Comments on: Now baby can wear heels in bed, just like Mommy

By: wendy house » heel malfunction

wendy house » heel malfunction — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:59:10 +0000

[...] expected to suffer substandard, dangerous goods, while maintaining her social obligation to conform to patriarchal ‘sexy’ values. [...]

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:12:22 +0000

I think less of us women are obsessed about shoes and clothes than we assume. (Maybe some of y’all get this idea from tv–I don’t watch tv anymore, so I am not really influenced by it like I used to be.) Most women I know, and apparently most women on this blog, like to look nice for themselves (as do I) and not for anybody else, and don’t spend all that much time doing so. And I’m certainly not going to look down my nose at or refuse to be friends with someone who does care more about clothes than I do. This is divisive thinking.

By: Kazuki

Kazuki — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:03:57 +0000

Touche. You tell those bastards!

I would not want my son/daughter to look like a whore either. And I’m all about self-expression. This is where we should draw the line. = (

I also wouldn’t like any child to be shunned because they did or did not wear something they didn’t want to. (within reasonable guidelines anyhow)

I digress as well. This is just horrid.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Shae’s Place » Blog Archive » Yes, Let’s Do Talk About Privilege.

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:07:45 +0000

[...] disappointed to see it addressed in every fifth post of blogs that have no shortage of more interesting and horrific topics to [...]

By: Boreoboreo

Boreoboreo — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:14:13 +0000

At 23 you can afford to cripple your feet, but by the time you get to be 53, well, talk to a reputable Chiropractor about high heels, or a podiatrist. Get the medical information on the long term affects of wearing high heels and what this does to women’s feet.

I believe Chinese footbinding and Cinderella’s sisters squishing their feet into tiny shoes was once all the rage too.

By: diana ayala

diana ayala — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:04:40 +0000

This is my first time on here and I’ve been reading several of the posts but I found this one the most interesting…I agree with what everyone said about the baby shoes..it is ridiculous and disgusting. But what I am more interested in are all these comments about women’s shoes. I think it is noteworthy that most women here are justifying the fact that they own shoes and stating excuses for owning more than one pair of shoes. I am 23 and although I am not a shoe lover, I do like high heels and nice shoes. I am more of a jeans person but I will wear high heels, even when I am alone. I do not think it is conforming to patriarchy because even though men are attracted to high heels and sexy shoes, I am NOT attracted to men and do not wear them to impress them. I like girls, but I do not wear heels to impress them either. My parents always taught me comfort and practicality over looks, but I just like high heels. Obviously I will not wear them if I am going to be walking long distances, but I will say that I feel 100% comfortable in them, all my heels are pretty comfortable. I know most will smirk at this, but I swear my feet do not hurt when walking in heels; I just make sure to pick out comfortable heels. What bothers me is that men do not go around making excuses for why they own x number of designer shoes or sunglasses or whatever. So why should we make it a point to excuse our shoe collection?

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:12:41 +0000

CoolAunt, I’m sorry you had to be witness to that. And I thought it was Feminism 101, too.

By: CoolAunt

CoolAunt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:38:05 +0000

I’d like to suggest that you not believe everything men say.

Tell me that I didn’t just read this in a discussion between two feminists. I thought Men Lie About Women was Feminism 101.

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:16 +0000

Ah, Satsuma, I’d like to suggest that you not believe everything men say. Such as this:

“Oddly enough, when I do talk to a lot of men about this, they actually seem indifferent about all this clothing and fashion nonsense. They often don’t get why it takes their wives hours to get ready for an event either.”

Those guys are completely full of shit. They don’t “get it” because they think women should just look like barbie dolls with no effort. They “seem indifferent” but I note with interest that they are not dating or married to women who DON’T spend hours getting ready for events. So, they think it’s no big deal if women perform femininity or not, but their wives do so. And you *believe* them when they claim to be indifferent?

Let me repeat: those guys are lying liars. If their wives stopped shaving, stopped wearing makeup, stopped dieting, and started throwing on jeans and a t-shirt to go to “events” they’d be whining
that their wives “let themselves go” after marriage. Guaranteed.

By: XtinaS

XtinaS — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:38:38 +0000

Silence: I have many pairs of shoes because I'm always searching for a type that will not give me blisters. Thus far, I have not succeeded. Not entirely. So I have to keep on searching and buying shoes. I recommend, oddly, ballet slippers. I had a pair for a long time, and they were fantastic for walking around as close to barefoot without being barefoot. Plus I got a pair in black, so they matched my work clothes well.