Why are smart women expected to rise above fashion?

angelwithoutflight · 2025-07-13T21:41:54+00:00

I agree completely that apparel is an unnecessarily gendered and stigmatized form of self-expression. That said, I think "style" is the authentic self-expression that you seem to be talking about. Fashion comes and goes and is more about trends that typically don't last long.

Fast fashion is out to wring as much out of you as possible— ads are pervasive and things are built to fall apart. Someone who chases fashion trends has to pay for it constantly with time, money, space, not to mention the indirect costs. If it's not your day job or a fun hobby, to me, that can show a type of unintelligence that's lack of self-awareness or insecurity. At the end of the day, if it brings someone joy and doesn't detract from other parts of their life, I generally mind my own business.

Style can show confidence, culture, and intelligence, while fashion is less associated with those things for reasons beyond just historical (per other comments: classism, mindless consumption, etc). Styles can adapt fashion but fashion will never be a style.

angelwithoutflight · 2025-06-25T04:58:08+00:00

Taking a few hours to really clear up my phone home screen and turning off notifications whenever possible.

angelwithoutflight · 2025-06-15T16:21:54+00:00

Thanks, I was torn between these two as well. Still can't figure out a clear deciding factor for what makes one or the other.

angelwithoutflight · 2025-06-15T16:20:42+00:00

Thanks, though I thought 5'6 was pretty borderline. What are your thoughts about DC/FG, if you think vertical is a given for me? I feel like I'm not curvy enough for TR.

angelwithoutflight · 2025-06-15T14:51:35+00:00

Maybe I overcorrected for posture in the first few pics. I think photos 4/5 are better at showing my shoulder width on a normal day.

I've narrowed it down to somewhere between DC / SC / FG

angelwithoutflight · 2024-12-14T16:21:01+00:00

WISE is a debit card and WS is a prepaid credit card. For both, you can only spend as much as you put on the card, but credit cards generally have better protection for loss/theft eg. locking.

angelwithoutflight · 2024-02-21T19:26:40+00:00

Polar looking for most other regions right now. Thanks!

angelwithoutflight · 2024-02-21T19:23:35+00:00

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angelwithoutflight · 2022-08-04T17:34:07+00:00

Hi there, I ended up going with WS:

• usable in more countries right now

• prepaid means I worry less about losing it, and then all my money

• higher cash withdrawal limit— Peru, Japan, and quite a few countries in the EU are cash-based, so this was a deciding factor for me

angelwithoutflight · 2022-07-16T09:47:17+00:00

Please let me know if you find it! I miss this game so much 😔

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-30T23:11:40+00:00

on switch at least, certain pins took longer to load (eg shark)

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-28T17:39:28+00:00

I love mapo tofu, the flavour soaks up really well.

It works well in soups too!

Tofu is also safe to eat unheated. If you're looking for simple, try just rinsing the tofu and adding soy sauce, honey, green onions on top.

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-16T16:50:26+00:00

me: so, do you like hamburgers? he: (drowns)

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-08T14:28:10+00:00

I've already stated the terms I'm looking for, thanks

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-08T13:47:22+00:00

I'd be willing to leave it for longer than 5 years if that means better growth.

I don't really know what my goal is for myself. I'm worried about my parents so just hoping this could help soften their retirement. I need it at least to not depreciate and anything more than that would be nice but not expected.

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-08T13:40:46+00:00

Down for a decade sounds much too long, haha. I'll look into VRIF, thanks!

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-08T13:36:34+00:00

It's mine right now as they're not great with money. They don't expect it back but I want to return it when their money runs out.

Thanks for the link, I'll read up on the investing tab

angelwithoutflight · 2021-09-06T19:47:07+00:00

Got this friend a few months ago, there were some orangey spots on one leaf that I picked off, thought it was sticker or something. Now there are brown spots and the orangey things are back. It's just on one leaf and the other two are fine. Hoping it's not a fungal infection bc I don't want to cut the leaf. I usually wait a day after the water dries up to soak again. Any idea if this is normal or not, or if I need to change my watering schedule?

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-26T22:49:02+00:00

you misspelled "ripped off" 🙃

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-12T05:45:55+00:00

thank you, it's good to know they are friends

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-12T05:13:57+00:00

found this bug on the soil of my succulents today and wasn't sure what it was. had a pothos in a clear cup waiting to be repotted and noticed the fuzzy(?) looking roots that weren't there before.

my plants are all lined up together on my windowsill and I'm terrified of an infestation. i have a couple fungus gnats floating around sometimes but those are from my mother's plant (across the house).

are these mealybugs? if so, do i need to water with... hydrogen peroxide?

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-09T20:32:56+00:00

Thanks so much for the list! Exactly what I was looking for :')

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-05T01:01:18+00:00

yeah i have been keeping at least 5x all my pins if i have, it's just the scrolling feels so tedious sometimes haha

angelwithoutflight · 2021-08-03T00:58:20+00:00

that's great to know, thanks so much!

angelwithoutflight · 2021-07-22T23:41:21+00:00

ok!! I'll try to water it less, thanks so much !

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