tight black leggings and big foofy boots

xpost did you say 'thank god you're here'

i work at a university and am more horrified each passing year by the simultaneously increasing immodesty and slovenliness of the american youth.

when i first started teaching we were in the heyday of super lo-cut jeans w/ exposed thongs, which went away, so apparently history ebbs and flows

exposed thongs

Oh jeez I worked in an Applebee's during this era and half the waitresses were showing whale tail.

aw i remember whale tails
#nostalgia

I wonder how embarassing it is to be the woman in the photo of this wiki entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_tail

my that's a lacy thong

let us marvel at these sentences:

Specially designed trousers like low-rise jeans or hip-huggers and higher cut thongs lead to greater exposure of the whale tail. The trend was also associated with the trend of sporting lower back tattoos. The word was selected by the American Dialect Society in January 2006 as the "most creative word" of 2005. The concepts of visible panty line, buttock cleavage, and sagging are closely related to the whale tail.

BUTTOCK CLEAVAGE, AS A CONCEPT

that article has 84 citations

my thesis will be an in-depth exploration of the concept of sagging

In 2004, Louisiana, USA State Representative Derrick Shepherd proposed a bill (HB1626), also known as the Baggy Pants Bill to Louisiana House of Representatives

ok, the woman in the first photo on the wiki appears to be watching...a buncha Amish people?

alas, i am naive and thought a 'whale tail' was an 80s era ponytail sprouting from the top of the head

swear to GOD that i've heard the term used for that before

Britney Spears has been portrayed as a major contributor to the whale tail's popularity. Her whale tail flashing has been referred to in such creative literature books as Married to a Rock Star by Shemane Nugent, Thong on Fire by Noire, The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears by Ryan G. Van Cleave, and Off-Color by Janet McDonald.

THONG ON FIRE

creative literature books

whale tail vs. visible panty line outlining shapely ass

an in-depth exploration

That's what you say to all the girls

By 2007, thongs were overtaken by boyshorts and accounted for only 12% of the knickers market

rip whaletails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

endangered species of whale :(

wonder if that waitress works every thursday

just a lonely guy, thinking bout leggings

lol

I like elmo's interpretation. Although for me the ponytail is more like a cartoon whale spouting water out of its blowhole.

Also, I like my ass tights (credit to Dr. Casino for that one---yes, we have talked about this IRL too) partly because they sit up at my waist unlike the horrific low-rise jeans of yore. In my defense, mine are very thick & I usually wear them with shirts long enough to mitigate crotchal awkwardness.

the closest I have to leggings is these weird skinny jeans that are I think what's classified as jeggings but I hate that word so I don't call them that

and the only time I wear them is with a huge oversize sweater that comes down to like mid thigh.

http://simg1.imagesbn.com/p/9781597090674_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg

The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears
by: Ryan G. Van Cleave
Publication Date: April 2006
$16.95
ISBN: 1-59709-067-0

By writing so unabashedly about the glitter, the effluvia, the very Britney of contemporary American life, Ryan Van Cleave may have shortened the shelf-life of these poems, but few readers of today will be able to resist his supercharged language and unbound satirical exuberance.
-- Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate 2001-2003

Anger, hunger, and desire power Ryan Van Cleave's excitable new poems, but their rudeboy force is always harnessed by a larger comic vision. Whether he's channeling King Kong, Bubbles the Chimp, or Counter-Terrorist Barbie, Van Cleave alternately throttles and embraces our less-than-perfect world, turning its wild inconsistencies to his own ends. Never cool, never shying away from the facts on the ground, these poems, like Michael Jackson's tortured Bubbles, adamantly refuse to be denied.
-- Rachel Loden, author of Hotel Imperium

Ryan Van Cleave's explosive riffs roll over the American pop culture landscape like a caffeined-up emcee from the dark side. Trying to keep up with his quick wit and dizzying leaps may leave you out of breath, but gasping with surprise and wonder, marveling at how -- beneath the glitz -- Van Cleave has found the sick, twisted soul of this country.
-- Jim Daniels, author of Show and Tell

In The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears, Van Cleave makes unforgettable music. Tuned to the frequency of the moment, this book brilliantly articulates the paradoxes of the postmodern American landscape. Anxieties, elations, grievings -- this book has it all.
-- Virgil Suárez, author of 90 Miles: Selected and New Poems

I own a few pairs of leggings and they're warmer and more comfortable than tights in the winter. However, I only wear them with dresses or a tunic that goes past my ass. xpost

Dang, a Billy Collins blurb!

"By writing so unabashedly about the glitter, the effluvia, the very Britney of contemporary American life..."

can't read anymore, loling

Leggings are good with the dresses that are just to short for me to wear now.

The worst use of sequins I've seen in a while were gold sequin tuxedo stripes on camouflage sweat pants.

anxieties, elations, grievings -- this book has it all

part of me wants to see these poems

the rest of me does not

they adamantly refuse to be denied

The word was selected by the American Dialect Society in January 2006 as the "most creative word" of 2005.

I dont think the Cocteau Twins'd be terrbily pleased.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LVyIJsigXU

I have one pair of leggings and I wear them at home but never outside. I'd feel too exposed!

"mine are very thick & I usually wear them with shirts long enough to mitigate crotchal awkwardness"

I think that if you're gonna do this the thickness is key. I see way too many ladies who don't realize that these things stretch out or wear thin and wind up just flashing their asses to the world. I get so embarrassed for them. Then again, maybe that's the look they're going for. idk.

In 2004, Louisiana, USA State Representative Derrick Shepherd proposed a bill (HB1626), also known as the Baggy Pants Bill to Louisiana House of Representatives

http://www.bionicdisco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Baggy_Pants_and_the_Nitwits_1977-500x384.jpg

I just now noticed that the woman in that Wikipedia "whale tail" entry appears to be observing some kind of Mormon or Amish meeting or somesuch?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Whaletail_cropped.jpg/347px-Whaletail_cropped.jpg

Amish or Mennonite, probably more likely the latter due to them having a cooler

I think the woman in the photo has her thong on wrong.

That black shadow looks like the label which should be at the waistband.

Hahaha, I think you're right. Strap on the right seems thinner, as if it should be the one going south.

Somebody got dressed in the dark.

tbh the only look i like better than this are jeggings and high heels

so what's a whaletail if the thong is backwards

is it whaleface? lol

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HA otm

hahahhaa