"(and if you believe the rumors, it was because of his sexual relationship with Victor Garber that got Cooper ahead in his career)."
I have not heard those rumors. :O
This is an idea I have, so please shoot it down if it's completely off base. I think a lot of American left-wing, "progressive," groups have their roots in Puritanism. Hence, the constant desire for things to be pure, "natural," etc. Current American liberalism is getting religious at this point.
I always ask people who tell me this what toxins they are detoxing. No one ever knows. "Just TOXINS....You know! from the CHEMICALS!" Any questioning beyond that point gets me blank stares or suspicious looks, as if my questions are also chemicals made out of toxins from space.
My vegetables have been genetically engineered to contain toxins like Thiamin, Riboflavin, Phenylalanine, and Hydroxyproline! I can't pronounce that shit! That can't be natural!
Oh boy, this one is near and dear to me as both an avid hater of woo-woo bullshit and being a doctor spouse.
Can we talk about the sheer amount of people who inquired about what treatments my Dad was seeking during his cancer battle? And can we also discuss the people who would then guilt him and shame him for NOT exploring alternative treatments?
It is constantly amazing to me the medical conspiracy theories that are prominent among even highly-educated people. There is SO much pseudoscience out there about GMOs, vaccines, nutrition, "toxins" and "detoxing" (ughhhhhhhh), or the general idea that there is some kind of mass conspiracy among doctors to keep…
The medical establishment can barely handle a new billing/coding system without imploding. There are no conspiracies because we just don't have the time, the desire or the intention to be malicious. Direct your paranoia to the government and the Illuminati where it belongs.
Pants are things that are 1) not translucent or otherwise see-through 2) cover all of your ass 3) are not so tight as to reveal the style of underwear or genitals one is in possession of.
I was picturing something like this. . .
Now I'm thinking about that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine had the friend who wore a bra as a shirt.
it's also telling men to wear shorts/pants at the waist. So the case could be made that that's an affront to a certain demographic— generally urban young men. Or the Beibs.
I agree. I wear leggings as pants too. But your point exactly - I am grown and can decide when that's appropriate for me (gym, groceries, going out) and when not (meetings with my advisor, teaching). And other women can set their boundaries elsewhere and wear leggings to meetings and that's just peachy with me.
It's mainly that if you're a kid you might not know/care that leggings are partially sheer (can see your underwear) or a tad too tight fitting up top (I.e. Cameltoe). Both not that much of a big deal and something to get over in a grown women who should do what she wants but in a kid?? I don't know, just seems wrong…
Yeah, that is SO inappropriate of the school to blame girls for the bad behavior of (some) boys. And the teenage years are the time to have purple hair. Let them enjoy it before they have to go to job interviews!! (Adults with purple hair are awesome too, it's just harder to get away with it.)
Exactly-because leggings are not pants. But boys should be taught to act like gentlemen no matter what the girls are wearing.
No way. Ain't nobody got time for common sense and compromise. Only time for yelling and outrage.
I don't think fairly-enforced school dress codes are necessarily shaming girls, and the leggings debate is just the same as any other debate on this that has been (importantly) rehashed many times. Can't we do both? Ask all children to dress in non-revealing, non-offensive (as in no swear words or alcohol logos on…
I think this all also hinges on being conventionally attractive, for women at least. It's the elephant in the room — if you're going to look funky, you have to also look polished in some way.