We are not fruit
This week's inspirational blogpost read comes from StephC at 3 Hours Past the Edge of the World: Not Buying It: Styles for Body Shapes . Steph writes persuasively about the ridiculous tyranny of style guides which categorise us accord to certain body shapes, and hector us on appropriate choices of clothing. I agree with everything she says, and rather than precis it here, I recommend you click through and read it for yourself. Soon after, sitting on the side of the local swimming pool eating supermarket sushi while the kids had their swimming lessons and before I went back to work for a marathon series of evening meetings, I read in our regional newspaper just the kind of style guide Steph wrote about. Apparently the article is the beginning of a series about to run in the Christchurch Press . I quote: "We welcome readers' input on their body shape problems and fashion solutions." There is no other permissible language than that of problems? Acceptance not