Arthur D. Hlavaty

What matters

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:09:19 GMT

“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

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:58:37 GMT

Airlines fail to recognize doctors disguised as Black women.

Thanx to Metafilter

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New horizons in appearance policing

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:49:47 GMT

Disruptive hair

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Eminence grise

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:16:11 GMT

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

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There may be a catch to this

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:08:07 GMT

Great new beauty product!

Thanx to marydell

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An old tradition

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:13:27 GMT

The Jane Austen makeover

Thanx to Body Impolitic

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Invisible disability

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:07:01 GMT

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

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:30:33 GMT

Ashley Judd talks back.

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:25:58 GMT

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

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:44 GMT

Fetishist displeased with Emmy winner's arms.

Thanx to Shakesville

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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:57:15 GMT

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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