I have that same reaction to being 32, sarameg.
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Jul 02, 2007 9:27:31 am PDT #5918 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
shrift - Jul 02, 2007 9:27:52 am PDT #5919 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And if any under-30 Buffista wants to pipe up and reassure me that these in fact were a bunch of nutbars and that most sane under-30s don't in fact equate nude goolies with handwashing and flossing, I'd be much reassured.
I'm not your typical under-30, but DUDE. I don't consider a nude goolie to be daily hygiene. Are these the same people who believe in The Rules?
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2007 9:28:47 am PDT #5920 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
have never been sure if it is really considered a derogatory term.
Is there debate about that?
I got into a strange argument the other day with a woman who swears up and down that she's the ungirliest woman you'd ever meet. Totally waxed down yonder. I pointed out that was a femme thing to do, and she railed against the very idea. It's not feminine to remove body hair. It's just what you have to do.
Plus, of course, it hurts, and it's totally ungirly to volunteer for pain to make yourself more attractive.
Dana - Jul 02, 2007 9:28:50 am PDT #5921 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Are these the same people who believe in The Rules?
I think they're the same people who get those obscene sweet-16 parties filmed by MTV, who then grow up into those horrible Bridezillas. (Yes, I have been watching too much TV lately.)
Steph L. - Jul 02, 2007 9:29:13 am PDT #5922 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hec gave me his Fetishes and Cultural Expectations 101 lecture and talked me down
Fetishes and cultural expectations are all well and fine; I just don't care for the double standard. One gender's hairy private parts are not inherently ickier OR cleaner than the others.
Jesse - Jul 02, 2007 9:29:18 am PDT #5923 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hope you read this article for work at your medical-y place, and not for any type of FUN.
Ha -- I read about that on Gawker!
Also, I found out why my one coworker was so laissez faire about the work I need her to do -- she thought the deadline was Friday, not TOMORROW. Oy.
Pix - Jul 02, 2007 9:29:23 am PDT #5924 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
It's not feminine to remove body hair. It's just what you have to do.
ACK! ACK!
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2007 9:30:06 am PDT #5925 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been saying "Dude, I'm fucking 40" to myself an awful lot. Not that I am 40. I'm just warming up. I don't care how old you are, there's gotta be a point where I'm no longer "a little girl." I'm pretty sure by 38 I should have reached it.
Jessica - Jul 02, 2007 9:30:31 am PDT #5926 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Under-30 here, and uh, those other Young People are crazy. Unless being a mom somehow disqualifies me to be officially under 30, which I'm afraid it might, at least among my goolie-waxing peers.
Steph L. - Jul 02, 2007 9:32:25 am PDT #5927 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jess, clearly you demonstrate that the consequences of NOT waxing your goolie leads to babies.
What? It makes as much sense as any of the other goolie-waxing arguments!