There's a cute post on Shapely Prose that uses the 'get a bikini bod in 2.5 minutes' articles in most magazines to talk about getting comfortable in a bathing suit.

Which reminds me of a question I had awhile back!
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I personally think I look better not-quite-naked, or sometimes in dance costume. Clothes never quite feel designed for the shape of my body.

The Kiyonna peeps sent me an email advertising those Spanx things (which is, I have to admit, cute in an almost-kinky way). And I was thinking, you know, I used to wear "control-top" stockings/tights all the time, yet the "body shaper" idea squicks me for some reason.

Why is that?
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Random extra credit question - if you do wear anything that changes the shape of your body, how does that change the way you perceive your body when wearing or not wearing that thing? You could include bras in that, I suppose. Does it make a difference?

I used to be all "OMG you can see my tummy" if I wasn't wearing The Great Control Top. But bra vs. no-bra isn't a huge issue. So, I wonder.

Am I a bad person for thinking I wonder if that t-shirt comes in a girly design in a large enough size?

I mean, sure, I wouldn't actually pay money to an anti-choice organization to get one, but I'd consider it from a pro-choice group. If someone wants to call abortion (not to mention contraception and half the time fucking SEX ED, fucking idiots) "whacking babies", I will still defend that position and gladly take on the name of "baby whacker". Cause I would honestly rather whack actual babies than stand in the way of people having kids only when they want to. Period.

I know a lot of you hate bras on principle, so feel free to just skip this entry. But I've tried out a bunch of bras recently and thought it might be of interest to some of you.

( Bra product testing )

Blasted snow. It's been snowing all morning, and I wish it would stop the fuck up already or make a firm commitment to a real Snow Day. Either way. This middle ground of snow falling and falling and falling without me getting to nestle in my house is no good. Grump.

Also, it's March tomorrow, and I have a lot of very cute little spring things I'd like to be able to wear.

( Which reminds me [since some of the recently acquired very cute little spring things were made in China] of sweatshops and the debt the US owes China. )

This is cavlec's rant. She told me to talk about clothing.

So let's talk about pants. ( I hate pants. And winter. )

I could just wear skirts all the time, but sometimes it's cold, and tights and socks just don't cut it. So I put up with crap-fitting pants. What crap-fitting clothing item do you hate most? Share. I like the sharing.

I cleaned out my closet this weekend. Because I AM GOING TO MAKE SPRING COME TO VIRGINIA if only by the sheer force of my now spring-shifted wardrobe. If sweaters for temperatures below 40 are in boxes, then no temperatures below 40 will be outside. Or so the thinking goes.

And I discovered that I have enough spring dresses to, if appropriate work attire weren't an issue, wear a different one every day for a month. If I add skirt or trouser and top combos, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have to repeat an outfit between now and July. Why do I keep buying clothes for spring when I spend every winter wearing the same black trousers two and three times a week? Oh, right, spring stuff is cuter.

Dude! WTF!? This is the sort of thing that makes me look like a terrible, overconsuming clothes monster. But hey, thanks to my bad shopping habits, three happy fat women who shop at Goodwill will now have black, 3/4 sleeve button-up shirts! And two will have nearly identical black v-neck sweaters. Hrm...

Cleaning out my closet always makes me feel like a badshoppingjerk. It's a small consolation that spring is actually the most responsibly consumery segment of my wardrobe. I almost never get rid of a cute spring dress.