Make Pap Smears Tolerable: Small Speculum, Warm, Lidocaine
Quick thing on painful Pap smears: I had vulvodynia and vaginismus for years, which made getting a pap torture. The following helped me: 1) plastic speculum in the smallest size, 2) warmed or temperature neutral, 3) lidocaine. Some places will also let you self-insert the swab.
Caresse Crosby's Unexpected Bra Patent Defies Naming Stereotypes
I think about Caresse Crosby and her bra patent. Like what do you mean your name is Caresse and you’re inventing bras?
Skipping Designer Credits Fuels Fashion Illiteracy
Thinking about how posting fashion editorials without the designer credits is also contributing to fashion illiteracy because you’re not learning to connect what’s in the photo with the brand and their history.
Kim K Stunt Misread: Funding, Not Met Gala Critique
This is an interesting reaction to me b/c rather than the takeaway from the Kim K stunt being that funding the Costume Institute means they have more money to make acquisitions and save future significant garments from this fate, people...
Gala Raises $10M Extra, Securing Costume Institute Independence
You can hate the dresses, but at the end of the day the event was a success. The Gala raised $10 million more than last year, which will all go into making The Costume Institute fully independent and self-endowed.
Authentic Culture Cycles From Cringe to Trend, Then Back
There are still authentic expressions of culture. They’re just seen as cringe and unfashionable until they percolate into the level of mass consumption, after which they again become uncool. “I can only buy alt clothes from SHEIN,” is the apotheosis...
Babydoll Dress Originated as Nightgown, Not Dress
Lot of people talking about the babydoll dress lately. Fewer people talking about how it was not originally a dress, but a nightgown. Part of the perception of its transgressive nature is the association with lingerie. Sylvia Pedlar herself was...
Silk & Lace Essentials: Must‑Grab Deals at JanesVanity
Today is the perfect opportunity to pick up a little silk and lace for layering at the big @JanesVanity sale. Like Karolina Laskowska, this is one of the few lingerie things I still share on here because it’s really just...
Invest in Quality Indie Lingerie, Wear It Proudly
I’ve largely absented myself all things lingerie, but one thing I still do is boost the Jane’s Vanity sales. I’m always talking about high quality fibers, buying the best you can, patronizing indies, and lingerie as outerwear, and this is...
Atsuko Kudo: Latex’s Answer to Mr. Pearl’s Corsets
All three looks by Atsuko Kudo, I think. She is to latex what Mr. Pearl is to corsets.
Subscription Overload Blocks Support for Quality Journalism
I want to support good journalists and good writers but there is simply no way to subscribe to every article or newspaper or magazine or newsletter, and it sucks for everyone because writers want readers for their stuff and readers...
Jupiter Ascending Rewards True Pulp‑sci‑fi Fans
Jupiter Ascending. If you’re a real science fiction aficionado who appreciates old pulp sci-fi, then you get it. https://t.co/09jsn7kNOC
Elizabeth Key's Win Sparked Maternal Slave Status Law
This is the story of Elizabeth Key, and while she won her freedom (her lawsuit said that since her father was white, and status passed through the father, she couldn’t be a slave), the end result was codified law saying,...
Red Carpet Commentary Lags Behind Fashion Content Surge
More fashion content than ever yet we’re in a poverty of good red carpet fashion commentary.
ABC Is a Dinosaur; YouTube Should Amplify True Winners
Yeah, gonna double down on this. ABC is a dinosaur. Maybe YouTube will cut down the self-gratifying bits and let the winners speak.