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Curvy isn’t a bad word. Nor do I think it is an insult to be called such. Curvy denotes a fit in fashion, the same way that a woman who wears a petite needs a different fit than a non-petite woman.) I can dress a client who needs to wear a pant in a size 2 (because of the size of her waist), who may also need a curvy cut, because she is fuller through the hips and thighs.) This is not a “fat woman”. This woman is a thin woman who has actual curves, and that is good. (2 was an arbitrary number, insert any size in its place and the meaning of what I have said still holds true.) The unfortunate thing I see, as a stylist, is that many women size up to accommodate their curves, while wearing bottoms that are ill fitting at the waist and also believing they are bigger than they actually are. Fit is the most important aspect in any garnet, for any woman, any age and of any size.

Gah! I have said it before, but I will say it again.... I hate that they brought Michael back. Both Jane and RAF have grown so much as people in the last four years. Michael was a childhood play thing (yes, I realize they were adults, but they were young...) people grow and they don’t necessarily grow together. Jane is not the same girl she used to be. She is stronger, and more confident. Michael doesn’t want the person Jane is now... he wants the Jane she was at 23. Her family is with Raf, her best self is on display around him, she is never afraid to tell him what she wants or needs. In writing her and Michael’s “love story” she created a fantasy out of her relationship with Michael. It will never have the happy ending she wrote. This is so infuriating. I would so much rather see other loose ends get tied up than watch the simpering Michael continue to emotionally manipulate Jane. ((I know, it is pretty lonely in the I Hate Michael Club; but if you want to join, membership is free and we have a secret handshake.)) 😊

So I totally binged the second season last night, and whoa! I had forgotten that I loved this show so much. I can’t wait to see the second season conversation come alive.

I had to think back, but there is photographic proof that while on a mission/work trip with my church youth group, a bunch of us girls posed with undergarments on our heads (and worn over our clothes). It was the summer before (for most of us) 9th grade. It was wholesome, silly fun of a bunch of young teenagers who had spent an entire week together (with no break). It was not something we did the following summer, however.

I am so angry! I never liked Michael. I wanted him dead from minute one. I hate this! It is a Telenovela, so I knew what I signed up for! Very few “tv” things have ever made me this angry. Strange, I never knew I felt so passionately about this show. I kind of lost my gumption for the show when Jane chose Michael over Raf to begin with. I guess I am the odd man out.

I feel relatively confident in saying that if Kate was listening to Alanis, she was also listening to REM; or maybe I am just speaking for myself.

I too lived through the 80’s, although young (born in 78). I don’t remember ever seeing two different shoes as a thing. I do know I have seen it; but more as a “I got dressed in the dark and am now horrified that I grabbed two black shoes and they weren’t the same shoe! Please hide my feet until I can fix this!”

Please note: These pieces are timeless!! Anyone could still rock most of these looks today.

Two totally different kinds of steroids.

I binged too. Without giving any spoilers, I want to vehemently disagree with the above poster. I have been watching Degrassi since 1988... a real lifer over here, and I think this was one of the best "seasons" ever. I love this format for telling the stories;(yes, the wait between new episodes sucks... but) what we get is pretty tight. I cried. I don't easily cry at shows.

Did anyone else hope that when Michael fell asleep after their first attempt at the sex that he wasn't just sleeping? I really wish that the sex had killed him.... Or was I alone in my disturbing black widow mindset?