, I’m in my mid 30s and single and the only time people have gathered in large numbers for support was at my father’s funeral.

Sadly, some parents are deliberately not participating in their children’s education or proper nutrition to increase the odds of obtaining disability benefits is a thing.

I think part of #3 relates to the artifice of the modern world. There is something satisfying to be able to grow your own tomatoes and can them. I also think developing low or no-tech skills is how some people are responding to climate change concerns.

Well, there’s always some percentage of rural and suburban kids who leave for the city once high school is over.

The only 3 radio stations with decent reception during a road trip through southern Illinois included Christian radio, right wing talk radio, and a country music station.

Racism exists on a spectrum. Many white people think they are not racists because they don’t actively support Nazis or the KKK. However, it can be more subtle and still harmful, like harmful action and inaction leading to brain-damaged children in places like Flint, St. Louis and Baltimore. There’s a lot of casual…

MLK died a violent death.

Right, there is no going back to the 1950s.

1. Part of the problem is that people descended from folks like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass have no specific word or phrase to describe ourselves. I think a general agreement, like African-American, could save a lot of time. After all, Jamaican-Americans, Nigerian-Americans, and the like are connected to a…