They had me as soon as the criminally under-appreciated Joan Cusack appeared.

As anyone who’s accidentally been at the business end of one can attest, heat guns and hair dryers are NOT the same.

This is my favorite kind of cosplay for events. Don’t get me wrong, I think the more elaborate costumes and make up are amazing and often pure art. But for events, I think it best when it is silly and inclusive and like a giant running joke.

And the stranger rape is troubling precisely because that woman belonged to someone else. Maybe it was her boyfriend, or husband, or father. But the stranger took the property of someone else.

(Pssst! Grey hair is a positive boon for unnatural Crayola shades! You don’t have to bleach. I’m still dyeing dark purple over my natural salt-and-pepper, and it looks 10x better than it ever did when I bleached. Besides, it just plain suits middle-aged ladies of a generally artsy bent. ^^)

Bingo, you got it!

The strategy I’ve adopted is to keep a running list of gift ideas I have for people throughout the year. Any time someone makes an off-hand comment like “ooh, I’d like one of those”, or if I just randomly have an idea for a good gift idea for someone while I’m out and about, I’ll write it down on a list in my phone.

Back in the 2000s it was a common tactic for protestors to organize at rallies by their willingness to risk arrest. People who could not risk arrest were “green,” and stayed in the permitted areas. People who were “yellow” or “red” and were willing to risk arrest had to be prepared for that possibility. That included…

As I understand it, no one was taking this kid apart, or wildly speculating on “possible neurological deficits,” since autism is not a neurological deficit. The poor guy who simply speculated that he may have something in common with Barron wasn’t trying to say anything negative. He certainly doesn’t find being…

Why do the actions of other people determine what you think is cool?

Hey, neat! Had no idea!

Grand Army Plaza is on the corner of Prospect Park, not Central Park. Everyone’s always forgetting Prospect!

Kinja alerted me to a discount on the Sleep Innovations Queen Size Reversible Gel Memory Foam Pillow in 2013. I bought it and I still love it. I sometimes take it with me when I travel.

Kinja alerted me to a discount on the Sleep Innovations Queen Size Reversible Gel Memory Foam Pillow in 2013. I…

And I would walk five hundred miles,

If I see another plus-size top with fucking 3/4 length, billowy sleeves, I am going to scream really really loudly in the store.

What irks me is that designers don’t seem to understand that because I am larger in some places means my clothing does not follow the normal proportions. What I mean is that just because I need more room in the boobs or belly area does not mean I need a gigantic neck opening and five foot long sleeves. Anybody know…

1. Natural fabrics.

Well, there are plenty of styles that only look “good” on thin women, so I’m a-okay if Siriano is designing some dresses that look best on curvier women.

As a fat person, I would really like to see decent basics. A fucking white button down that doesn’t immediately pop open at my boobs. Jeans that aren’t jeggins- or “mom jeans”. Tee shirts and cardigans that aren’t priced 3 times as much as the skinny version (ahem-Old Navy) Just plain, well tailored clothes. Jesus, is…

And be careful of falling into the trap of using todo list management as a procrastination technique, which is something I’ve fond myself doing recently. I used to have hundreds, maybe 250-300 items in various todo lists (not all of them ‘active’). Managing them became a good excuse for not doing the things on the…