Speaking of women of colour appreciation, someone shared this in the Black Culture thread the other day, and I thought I'd also share it here. ❤
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REgals [Women of Era] |OT| Episode I: The Female Menace
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Just finished reading the thread.
That was pretty disgusting. Guys being so unaware. It was pretty hopeless.
The mod closing the topic had a good reply. Hopefully some will get it more.
My hair, while not as hard to manage as others is so straight I can't curl it at all. Every time I've tried with a curling iron I've burned my hair. It's a thing with native hair.
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Does it work to braid it tightly, like in cornrows, while damp, and then let it dry out overnight? That worked better for me than heat curling, in my life.
I've actually never tried that. I've braided it a lot of course but I don't think I've ever braided it that tightly.
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It's hard to do on one's own head without the arms falling off, lol
Ha yeah I imagine! I suck at any sort of hair style other than loose braid and ponytail so...lol
I have the opposite issue with straightening my hair. :( It's super sensitive to heat damage.
Nowadays I go with the curly girl method though, and try to just own my curls.
Thanks. One woman started a thread there about how she just found out Ariana Grande wasn't a poc. She actually tried to somehow blame it on the black community that she didn't know earlier?!? I just...and this woman is one of the woker posters there but that doesn't include race.
Wow, sounds like you dodged a hell of a bullet there, pardon my French, but that guy sound like he hella sucked. I'm white as a toilet seat, and I have mid-length kinda-wavy hair, and I would NEVER wash my hair more than twice a week. Washing your hair everyday, when you have mid-to-long hair, is incredibly unhealthy and damaging for your scalp, for the oil production (like you said) and for the hair itself. Baffles my mind this dude thought you were "dirty" for doing exactly what was needed for your hair to be as healthy and taken care of as possible. The ignorance jumped out.
I'm glad it didn't shake your love for your hair one bit though, and the meaning behind it is very touching.
Whenever I look for a thread to talk about my hair, I always stumble upon this one, and I wish it was more active, it's a dope one. I think it's linked in the OP of this thread as well. I never bumped it up because it's not mine to bump. But I wished someone would bump it up and it was more active.
lol, same, my hair is very very straight. The only way I could ever get it to look a bit "wavy" was to have it braided tightly (my mom did it to me as a kid/teen) while it was wet, fresh out of the shower. The next day, untying the braid would give me sorta-wavy hair... for the day. xD Haven't done that in forever, since it's too much trouble braiding my own hair (it's very long).
Right, like the peeing sitting down thread I was gonna saunter in like a smartarse but then I'm like "Eh, what's the point?"
Sorry, the conversation has moved on, but I really do just wanna cheek sometimes but then sigh with resignation and don't bother.
Those are all very good observations and I'll bring them to the attention of the rest of the team. <3. Thanks for sharing!
Nah, thanks for saying something. It's good to hear the perspectives of others on how we could be doing better and I really appreciate all the honest feedback we've gotten in this thread.
Please sass. I do it constantly and if I'm the only one I stick out like a sore thumb
I think about doing it too, but I always come to things late and don't want to be the one bumping a topic that's almost dead.
He was such a bad boyfriend. I wasn't great either but I tried my best to be better and gave him my time where as he couldn't even be arsed to buy wine for dinner. At least I didn't cope by getting a bad haircut that makes me look like Hitler.
Thanks to spider for this, felt like sharing cause it hit me right in the feels:
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And Nicole wrote an article about it:
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Just curious if other lady imgurians experience this.
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Original twitter thread:
And Nicole wrote an article about it:
Working While Female
A Twitter thread has gotten some attention recently, where my former-coworker / current-best friend, Marty, recounted the day he realized…
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yep. right in the feeeeeeeeels.
super hard to convince people that you know what you are doing from the get go if you are a woman (in my experience)
With my transition it went from people who call thinking I can help them with problems not even in my area of expertise to them believing they reached the reception instead of the IT-department and asking to be connected.
It's quite the contrast.
This one. It ended up just being a couple in the end since the thread ended up being locked for being a dupe before it got really bad.
IOC member Dick Pound warns that organizers have until late May to get Coronavirus under control or face cancellation COVID
https://apnews.com/58043910be7bdc6818344bdee2096bc2?utm_medium=AP_Sports&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter I can't imagine it being moved. The IOC would have a hard time erecting new facilities to accommodate such a huge event quickly enough. The only option would be a country that...
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Thanks to spider for this, felt like sharing cause it hit me right in the feels:
Just curious if other lady imgurians experience this.
11605 votes and 193581 views on Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Original twitter thread:
And Nicole wrote an article about it:
Working While Female
A Twitter thread has gotten some attention recently, where my former-coworker / current-best friend, Marty, recounted the day he realized…
I read this ages ago but it still hits hard. I'm in an extremely male dominated career, although my law classes say otherwise (female to male student ratio is 7:1). In spite of the obvious difference in numbers, male students dominate class discussions and are usually the first to get internships depite mediocre grades. At the beginning of every semester you create work groups that you stick with in all your classes and assignments.
Some girls have to really fight the young men in their groups over the simplest assignments. I see plenty of bright girls shrunken by some mediocre lads poorly informed decision and lazily crafted arguments. I'm extremely lucky to have a young man on my team who actually listens to, trusts, and asks my opinion before making any decision.
They even get away with how they dress on campus. Its absurd. Boys can show up to class in sweats and a dirty hoodie and still be taken seriously, but if a girl walks into class not wearing Zara/Mango/Tendam business casual, she gets side eye. You're not even taken seriously in internships if you don't dress "right." My mentor, was working on a case and needed a police memo that was never included in the precis of a mugging case. He sent myself and another girl to the precint to pick up the memo after requesting copies from the Ministry of Interior. I was dressed business casual with a black trench coat. The other girl in jeans and a parka. When I showed the officer justification for what I had come for he immediately acquiesed, but then turned to my co- worker and asked "Are you here to see a boyfriend?"
Bruh, I ----
You know it's been a stressful day when tweezing your eyebrows is the most therapeutic thing you've done all day.
I personally would probably just be a snarky asshole about it because like... most of the words we use are "made up" and they are "made up" due to a linguistic need.
You don't need to apologise, it's fine to ask questions. That is something we'd action, yeah, as it's dismissing a form of sexism. Sometimes it can take a while for reports to be actioned depending on how many staff are around to handle them, and how many reports there are.
Thanks Mist. I'd normally just ignore it but since the community threads and the desire to be more welcoming to women, I thought I'd ask. Appreciate it!
Yeah, I'm much more of a snarky asshole in person than online. I'm backwards like that.
I don't really have anywhere to put this so I hope it's okay I put it here. I just really want to squee about it a bit.
Ten years ago this month (ten! yikes!) I emailed my biggest regret and said something like dang, why'd we never date? A year later we were married and still sometimes when we're talking or hanging out, I'm just overcome with how much I love him.
That was definitely the most productive email I've ever sent.
Ten years ago this month (ten! yikes!) I emailed my biggest regret and said something like dang, why'd we never date? A year later we were married and still sometimes when we're talking or hanging out, I'm just overcome with how much I love him.
That was definitely the most productive email I've ever sent.
9 out of 10 people found to be biased against women - UNDP report
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/05/nine-out-of-10-people-found-to-be-biased-against-women The full report here: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hd_perspectives_gsni.pdf Still a long way to go and lots of progress to be made before women are truly treated as...
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In this thread watch as a bunch of people twist themselves around to explain how the stats don't really mean that everyone is biased against women!
I need to do this, I need to do this, but I have giant boobs and I feel like I would have no support without the wire, I need to convince myself this is not the case ahhhhhh
¡Hola chicas! Now this thread is a breath of cool, fresh air! Had no idea we had a lil corner all to ourselves. It's also a good reminder that I really should check more of the hangouts section.
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Same here. I feel like not having to wear bras is a privilege stemming from being skinny and having tiny enough breasts in the first place. I am neither of those things.
Thank you for having me ❤
Love the thread title and the OP. Amazing work and great resources all around. I know I'm gonna study the food porn section in great detail 😂
I'd like also to contribute with this, totally fun to watch this channel.
ps. ( I can't seem to access the dessert links ☹) also sorry for being off-topic. Me I'm not that huge in that area and I only have a couple of underwire ones which I never wear
Love the thread title and the OP. Amazing work and great resources all around. I know I'm gonna study the food porn section in great detail 😂
I'd like also to contribute with this, totally fun to watch this channel.
ps. ( I can't seem to access the dessert links ☹) also sorry for being off-topic. Me I'm not that huge in that area and I only have a couple of underwire ones which I never wear
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Thanks to the mods for the prompt responses in the Maher thread. Wish more people would just report these obvious thread derailments. They are falling for the same trap every single time, it's so frustrating.
I was really surprised how soon I had to wear a bra or regret it. Though thankfully no need for underwire. It's funny before I had breasts the underwire bras were actually the comfy ones, now they feel like torture implements.
I was really surprised how soon I had to wear a bra or regret it. Though thankfully no need for underwire. It's funny before I had breasts the underwire bras were actually the comfy ones, now they feel like torture implements.
There are some indie companies that make soft bras/bralettes for bigger cup sizes. They are not as supportive as wired bras but they work well for me as long as I am not running somewhere.
While on the topics of bras. I recently ordered bikini tops from a company called RAQ which specializes in small band/bigger cups. I wear a 28 G/H cup and finding cute swimwear is hard. I am super happy with my purchases even though they are not cheap. It is also more or less a one-woman company which is something worthy of support.
Yesssss, lets share all the recommendations because I need new bras and probably many of us need suits!
It's soon the 8th of March, aka International Women's Rights Day, so get ready for all the purplewashing that will come our way, because neo-liberal capitalism truly be trying their best to be the very worst and use us in anyway possible.
Big yikes energy.
Big yikes energy.
I swear by Freya bras. They offer a 28 - 38 band size with C - G cups. They run a bit big in the cup on average. They also have a wireless bra but I haven't tried that one yet.
Other brands for bigger busts: Panache or Curvy Kate (a bit more frilly and colourful).
If something a bit more out there is your thing, I'd look at Playful Promises. They offer a really inclusive size range and often have huge sales multiple times a year.
If one is on a budget Bra Stop is always worth a look.