Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by evenodds
Okay, quick afternoon/evening poll:

What shows do you watch, tape, or tivo every week?

Daily Show
Chappelle's Show
24
Malcolm in the Middle
Scrubs
West Wing
The Office
Da Ali G Show
(to name a few)

Thurgreed(unfortunately, or maybe fortunately depending on how you look at it, I don't get to watch all of them)Marshall

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I would say those breasts are B cups.

If it were possible to tell what cup size a person was just by looking at their breasts, there would be no need to measure and no need for fitting rooms for you to try on the bras.

I am a C cup and FWIW, when I went to Victoria's Secret, they kept trying to give me some bras that looked like an 18-hour bra. I concluded that their bras and/or their sales process sucked and went elsewhere.

I got some excellent bras at VS, but I only buy their stuff on sale. It is overpriced for the quality. Nordstrom and Bloomingdales have the best lingerie, IMHO.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Edited to say, "Or perhaps I worry too much," after posters with penises (penis envy?) piped up to vote funny.

Well, I've always considered the phrase to be gender neutral. And, as noted by the Rolling Stones in "Brown Sugar" --- yeah, yeah, yeah, woooooo!

:mcqueen: (this has nothing to do with my post, I just like the name of the smiley)

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse Oh, and the Hugo Black thing kinda offends me but maybe that's because I've had people say shit like that to me when I, a white woman, was dating a black man. Quite objectifying of a man I loved.

I have noted that several white female posters here date, have dated, or are married to black men. Yet, I don't recall a single white male poster who has said that they date, have dated, or are married to a black woman.

Why are the overwhelming majority of black-white interracial couples in the US black men-white women couples? Why do I rarely see white men-black women couples?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I am just wondering what people's reactions are to the moniker. I thought it was a clever play on words, but . . . if the expression off which it plays were not based on a racial stereotype (that is, if race were not an issue at all) it would be an excellent moniker. But if one finds the underlying expression offensive -- which may depend on the speaker and the context -- then is the moniker also offensive? Since on a chat board most people know nothing about the people behind the monikers, it's tough to judge the speaker and the context.

As I write this I am so worried about saying something offensive or ignorant or coming off as overly PC or not PC enough that I realize very few people are likely to want to discuss this and I probably never should have brought it up.

And is it disrespectful to Justice Black? Or is there some lore that he was, uh, well endowed?


Edited to say, "Or perhaps I worry too much," after posters with penises (penis envy?) piped up to vote funny.

I think you worry too much.

The moniker and the joke seem to be about the stereotype, not about the joke's underlying charge. It's a pretty funny play on words.

And I always thought the "once you go black" stereotype was about black people and culture and penis size and sexual ability, not just penis size. Is this just me romanticizing the joke? Is RP's take what everyone understands the joke to mean?

TM

[evenodds]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I just got it (only a bit of a delayed reaction, eh?) -- I vote "funny."

Not ("is it twue what they say about you people? [ziiiiiiiiiiiiiip] Oh, it's twue! It's twue!") Bob

I vote funny.

Even(fwiw, the OM agrees)Odds

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by former gov't
Non-stereotypical for caucasions of european descent. Closer to the norm for hispanics and african-americans.

Why pull this quote out of context? I was talking stereotypical for Hollywood starlets (translation: female actors who get lead roles in films).

Your comment isn't adding anything to an admittedly dead topic.

TM

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Not Bob

:mcqueen: (this has nothing to do with my post, I just like the name of the smiley)

Yes, I tried to be clever in some of my smiley naming.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by JustForFun
I have noted that several white female posters here date, have dated, or are married to black men. Yet, I don't recall a single white male poster who has said that they date, have dated, or are married to a black woman.

I have dated a black woman. Well, two actually, but who's counting. I married neither of them, but then again I didn't marry a fair number of white, hispanic and asian women either.

Why are the overwhelming majority of black-white interracial couples in the US black men-white women couples? Why do I rarely see white men-black women couples?

I think this is merely your perception, because as a white man you are focused on black men taking what your perceive to be yours (i.e., white women), but don't notice the opposite because it poses no perceived threat to you.

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by baltassoc bizzare response that was borderline racist

While I only occassionaly see white men-black women couples, I often see white men-asian women couples and I rarely see white women-asian men couples.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by baltassoc
I think this is merely your perception, because as a white man you are focused on black men taking what your perceive to be yours (i.e., white women), but don't notice the opposite because it poses no perceived threat to you.

Excellent response.

I have several white male friends who date black women, about the same proportion of black male friends who date white women. So, it probably is perception.

When we have polled the FB in the past, there is a higher proportion of interracial dating than you might suspect.

E/O

[Tyrone Slothrop]

I'll answer E/O's poll, at the risk of suffering the slings and arrows of other FBers. There is not a single show that I always make a point of watching. I usually see West Wing, but only because my SO likes it. I rely on all of you to keep me updated so that I don't make a fool of myself by the watercooler.

[JustForFun]

Originally posted by evenodds I have several white male friends who date black women, about the same proportion of black male friends who date white women. So, it probably is perception.

I don't think your antecdotal evidence is in line with the true percentage. I will research it and see if I can find a break down by male/female ratios.

I rarely see white women with asian males and rarely see white males with black women.

White women with black men is pretty commonplace, and I believe is far more common than white men with black women.

When we have polled the FB in the past, there is a higher proportion of interracial dating than you might suspect.

I never commented on how prevalent interracial couples are. Just how you rarely see white men with black women, but quite frequently see white women with black men.

Like I said, I will do some research and see if anyone has tried to study the issue empirically. Most studies I have seen only look at total numbers of couples without doing a break down of the race of each gender in the couple. I'll get back to you with the results.

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by JustFortyOne
I don't think your antecdotal evidence is in line with the true percentage. I will research it and see if I can find a break down by male/female ratios.

me: if the results do not support your prejudice will you alter them to support them like your "boyfriend" temp sock did with the lesbian domestic violence statistics?

and just because you see people walking together on the streets doesn't mean that they are a couple. they could just be friends or coworkers. i'd assume that e/o's actual knowledge based on friends is more accurate than your observations which are undoubtably colored by your prejudices.

ms. naughty diplomat

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by bilmore
Great. Another pencil-armed aging skeletor who couldn't do a pull-up if her shoes were on fire. Just what we need. (We need better icons.)

oh my god! justforfun is really anne coulter?



ms. naughty diplomat