I'll model for it... Bilateral mastectomy at age 26 here.

Gary Taxali Pocket Square from Harry Rosen

You know what disturbs and offends me? Cancer, not a woman's body that is battling it. Suck it up Times readers, no one cares if the slip of an areola or the incision from a lumpectomy makes you quiver. These brave women have a bigger battle to deal with.

As I'm sure anyone on Jez who has been affected by breast cancer knows, this scar is so, so, so tame in comparison to what happens, surgically to so many women with breast cancer. Hell, my best friend's current areolas are tattoos.

Whenever i hear "cultural appropriation", something different rings in my head: "cultural privilege". Only a person who lives immersed in a culture that is thriving, and growing and prospering, could think that taking something from a different culture is "bad". Only that kind of privilege leads one to think that…

(think Miley)

I really, really like fruit cake. Srsly, for reals, not "ironically." I just like it.

My hot holiday toy is the DSM 5. Be jealous.

I got a purple glitter ukelele for my birthday two years ago and while I predictably abandoned it pretty much immediately with all the other instruments I've tried and failed to learn, it's fun to unskilfully strum it and try to follow along with YouTube tutorials.

That's kind of a super awesome present.

Beef tendons are not any weirder than sheep skin, and those things are still on the market. But I'm assuming the collagen-beef-tendon condoms actually help stop STIs, unlike sheep skin which only stops spermies.
Vegans won't be a fan, but it is good to have a non-latex option, as latex allergies are increasingly common.

Hell yes!

Disdainful Cat makes Sensitive Cat cry.

I think they're pretty.

What's the status on afro wigs?

yep good use of resources right there.

I will definitely be seeing this. As a black woman obsessed with period pieces, I was always so disappointed that I would never get the chance to see someone who looked like me in one who wasn't a slave/servant. So yeah, I will definitely be seeing this.

I actually have breast cancer, so let me give you my perspective: