One Length Does Not Fit All

OK whatever happened to diversity? I know I live in NYC, but we are not ALL 5'10 giraffe models. Look around, we have one of the biggest Latino and Asian populations anywhere.

I was in Gap and Express recently; browsing, and Gap just stopped making their pants in short sizes. I don't get it-the stores do this every couple of years. They carry short sizes for years, stop, then in another few months carry them once again. Short people don't go away, so why are our sizes suddenly missing?

Express now only has a limited selection of theirs in short. YET they have almost everything in a 'tall'. I can get black or beige, but if I want pinstripe or gray, nope sorry. Are they trying to tell us short folks that we shouldn't wear certain colors or designs?

And when I complain to the store managers, their only response is "Sorry, but you can always buy these and have them altered". Yes. I could. But why should I have to pay more? If I were a size 14 I wouldn't have to pay more, and theres more fabric involved. I should be paying LESS, since they don't need as much fabric.

There is discrimination everywhere. I bought my wedding dress in David's bridal, and noticed they charged more money for the SAME dresses in plus size. What kind of crap is that? If that made any sense, a size 4 would pay more for her dress than a size 2, and so on.

And what about men? I have seen men's pants in ALL different lengths, not even just short and tall, but anywhere from 30'' and up. Do men vary more in size than women do?

Covering up to be Free

I have often thought that countries like Afghanistan who make their women cover up were so repressive. The women wear head to toe black, long sleeved affairs with a head scarf and some have only a screen for their eyes. They have no self expression.

However, I thought about how life might be in the US if we were forced to do such a thing. We wouldn't have to worry about what to wear every day, we could just have 20 of the same outfits and wash them everyday. There would be no bad hair! Who would know (other than your husband) if you had frizzy, red, gray or thinning hair. You would save so much time and effort on makeup. Wrinkles and pimples would be easily concealed. There would be no more competition. Women wouldn't get hired or get dates simply because of their appearance. Men wouldn't be so preoccupied with porn, checking out women with shorts up to THERE, they would get more done at work since there would be like zero distractions, there would be less instances of cheating due to a lower temptation level and women would be left alone without crude comments from men. You would never hear someone whispering behind your back "Ugh, what is she wearing"? Unless perhaps your outfit was torn and raggedy.

What freedom it would be to wake up, wash your face, brush your teeth, take a shower, throw on your usual black ensemble and hit the road, with no worry of looking weird. I suppose this wouldn't work too well; you would be sweaty all the time and you would also look the same in every picture you ever took. Plus I would miss going shopping.