On Skinny French Ladies:

Thanks, France!

This is problematic. But I love that this is on the national agenda in France!

Thinness in the media has gotten insane, as I’m sure everyone is well aware of. Is it the Government’s place to protect the mental health of (mostly) young women?  I’m not usually huge on censorship. But in this case (especially since it originates in France, couture capital) it could make large strides towards shifting the beauty standard to realistic again. Could be really bad.

On why it isn’t Easy Being Green

So you know those people who wear their environmentalism as a badge, like they want some sort of recognition for being progressive and saving our planet? Yeah, on the spectrum of environmentalists I’m on the other end.

Not that I don’t care about the Earth. I do. But instead of getting some sort of rush taking in my recycling I feel a certain amount of …guilt isn’t the right word, but it’s close enough.

I think it may be guilt that I wasn’t doing it before. Guilt that five years ago I tripple bagged groceries for the hell of it, drove all the time without thinking, and aided the death of my planet.

Now I feel like I should keep my environmentalism on the DL so as to not look like a huge hypocrite. Also, my family thinks I’m a hippy lesbian type. So this wouldn’t help my case.

I have organic sheets. I carry canvas grocery bags around as purses, just in case I go to the store. I drink organic milk and eat organic apples. I even have organic peanut butter (eew).  I’m trying to get into eating locally grown and manufactured goods.

But if you ask me about any of this I will deny it. I’m a closeted environmentalist

On The Lansing Amish:

Spotted: Two Amish ladies sitting down to dinner at Theio’s at 11:30 P.M. as I was leaving.

Are the Amish allowed out that late at night? What do you think their story is? What brought these Mennonite women to the East Side for a midnight snack?