Stereotyping + Big Buns

"Not a Maroon"--Thursday, 6/16/16

It's fun to see an outfit you like and realize you have pretty much just the right items to recreate it.  With the purchase of a light pink cardigan, this one looked very doable.  Fonda created this "tone on tone" look for day 1 of last year's GYPO fall challenge.

From savvy-southern.blogspot.com

I am becoming a fan of all the variations of the maroon/burgundy + light pink/blush/orchid color combination...

*Light pink short-sleeved cardigan (thrifted, JCP), $4.49/wear
*White deep V short-sleeved T (thrifted, JCP), $4.49/wear
Maroon pants (thrifted, Lands End), $1.31/wear
Tan captoe flats by Clarks, $3.13/wear
Black/grey/pink butterfly scarf (Kohls), $4.67/wear

Outfit total: $18.09/wear

...so topping off this outfit with yet a third reddish-pinkish shade (the bright pink/magenta in the butterfly scarf) seemed like a way to take this idea one delightful step further.

In other news...Did you notice that I wrote "step further"?  One of the consequences of having a dad who did a stint as a middle school English teacher is that are hyper-aware of the possibility of confusing commonly confused words like "further" and "farther."  I find that it's a bit difficult to decide whether "further" or "farther" is more appropriate in this instance.  "Farther" is a better fit for a description of physical distance, but despite using the word "step," I really am talking about a metaphorical distance, so I'm sticking with further.

This is a nice brief article about Asian Americans and the "model minority" stereotype.  Where I live, most Asians are of lower-education/lower-income variety (as opposed to the "children of Chinese engineers" type, like Robert's cousins), but students still have to deal with many aspects of the model minority stereotype.  But perhaps an even stronger one in play here is the "perpetual foreigner" stereotype.  We have a lot of first-generation Southeast Asians, including many refugees, but even those who are American-born children of American-born parents deal with the never-ending "Where are you from?" reaction.

But you know what's the coolest thing?  Giant bunnies!  (I am so envious.)