Fleet Feet sells shoes, so a cynical part of me is thinking that’s exactly what they’d want you to believe.

It’s always interesting to see what’s cast as a “modern update,” particularly given that the the version of the Cinderella narrative that gives her the most character and agency is Molly Picon’s Mamele, filmed in 1939 (after a good thirty years of her playing teenagers on stage and in other movies).

Incorrect, what they hear is “I’m giving you free positive attention for bullying other kids.”

Yeah, racists love toppling signs of minorities. I don’t think a day goes by without a story about headstones in Jewish cemeteries somewhere.

At least in my area, being a landlord was a first step into the middle class. You’d buy a triple-decker and rent the other two units.

Eating healthy is great, too, but even with sustained changes to your diet, it’s notoriously difficult to maintain long-term weight loss.

It’s noteable that the best “expert” they could find for that one was a student.

A big one is self-control disabilities. While the stereotype is beanpoles, people on the autism spectrum almost always have weight issues (that go up as function goes down).

It would be interesting to see what resources were telling parents when polio lockdowns were still common (all the way into the 1960's, particularly between the Cutter Incident and Sabin vaccine).

Medicare For All would fix a lot of this snarled and unfair billing, but apparently making sure everyone can call an ambulance when a train falls on them without fear of crippling debt is socialism.

Medicare For All would fix a lot of this snarled and unfair billing, but apparently making sure everyone can call an ambulance when a train falls on them without fear of crippling debt is socialism.

A set of Uniqlo linen shirts have been the mainstay of my summer wardrobe for years (I also wear the pants, but they have a somewhat diaper-y fit at the seat) and I finally bit the bullet and got a suit after trying to find a vintage one (or one on clearance from a classic ivy brand) for ever because it was $150 and…

While the background color is similar, the pattern is different, stripes instead of water-marbling. Given that most fashion brands use trend forecasters on choosing colorways, it’s possible that they were simply both pulling from the same report.

If it’s a sudden change in behavior, then psych services and likely medication are needed to the point of ultimatum. If it’s turning out to be a personality defect that was there all along, the the letter writer needs to make it clear that he wants to be a married father of two, not a single father of three.

This has been a thing that education specialists have been trying to get teachers to adopt for a while, with the recommended strategy being to have students specialize and then teach their topics to one another. Like SEL, there’s a lot of resistance because teachers like to do things like they’ve always done them and…

Why are ducks the most sinful of birds?

A good seamstress or even well-reviewed Etsy dressmaker can often be cheaper and better than a commercial salon, particularly if you want something particular.

For another Netflix “reality” show to go on, My Unorthodox Life has been facing a good bit of complaint from the Jewish community for flat out lying in ways that many feel is antisemitic stereotyping (https://forward.com/scribe/473098/i-grew-up-in-the-same-community-as-the-star-of-netflixs-my-unorthodox-life/).…

Any word on whether this will be an on-meds or off-meds album?

Kosher groceries often stock otherwise obscure foods from the Jewish diaspora (especially Israeli snack foods, but you’ll sometimes find stuff like hechshered parmesan from and Italian in Argentina) and Russian stores will likewise stock a lot of foods from across the Soviet trade bubble.