Our clothes, our bodies

San Diego T-shirt survey, the use of henna, why I'm fat, Afro hair, tongue piercing, what we think of our bellies

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By Various Authors

Publish Date

Sept. 6, 2015

Because henna doesn’t dissolve easily in water, some hennaria mix it with gasoline. (Sandy Huffaker, Jr.)

When Shirts Talk

Clothes make a statement.

I have this shirt because my husband says that I'm the slowest mountain biker in the world. [The shirt] says, "Behold the Turtle."

By Cruz Medina, June 30, 2005 | Read full article

Natasha Monahan Papousek (Sandy Huffaker, Jr.)

Still fat

All I wanted to do was eat

She sat me on her bed and held my hands. “Joan, you already have two strikes against you. You’re black, and you’re female. You don’t need to be fat, too.”

By Joan Jackson, Dec. 5, 2012 | Read full article

Afro Puffs

’Dos that don’t.

I’m overjoyed that my daughterloves her hair. I’m also afraid there will come a day when she tells me she wishes it were long, straight, and yellow.

By Elizabeth Salaam, July 11, 2012 | Read full article

Show Me Your Tongue

“Dr. Jefe is quick to point out that you can always change your mind about a tongue piercing. Once the jewelry is removed, the hole closes up in 48 hours.”

By Dorothy Kronick, Aug. 22, 2002 | Read the full article

Jack LaLanne, 86, speaking on the phone from Morro Bay, grows furious when he talks about the focus on abs. "These AB Rollers and this ‘three-minute abs’ and all that? It’s all a bunch of lies."

“All of my clients are obsessed about their stomachs. I have very few clients who come in here without saying they want to get a six-pack or they want flat abs. And most of my clients are women. I have about 3 men and 25 women.”

By Robert Kumpel, Oct. 11, 2001 | Read the full article