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[supergee]

I read when I'm sitting on the oval throne, and nellorat leaves women's clothing catalogs nearby. I somehow wind up at the underwear section, where I've noticed two things:

1. There is a color known as "Nude." Isn't that the same error as the old "Flesh"-colored crayons?

2. For Richard Dawkins fans: One set of panties is called Assorted Brights.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

1. Yeeees. I've noticed that "nude" (which also exists as a shade of cheap hose) is usually a brown shade too dark for any white person to have as a tan, unless they were cultivating melanoma. But, in some ways, that makes things worse, eh?

[weofodthignen]

Hmmm. In pantyhose it's the lightest shade that isn't cream. In underwear it's the only choice between pale pink or peach and beige (which are harder to find) and the variations are between manufacturers rather than a range of choices, as in hose. Yes, it's the same error, but how on earth would you describe it? "White person" seems worse, to me. But I admit I've looked at the offerings and wondered what black women do about the white shirt problem; there are very few brown bras.

TMI in the interests of social science . . .

M

[thistleingrey]

In pantyhose it's the lightest shade that isn't cream.

Interesting--what I've seen has been much darker than that.