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A lot of fashion is about colour. You can wear the styles you like - trim and tailored - and look fashionable if you've got something in a modern-looking colour. It could be the whole outfit or it could be an accessory. Dark colours are serious; bright colours are frivolous and feminine.

When I was in Paris a couple of years ago I noticed how nice everyone looked. I inspected people on the street carefully and discovered a formula.

1) Trim... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kika at 5:14 AM on May 16, 2007

You shouldn't do it because you are an adult in an adult relationship, and you can't go around doing everything you want to just because you want to do it, like, really bad.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kitty teeth at 9:40 PM on May 7, 2007

George Musser wiped the tears from his eyes as he stood before his New God. Constructed of aluminum chair frames, old circuit boards, and an old one horse merry-go-round George 'liberated' from the local K-Mart, the New God was a thing of almost sublime beauty.

Checking the control panel for what felt like the sixteenth time, he wondered if he should call Brenda and the kids down to his basement workshop to let them marvel at the salvation of mankind. He'd worked so hard... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 10:59 AM on August 4, 2006

I am a woman and a philosophy teacher. There are a number of issues you are asking about all at once. Let's separate them.

1. Who are the great women philosophers?

Here are several lists.
Medieval era, 500-1600
Modern era, 1600-1900
Geocities page that covers 600 BCE - 1500 CE
Wikipedia has a mixed list of historical and contemporary women philosophers
A page with photos and portraits... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LobsterMitten at 1:03 AM on August 12, 2006 marked best answer