Arthur D. Hlavaty

What matters

2018-06-06T10:09:19Z

“Nick Foles, how did you manage to win the Super Bowl despite being intimidated by Tom Brady’s looks?” [Madame Noire]
(And of course, being American, it’s about racism too.)

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Funny, you don’t look medical

2016-10-27T09:58:37Z

Airlines fail to recognize doctors disguised as Black women.

Thanx to Metafilter

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New horizons in appearance policing

2014-08-16T15:49:47Z

Disruptive hair

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Eminence grise

2014-06-03T18:16:11Z

Mary Anne Mohanraj lets her gray hair show. Good for her.

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There may be a catch to this

2013-12-17T19:08:07Z

Great new beauty product!

Thanx to marydell

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An old tradition

2013-12-13T11:13:27Z

The Jane Austen makeover

Thanx to Body Impolitic

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Invisible disability

2012-07-20T21:07:01Z

I have two tiny Caucasian-colored devices that I wear in my ears to raise my hearing level to Moderately Challenged. They are marvels of miniaturization and are priced like that. I believe there are better ones in the price range for people who keep their money in the Cayman Islands.

Suppose they didn’t have to be miniature. Suppose they were permitted to cover the entire ears and surrounding territory. One assumes they could then be better and cheaper. So why not?

We are ashamed of disabilities. Hearing loss is not usually acquired venereally, but the stigma is there. People would know!!! Of course in my case they could find out by speaking softly. And the perceptive ones would adjust.

I’m a nerd; I would cheerfully sacrifice appearance to function, and I would love hearing aids that did that. And I’d get them in bright colors.

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Had enough

2012-04-10T10:30:33Z

Ashley Judd talks back.

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supergee @ 2009-10-21T06:24:00

2009-10-21T10:25:58Z

Beauty industry branches out from simulated weight loss to de-Hispanification.

Thanx to Shakesville

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Your kink may be OK, but it's boring

2009-09-23T10:30:44Z

Fetishist displeased with Emmy winner's arms.

Thanx to Shakesville

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supergee @ 2009-06-16T06:56:00

2009-06-16T10:57:15Z

For the brave: a picture of a woman so hideous that computer technology must be used to turn her into something the American public can stand. Shakesville offers the scary version and the safe version and how to tell which is which.

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