Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 320 Editor's Choice: 32
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I'm shape #1
[Read the article: If the pants don't fit ...]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I thanked the fashion gods when hip-hugger jeans came in, because before that I could never find jeans that fit in both the waist AND the hips. If they fit in the hips, they were too tight in the waist (like barely buttonable). If they fit in the waist, they were huge over the thighs and rear end. With lower-rise jeans, I can usually find a decent fit.
I used to be able to solve the problem a bit by buying men's jeans, but they always seemed to be made of much heavier denim, stiffer, and bad fit in the rear. Though I might have been choosing the wrong jeans.
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Yes, coyotes are dangerous to pets
[Read the article: The wily coyotes of New York]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But why would you leave a pet you really care for outside, unprotected and unsupervised long enough for a coyote to attack and carry it off?
And for those who insist that pet animals should be able to "run free", all I can say is that you don't deserve to have a pet.
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Ah, generalization...
[Read the article: Boring girl toys]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Everything is a toy to a young boy.
You probably are trolling, but I do have to say that my brother and I used to play with EVERYTHING--including (especially including) the refrigerator box, which we wold crawl into and then slide down the stairs. We'd also stick our legs and butts into a pillowcase (sitting on top of the pillow) and have races sliding down the stairs.
We spent a lot of time outside, playing with all the other kids in the neighborhood. But we didn't play with "toys". We'd play hide and seek, or make "houses" under the pine trees, or climb around in overgrown bushes.
So I'd say that everything was a toy to US. Boys and girls alike.
And when we played with toys, it would be legos, or building bricks of other sorts, or plastic Breyer horses, OR baby dolls.
As much as Broadsheet reader may not like it, I think a lot of this boils down to inate differences between the sexes. Maybe it's because girls "mature quicker," as I was told whenever the girl next door lost interest in having mudclod fights or throwing cherry tomotoes at passing cars.
See above--I can generalize from my experiences just like you can from yours!
Maybe girl's toys are not doing so well because (as one poster said) they're REALLY tacky looking. Or maybe the girls are playing with boy's toys. Maybe some marketing genius should try to find out what girls really ARE playing with, as opposed to making a pink something-or-other, slapping some hearts and butterflies and ballerinas on it, and then wondering why it doesn't sell.
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Ewwww!!!!
[Read the article: Daddy dilemma]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This extraordinarily judgmental statement from a previous poster really raises my hackles.
Those who value the immediate and superficial rewards of careers and freedom over procreation are demonstrating the lower quality of their genes, and should and will be replaced by those who are of higher quality.
Considering what I see breeding nowadays (and the offspring that have resulted), I would strenuously disagree with the "quality" judgment. I would also point out that a LOT of children with serious genetic issues that would have been fatal fairly recently are being kept alive now--and adding those flawed genes to the gene pool. So I think choosing whether or not to have children doesn't exactly have much to do with the relative quality of one's genes.
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Your life DOES improve
[Read the article: How scientifically perfect is your butt?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If your body does.
Of course, it depends on what you mean by "improve". When I lost 60 pounds (and I needed to, believe me) I felt more confident, more attractive, and I was able to wear clothes that I enjoyed wearing and I felt looked good on me. Did that improve my life? You BET it did! Did everything become suddenly perfect? HELL no.
The statistic about women saying they weren't "happy with their bodies" doesn't necessarily mean they HATE their bodies, does it? I mean, there are things I would change given enough money and time. But I'm not UNhappy with my body either!
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Wedges
[Read the article: Tripping over stiltlike stilettos]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I looked at the shoes, and really, people--has anyone EVER seen these on ANYONE but drag queens and glam-rock stars?
Now wedges (the other trend) are remarkably comfortable. I never wear anything higher than about 2 inches, but wedges I can walk in easily and they look really cute.