These brisk babes are bracing for the autumn air in their skin tight attire … Step into our gallery of ladies in leggings and see if you can guess the falling star sporting the seasonal style! In order to do it right, you gotta keep it tight!
Showing posts with label Leggings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leggings. Show all posts
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Friday, August 25, 2017
Principal SLAMMED After Saying Leggings Make Girls Look Fat!
Schools have started up again in most parts of the country, and you know what that means!
More awful, sexist dress codes that numerous people in authority somehow decided were a good idea.
This story is even worse than the usual dress code nonsense, however, and it came right from a South Carolina principal’s lips. …
High school principal Heather Taylor assembled her students and she had some very controversial opinions about how her students should dress.
Her target: leggings.
(Gasp!)
For some reason, a lot of people like to take aim at leggings.
Usually the arguments either go that “leggings aren’t pants!”
(Which is not correct, because leggings are totally pants. We don’t want to get into the definition of pants but … they’re pants.)
Or they go “oh no, boys will be distracted by the Hypnotizing Curves of your Sinful Flesh.”
Obviously, if a boy is staring at a girl’s butt in class instead of paying attention, this is his responsibility.
It’s alarming that school boards and administrators would have “the behavior of boys is the fault of a girl for how she dresses” mentalities, but it’s sadly not surprising.
There are clear parallels between that kind of blaming and the responses that people give when a woman is sexually assaulted.
Well, Principal Taylor had some truly terrible advice to give to her students.
Particularly to her female students.
Because her reason for why she doesn’t think that the girls should wear leggings is somehow worse than pretending that they turn girls into vortices of distraction and worse than pretending that they aren’t pants.
No, this grown woman threw some fat-shaming into the mix:
“I’ve told you this before, I’m going to tell you this now, unless you are a size zero or two and you wear something like that, even though you’re not fat, you look fat”
That is horrifying.
Adolescent girls in particular are, thanks to hormonal vulnerability, the chaos of puberty, and some pernicious cultural factors, at what’s usually the most vulnerable period of time in their lives.
Hearing an authority figure shame the vast majority of women by telling them that their legs will look fat is … horrifying.
(And, by the way, my friends who are not Kendall Jenner wear leggings all of the time and they tend to look flattering, though it honestly doesn’t matter what they look like because not everybody’s trying to prep for a photoshoot when they get dressed for school)
Commenters on the Stratford High School Facebook page had, very appropriately, zero chill about calling out that awful principal.
Was your first though upon reading her words that she should resign? Because you were not alone.
A parent of an 11th grade girl spoke to Taylor about the incident and was not impressed.
“Body shaming teenage girls is uncalled for, inappropriate and unprofessional. When I spoke with her, she talked around the issue, and made excuse after excuse, effectively calling all of the students liars. This has upset many, many more students than just those in the 10th grade. My daughter is in the 11th grade, and is livid. She has been ridiculed by students for her body, and shouldn’t be subjected to it from teachers.”
If you’re going to deny something, folks, maybe make sure that there isn’t a recording.
(There was definitely a recording and it aired on their local news)
And others made very good points about why, exactly, this was such an awful thing for Taylor to have said:
“Disappointed, disgusted, and disheartened that such a comment had been made to impressionable young women and men by someone they should be able to look up to; and then follow up with the audacity to lie about it!”
Nice alliteration, but an even better point.
“How horrifying that a person who’s very mission should include making every student under her care feel worthy of respect made a point of fat shaming girls at a point in their lives where they are already vulnerable.”
Yep.
It looks like the immediate and nationwide backlash had some effect, though.
First, Heather Taylor released a statement apologizing and saying that her words had come out wrong.
“Yesterday and this morning, I met with each class of the Stratford High School student body. I addressed a comment made during a 10th grade assembly and shared from my heart that my intention was not to hurt or offend any of my students in any way. I assured them all that I am one of their biggest fans and invested in their success.”
Later, in a Facebook video with a group of students who expressed a willingness to overlook Taylor’s past words and accept her apology, Taylor
“I’m so remorseful, and I have learned a lesson. You learn, no matter what, every single day you learn.”
Honestly, if it were our sibling or our child who attended that school, we’d have concerns about any administrator who is still learning to not body-shame high schoolers.
But apparently parts of the student body are willing to let her stay.
We’ll see what happens.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Plus-Size Woman Fights Back After Getting Hate Mail for Wearing Leggings
Hey, were you feeling like maybe you wanted to lose a little bit of faith in humanity today?
If you even have any faith left, well, then gather round. We’ll kill off that last little bit for you.
Because, see, there’s this woman named Kelley Markland. Kelley is a mother, she sells Scentsy products, and she also enjoys a good pair of leggings.
She’s fierce as hell, right? She’s rocking those leggings, and she looks amazing.
But unfortunately, one sad, sorry soul doesn’t take too kindly to people like Kelley wearing leggings. And that person felt so strongly about it, that she actually sent Kelley a letter.
A physical letter. Like, with an envelope and a stamp and everything.
Here’s the thoughtful letter this woman received:
And if that didn’t get the message across, don’t worry!
This anonymous loser also decided to add an Anchorman meme to really clarify things:
OK, so let’s break this down. Somebody, a human being alive in this world, saw Kelley in her leggings and hated it so much that they went through the trouble of grabbing some paper and a pen and writing down her grievances.
She then looked up a meme, printed it out, put the meme in an envelope with the letter, addressed the letter, slapped a stamp on, then put it in a mailbox.
This person did all that, and there was not one single time that she thought “huh, maybe this is the most ridiculous thing that ever happened.”
These are dark and troubling times we’re living in right now. Can we blame Trump? Let’s just go ahead and blame Trump.
Kelley shared that hateful letter on Facebook, and the message she wrote along with it is just so heartbreaking.
“Anyone who knows me,” she wrote, “knows that I care deeper and stronger than many. I am a sensitive woman and I despise cruelty towards others.”
“I have never pretended to be pretty or look good in clothing. I have never tried to be flashy or show off. Wearing my ‘fun’ leggings gave me a tad bit of confidence in not looking sloppy all the time.”
“I’m sorry that some of you may not like it, but I’m not dressing for you. All the hate in this world, and you have to pick on me for this?!”
“Thank you for making me feel like absolute, complete sh-t … so unbelievably disappointed in people anymore.”
Aww, Kelley, girl, no! You are pretty, and you do look good in clothing! Be flashy, show off! Get it!
And it seems like a lot of other people wanted to encourage Kelley too — she works as a substitute teacher, and after she shared that Facebook post, many of her coworkers used the magic of leggings to show their support.
“All the teachers were coming up and hugging me and showing me their leggings,” Kelley said in an interview. “So I knew at that point, it’s not about me anymore, it’s about all women.”
She explained that “The letter killed me inside and I still get upset by it, but at the same time I have gained immense strength.”
This is such a sad story — seriously, think about how pitiful the person who sent the letter must be — but it’s so good to hear that this woman was able to turn the situation around.
People can wear whatever they want to wear, no matter their size or whether or not other people find it attractive.
It’s 2016. Do we honestly still need to learn that very simple lesson?
Friday, January 8, 2016
Kylie Jenner Rocks Leggings, Posts Butt Selfie
It’s been a tumultuous week for Kylie Jenner.
Fortunately, the girl knows the Kardashian Kode and sticks to it like a seasoned pro: When things are tough, keep calm and post a butt selfie.
On Monday, Kylie’s boyfriend, Tyga, was accused of stalking and harassing a 14-year-old girl.
Earlier today, he was accused of cheating on Kylie with a Brazilian model.
So this latest Instagram upload is either Kylie’s way of dangling her “revenge body” in front of T-Raww’s face, or another confirmation that Kylie is just not bothered by the latest Tyga scandals.
Normally when a teenager is wearing all black, you can assume that she’s either depressed or a regular at Hot Topic, but it’s safe to say that neither is the case for Kylie.
She’s just rocking the Kard clan uniform: clothes designed for breaking and entering that ironically cost more than your house.
It may look the latest in the girl’s endless collection of selfies, but there’s a lot going on here, and Kylie could be trying to say a number of different things.
Maybe the short, tight braids are her way of commenting on gender roles and beauty standards in today’s society.
Or maybe she just felt like showing 47.5 million people her butt.
We’ll never know. She’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in some really tight pants.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Awesome Woman Goes Off on Leggings: They Aren"t Pants!
Jamie Higdon Randolph has a few important points to make about leggings:
They are very comfortable. They do not cut into you and they feel like pajamas and, as the weather turns colder, now is the ideal time to sport this item any time one sees fit.
You can look relaxed while wearing leggings, but you can also look "classy," depending on what you pair with your leggings.
But here"s the thing about leggings, Randolph makes clear: they are an accessory. They are not pants. Repeat: THEY ARE NOT PANTS!
For some reason, women go around wearing leggings without covering up their rear ends, showing off their thongs to the world and this is where Randolph feels a need to step in.
“If they’re too tight, and I can see you have a tattoo on your A… they’re too tight," she says. "That’s called pantyhose, honey.”
Randolph is not a fan of white leggings, either. They simply show too much.
But she isn"t here to discriminate. You can be a "big girl" or a "thick girl," like she classifies herself as, and you can still wear leggings. Totally. Absolutely. Go for it!
Just keep that buttocks covered up, folks. It"s all about concealment in the end.
This video has nearly 500,000 views on YouTube and over 13 million on Facebook. Yes, 13 million!
Watch the way in which Randolph states her case and you"ll understand why.
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