Barbie! Oh Noes!

[Toni]

An odd comment seeing Astaire was entirely self taught. Also, Astaire did a lot more dance overall. Rogers was the better actor.

So, Rogers was professionally trained AND she did everything Astaire did except backwards and in heels.

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

 

[Elixir]

An odd comment seeing Astaire was entirely self taught. Also, Astaire did a lot more dance overall. Rogers was the better actor.

So, Rogers was professionally trained AND she did everything Astaire did except backwards and in heels.

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

Can I wear them on my hands?

 

[Toni]

An odd comment seeing Astaire was entirely self taught. Also, Astaire did a lot more dance overall. Rogers was the better actor.

So, Rogers was professionally trained AND she did everything Astaire did except backwards and in heels.

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

Can I wear them on my hands?

If you want to walk around the block on your hands….

 

[TomC]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I will if you will.
Caveat: Only high heels and only one pair.
Tom

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

An odd comment seeing Astaire was entirely self taught. Also, Astaire did a lot more dance overall. Rogers was the better actor.

So, Rogers was professionally trained AND she did everything Astaire did except backwards and in heels.

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

Sure, Astaire was a better dancer, she a better actor.

 

[Toni]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I will if you will.
Caveat: Only high heels and only one pair.
Tom

Heh. I ran around Washington DC ( bus, subways and all the way around Dulont Circle and up Mass Ave.) in heels and pantyhose while pregnant in the damn summertime. DC was basically built on a swamp and was warm enough I never owned an actual winter coat the 6 years I lived there.

I got nothing to prove.

 

[Toni]

An odd comment seeing Astaire was entirely self taught. Also, Astaire did a lot more dance overall. Rogers was the better actor.

So, Rogers was professionally trained AND she did everything Astaire did except backwards and in heels.

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

Sure, Astaire was a better dancer, she a better actor.

Naw. Men just get a lot of credit for whatever effort they put into actually dancing. But yeah, she was a much better actor.

 

[Arctish]

For some reason, the whole Barbie thing reeks of Qanon housewives … to me anyhow. Not much chance I’d ever watch more than five minutes of it.

A word to the wise: the first five minutes of it had me laughing out loud in a nearly empty theater. If you do give it a try, you might find yourself settling in for the duration and being glad you did.

 

[Elixir]

For some reason, the whole Barbie thing reeks of Qanon housewives … to me anyhow. Not much chance I’d ever watch more than five minutes of it.

A word to the wise: the first five minutes of it had me laughing out loud in a nearly empty theater. If you do give it a try, you might find yourself settling in for the duration and being glad you did.

I have not been in a theater in … 26 years. (Had to look up Titanic”)
Not even an empty one. But if it comes out on Netflix maybe …

 

[Toni]

For some reason, the whole Barbie thing reeks of Qanon housewives … to me anyhow. Not much chance I’d ever watch more than five minutes of it.

A word to the wise: the first five minutes of it had me laughing out loud in a nearly empty theater. If you do give it a try, you might find yourself settling in for the duration and being glad you did.

I have not been in a theater in … 26 years. (Had to look up Titanic”)
Not even an empty one. But if it comes out on Netflix maybe …

This was the second time in a movie theater since the pandemic. The other post pandemic movie we saw was the last Indiana Jones, which was a vast improvement over #3 but it's good it's the last one.

I've missed going to the movie theater. Didn't do it a lot but it was always a good escape and sometimes a good place to cool down when hubby was being particularly stupid/difficult/infuriating. One time, I stayed for 2 films. The first one I saw that time was not the movie I intended to see--had a similar name and was probably better. My small city doesn't get much beyond blockbuster films in but it's within walking distance, so that's good. It's pretty easy to grab dinner and a movie or dinner and a drink.

There are films that are simply better on large screens. Others don't matter so much.

 

[Politesse]

We broke our movie theater quarantine to go see the Barbie movie, too. It was fun, I've truly been missing the cinema.

 

[TomC]

For some reason, the whole Barbie thing reeks of Qanon housewives … to me anyhow. Not much chance I’d ever watch more than five minutes of it.

A word to the wise: the first five minutes of it had me laughing out loud in a nearly empty theater. If you do give it a try, you might find yourself settling in for the duration and being glad you did.

I have not been in a theater in … 26 years. (Had to look up Titanic”)
Not even an empty one. But if it comes out on Netflix maybe …

Heh, that's about my speed. Last time I willingly went to a cinema was the last LOTR. I've gone a couple times since because Doug wanted me to go with him.

Praise Jesus he has since found a movie buddy who was as excited by going to a Fast&Furious 10 plus Transformers double feature as he was.
Tom

 

[Shadowy Man]

And people were pissing their pants when Biden said it'd be a black woman...

Nobody pissed themselves. But he was rightly criticized for limiting himself like that just to score political points and to win South Carolina. It was the new corrupt bargain between him and Jim Clyburn.

Like how Trump promised to replace RBG with another female justice? Oh wait, only Democrats use identity politics, right?

cause that ain't fair to all the white candidates out there.

Every candidate should be evaluated on their merit. And Dems have not put a man on SCOTUS since 1994 - almost 30 years ago!

Does that mean that the candidates weren't evaluated on their merits? The nomination isn't the evaluation, the confirmation hearing is. If female candidates aren't qualified for the job they shouldn't get confirmed.

 

[Gospel]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

 

[Toni]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

Yeah, most of us get there. I’m down to kitten heels on those rare occasions

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

cause that ain't fair to all the white candidates out there.

Every candidate should be evaluated on their merit. And Dems have not put a man on SCOTUS since 1994 - almost 30 years ago!

Does that mean that the candidates weren't evaluated on their merits? The nomination isn't the evaluation, the confirmation hearing is. If female candidates aren't qualified for the job they shouldn't get confirmed.

Merit? Jebus! The people who make the list to be on SCOTUS have very very little separating themselves from the others regarding merit. They are generally extremely qualified.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

Yeah, most of us get there. I’m down to kitten heels on those rare occasions

It’s my duty as a man to explain to you that you don’t need to wear heels if you don’t want to. You’re welcome.

 

[TomC]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

I've done both. And, no, walking around the block in high heels would be better than jumping out of a perfectly good plane wearing scuba gear.
Tom

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

Yeah, most of us get there. I’m down to kitten heels on those rare occasions

It’s my duty as a man to explain to you that you don’t need to wear heels if you don’t want to. You’re welcome.

Quite possibly one of the oddest things in the world... high heels. For the life of me, I have no idea why they exist still. Burned the bras but not the high heels?!

I have a nonexistent Strange Planet comic floating in my mind of the alien onlookers remarking something of the like
A: "Impressive, they haven't fallen."
B: *nods* "And they hide the discomfort well."

What would they call them? Foot slopes?

And after a second of searching:

Spoiler

 

[Toni]

Challenge to all men: walk around the block wearing a pair of high heel shoes.

I'd rather go sky diving as a grand entry into deep sea diving than wear high heels.

Yeah, most of us get there. I’m down to kitten heels on those rare occasions

It’s my duty as a man to explain to you that you don’t need to wear heels if you don’t want to. You’re welcome.

Quite possibly one of the oddest things in the world... high heels. For the life of me, I have no idea why they exist still. Burned the bras but not the high heels?!

I have a nonexistent Strange Planet comic floating in my mind of the alien onlookers remarking something of the like
A: "Impressive, they haven't fallen."
B: *nods* "And they hide the discomfort well."

What would they call them? Foot slopes?

And after a second of searching:

Spoiler

High heels started in the 10th century to help men keep their feet in stirrups and since then were worn by men to convey a lot of things, including power and status and wealth.

Women began wearing them later but both men and women have long worn platform shoes both to convey status and also to protect themselves from dirty conditions.

Women today wear high heels because it's fashionable. For a long time, when I was young, it was virtually impossible to find a pair of dress shoes suitable for wearing to an office which were not high heels. I'm short and have small feet, so whatever issues an average height woman has with heels are compounded by someone whose feet are small and for whom a 3 inch heel is extremely tall. Now, there are more/better choices than heels. As a side note, someone I knew (generation after me) told me that a sizeable chunk of the women in her DO program were going into podiatry as a basis for working in the shoe industry---to design more comfortable/less damaging heels for women. There actually are some comfort lines of heels but after a certain age, even those are a no-go.

The reality is that most clothes are designed for women who are at least 5'9 and weigh at most 110 lbs: walking stick insects. The illusion of a long, lean silhouette is still a standard of beauty, desirability, status, wealth, fashion. Frankly, a lot of clothes look better if you are wearing heels. Also if you are at least 5'9, and weigh no more than 110 lbs but heels are more achievable.