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...or was apparently written in 1953. Last time I posted my resume on monster, I somehow opted in to their Excelle Newsletter which is a career zine for women (get it, "excel + le" to feminize it, since excelling isn't naturally a feminine quality) and it's a real sexist piece of crap. Their most recent feature was " 10 Wardrobe Items Every Woman Should Have" which is, of course, just an excuse for links to retailers where you can buy those oh so essential items. Just the same, is this really necessary:  Item # 5A closet staple, the “little black dress” should be made of a sturdy but lightweight fabric like a cotton/rayon blend. Avoid heavy wool fabrics that counteract the slimming effects of the color and limit wear during the warmer seasons.
Because
1. Women look like this when they are walking across the desert
2. Women are too stupid to know, without coaching, that wool will be too hot to wear during the summer (perhaps this is what motivated the desert illustration?)
3. The whole purpose of the little black dress = slimming.
4. And that's really the most important thing for all women.
They also suggest women own one pair of sneakers for working out and also casual activities like shopping.
Direct damn quote.
Because that's the only activity women really like. Don't get me wrong, I know lots of women who love a black dress and can totally rock some shopping. But not a single one of them would list "shopping" first on their "casual activity" lists.
I would understand this from Good Housekeeping or Better Homes and Tighter Vaginas or whatever. But a career website? Really?
And the article had more than 37,000 views so far. I feel like I want to sue Monster for career guidance malpractice. Although I guess technically, promoting stupidity probably isn't against any actual laws except for the ones I've written in my head.
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Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile." • I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity • Update your journal with the answers to the questions • Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions I received the following questions from tatianne: What do you like best about your job?talking to so many kids and families and hearing so many stories What do you like best about NY?Everything. I mean it. Everything is right there. Or a $2.25 trip away. Where is one place you've always wanted to go to and haven't yet?Japan What was your best vacation ever?Toronto, 2003. First time I had a real vacation that didn't involve visiting relatives. Just me, Kevin, and discovering Canada for the first time. What job would you take if education and opportunity weren't an object?Pop star! Or at the very least, a writer or voice actor for a pesudo-anime series. Tags: quizzes/memes
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#1. My new web site is officially done and officially up (100% green hosted too, thanks Taproot!), I've added a ton more booking information, I even have a unique FAQ targeting many of the potential comedy hiring folks: prides, women's fests, colleges, faith communities, health care providers, corporate diversity folks etc. I'm also running a photo captioning contest of some of the wacky type photos that I probably shouldn't put on my website but will anyway. It's worth a look just for fun and the cheeto and cleavage shots, even if you're not feeling a deep desire to enter the contest. #2 Because of working on the new site I've been sorting through the photo files that I had on the old hosting site's servers but I'd never put up. I came across this photo, which shows a really lovely Portland scene, and is one the few pictures Heather took of me while I was awake (after she died, I discovered her cell phone was full of pictures of me sleeping. Yeah. No idea) so that makes it even more sentimental. What makes it a very typical Heather/Kelli moment is the amount of stuff I am carrying. Not my stuff, of course. Hers.  3. Because of aforementioned sorting of photos and working on the site, I've been watching or, kind of watching, a number of DVDs lately to keep me mildly entertained while doing tedious tasks. I've recently discovered that the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch has an almost limitless supply of DVDs Only Kelli Could Love. Lots of church history, geography, old old old National Geographic specials, movies that were in the theaters for seven days, self help and inspirational DVDs and OH OH OH the documentaries. This is especially helpful because I've watched almost every documentary Netflix offers on demand. Netflix has run out of suggestions and have started telling me I might like the DVDs in the category of "intense indie movies" which are kind of what documentaries mostly are anyway. Some random observations: A. Are all older movies homoerotic or just the ones I pick out? I watched Jesus Christ Superstar right after A Chorus Line and I really do think that the former was even gayer than the latter. Which is no small feat considering even the women in A Chorus Line look like gay men. B. Yes, I know I'm five years behind, but I hadn't seen any of Trans-Generation and was glad the BPL had the series on their shelves. It's definitely firmly seated in the Well, That Could Have Been Much Worse category. You know what was intensely weird about that series? How much they showed all the subjects brushing their teeth. I mean, why all the B reel of oral hygiene? That Lucas kid especially, every single time they had a voiceover there he was, toothbrush in hand. Okay LOGO/Sundance, we get it: Transfolk have minty clean breath. There are worse stereotypes, I suppose. 4. A few weeks ago, my girlfriend took me on a tour of Places She Used to Go Before She Got Sober. One of these places was a Williamsburg bar which was formerly an after hours cocaine bar (called...wait for it...Cokie's) and is now called, I dunno probably "Skinny Jean Haven" or something. She actually did a poetry set there back in the day. At any rate, they had bowls of cheeto balls sitting out that everyone was eating out of and although I didn't feel like that was a sanitary way to consume cheeto balls, I have been thinking of cheeto balls ever since. Alas, they are not that easy to find, so I had basically gven up and said "oh who wants stupid cheeto balls anyway." Then I went to Rite Aid this afternoon, and there right beside the half priced Halloween Candy was a cornocopia of Cheeto Balls. Mmmm. Tasty. Sometimes I think The Secret is totally bullshit, Or maybe just where Cheeto Balls are concerned.
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