This is a completely different way of looking at it than I've seen in cyberspace up to this point - thank you. I was leaning towards buying tickets for a group of friends to go see this, but now I'm not sure that I want to support the current paradigm of Black people in a subordinate role through Hollywood.

Giving a pass on bad technique due to subject matter helps nothing, no matter what the subject matter.

Then again, nor is something like 80% of bra-wearing-America, so I repeat: it's an idea.

Raising awareness for downed zips, one tweet at a time.

Could one not just slip it off over her lazy, slatternly head? I mean, it'll wreck the bra far more quickly, but isn't that kind of what we're going for?

This was an incredibly interesting essay with valid points, but the punctuation issues, as well as basic grammar mistakes (were vs. where), unfortunately detracted from the overall quality of the essay, though not the individual points.

(I perma-press mine in the dryer but don't tell the others.)

The Marines could (and, I think, should, regardless of gender) be wearing bright pink unitards and Hello Kitty headbands. They are still fine-tuned war machines. I'm not understanding what about a supposedly more feminine design would do, except perhaps make them look more terrifying. (Femininity is, as certain…

Oh! Sorry. Late night, just woke up for work, my sass meter isn't operating properly.

My uniform if I'm interning or at 2 of my 3 jobs (the third has its own uniform essentially) is dress slacks, button-down, tie or vest, and blazer/jacket, if it's winter. And I'm a woman. If I'm going out right after work, I swap the tie for a bow tie or roll up the sleeves and add some makeup.

Thank you. Thank you. This. Or they wear (like my poor father - not BigLaw, technically, but a respected law firm in my state with offices in the capital and other large cities) shit brown with navy blue and it's just... terrible. And those awful, awful ties!

Check yourself. Nobody is getting paid 160K fresh out of law school unless they're working at Daddy's (and it is almost always Daddy's) firm, and usually not even then.

THANK YOU

Nope. Although I've noticed a lot of the lawyers I know tend to wear these really absurd Jerry Garcia ties (maybe it's just the older ones?)

If a man does it, it's intent listening.

Granted, I'm not in law school (and, may it please the gods, never will be - I like arguing and paperwork, but the pace would kill me), but I stand straight, I consciously try not to qualify, and I stand "like a man." I also have a low voice, for a woman (which apparently lady lawyers are supposed to imitate as well.)

Moot court is a kind of practice court most law schools worth their salt offer.

Rock your style thing. I salute you.

That's bullshit. My colorblind, sartorially idiotic father is a very successful lawyer. He argued an enormous case in khakis. He also thinks brown and navy go together flawlessly. He is not the only one in his firm who does this. Only the women appear to be polished - I guess it's only about appearances if you're not…

You've essentially described my father except that he never taught torts (he is a civil defense attorney who does a great deal of work for insurance companies and corporations, he's nice, and his fashion sense makes me want to kill myself.) At least he doesn't get upset when the female paralegals at his office show up…