[LMB] Explaining Stuff To Kids (was Re:Slash'n'Anime'n'Romance)OT:

[Tzivia Adler]

> And looking at people in a gym room - or in the mall, or the grocery
> store, or much of anywhere, was actually something I was somehow
> taught not to do.  It was impolite to stare at people.  Looking at
> television shows, movies, billboards, magazine ads - that of course
> was not impolite.  So I really got that as my image of what people
> looked like.  Very skewed.  It was amazing when, oh probably less than
> a decade ago, I started actually teaching myself to LOOK at typical
> people out in public.  Really changed my mental images.
>
> Laura Gallagher
>
its odd how people percive body-shapes.  i get a double image sometimes.  i 
look at my sister (twenty-something) and think, gosh, she ought to lose some 
weight, she's huge!  then i blink and she's perfectly proportioned and good 
looking, just not twiggy.  and she has no problem getting dates, either.

and she just got her CPA!  which has nothing to do with looks, but i'm so 
proud of her.  although, when someone spends 9-5 on the job, plus travel 
time, plus night school, somehow there is less time to think of makeup and 
the gym and time spent poring over fashion magazines.

ziviya, thinkng that second-hand pride is almost as good as a diploma :)



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