a C is not itty bitty?
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah a C is pretty big in my book!
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
No I agree that a C is not itty bitty, but throughout high school and much of college, I did not have a lot of boob going on. I hit a C sometime after grad school when I had a grown up job that paid enough for me to eat more delicious foodz.
I think the DD was an oddity of this particular fancy AP bra, but I will try the D in my boring old Wacoal model and see if that is better at keeping nipples in check!
― quincie, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Laurel - i am envious of your shoulders because that means you can fit into way more vintage dresses and tops than I can. I first learned to sew so that I could expand the shoulders and sleeves of vintage dresses to fit my peasantly dimensions.
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to look at the AP website as soon as I get home.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
will the AP website make my boobs bigger?
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Cup sizes vary w/ band size, so a 34 DD is a smaller cup than a 40 DD. So there's not really an objective C cup.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
it's relative, right? like cup size is determined by how many inches larger the biggest boob part is vs the bust measurement
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Aye.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
You could totally be a DD and have been wearing the wrong size this entire time. A friend of mine just recently got measured at Nordstrom and should be wearing a 32DD when she's been wearing a 34C for years.
Oh, and I wear 38G so I HAVE to buy expensive bras.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
i guess i really have no idea what bra size i am
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
have been thinking of going to nordstroms and getting properly measured since i followed the instructions on a link someone posted here that told me i was a 40DD, and i was like ???!?
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Amanda, go to Nordstrom and get a free bra measurement
And get a bra there, and don't bother with Victoria's Secret or whatever. Because Wacoal and Chantelle are the best brands imo.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Victoria's secret sucks imo.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yup they're awful!
They don't even make my size, though, so it's not like I've worn one anytime in the recent past.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
I am only a B so they def make my size and I did wear them when I was younger before I realized that I hated all of them.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, homo, we wear the same bra size!
Amanda there is a good place called Isabella on Armitage right off the Brown Line that is all about personalized fittings. I'll go with you some time. My bras are wearing out.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
i was wondering recently what a "bralette" is
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
also, OK!
xp is that an item of clothing or a snooki-like female?
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
i guess they're like soft cup bras? basically stretch bras?
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
for natural 70s boob
what is natural 70s boob?
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Not pointy like 50s boobs or high and tight like contemporary boobs.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Just kind of hanging out, being cool and not worrying too much boob. Or maybe disco boob.
lol yes
it's all of those, I think
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
a natural boob that moves
― La Lechera, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
these are all such great phrases
― sarahel, Friday, 6 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
I read in a snooty book once that the pleasure of truly great bras is that they make the breasts look SMALLER, thereby making the wearer more demure on the outside but revealing a more generous physique to the intimate acquaintance. Snooty book might be full of shit, I haven't decided.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Well I guess surprise big boobs like that are better than finding out someone was wearing a padded gel number and is much smaller in reality. Idk though, it probably is full of shit.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
Snooty book is full of shit even if just for the reason that for some folks, making our boobs look smaller would still result in giant looking boobs. Also subtext of stifling sexuality. It's like keeping your hair covered so you can surprise your man with its exotic beauty when you finally take off your bonnet.
But I cam here to post this important piece of information: http://inkdot.tumblr.com/post/7243925631/no-shit
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Like if I could somehow manage to squash my boobs into a bra two cups smaller, I would still have 38E cups boobs.
It kind of ties in with the whole "lose 10% of your body weight to be healthy!" trope. 10% less of me would still be a Whole Lotta Jenny. And if I weighed 10% less and went to a doc, that doc would tell me "lose 10% of your body weight to be healthy!"
Basically the message is that whatever you are, it's not right, and there's no way to get to a place where it will be right, because "right" is always one cup smaller or 10% less.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that's the icky subtext, the stifling/concealment thing and the withholding-from-self-to-give-to-partner thing.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Also that small boobs are demure, so letting your tig ole bitties out into the world makes you a slut. Which is a pretty common narrative (see networks objecting to Lane Bryant lingerie commercial w/ plus size model, networks being just fine with that hideous Victoria's Secret runway model special).
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
I hear a lot of criticisms of women with big tits out in the real world - specifically from other women. "Oh my god, look at her jugs. Would she put those away?" It makes me sad. Of course dudes love em. But that's beside the point.
ALL BODIES ARE BEAUTIFULI LOVE THIS BODY ACCEPTANCE ERA
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I self-police way too much on that stuff b/c of first my mother's voice in my head for so many years, and then the fact that my boss criticizes me (and anyone else) for having more than a bare arm showing.*
Sorry if I have been this way to ilx. :(
* The other day I went into her office and she said, abruptly, "This is good, I like this outfit. I didn't like what you wore yesterday AT ALL." (Voice curling into a whipcrack on last two words.) Because I wore a miniskirt with leggings underneath and a long sweater. In 2012 I would like to turn over a new leaf of pissing her off more often.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
A lot of people a lot, lot thinner than myself: "I wish I could pull that off" re: my fashion/style/etc
It, too, makes me sad. People should wear what they want. Even if they have big boobs, small boobs, a big belly, cellulite, or their arms jiggle. Whatever. I am not perfect at this yet, either - but for years I just hid away in jeans and t-shirts and crap from Old Navy because I always had plans to lose weight and I was either on the losing track of gaining track and nothing ever fit.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
That's especially poignant because you're so stylish and inspired by a look or a fabric or a color and just running with it, and obviously enjoying it. I'm glad you decided to change that.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
I just yelled at my family for policing a family friend's weight at the dinner table (not in that person's presence). Made me very angry and sad. How did they get so thoughtless and gross?? They are not unkind or gross people (okay my youngest brother sort of is) but they think this is acceptable behavior even toward someone they like/care about.
I want to rep harder for body acceptance in 2012.
― It means why you gotta be a montague? (Laurel), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
One of my very good friends is about 6 years older than me, and kinda old school in her body image... aka she was in her early 20's when heroin chic was in in the 90's, and was constantly berated by her mother for her weight (and she was 120 pounds as a young adult). She's about 5'6", weighs 150 pounds, has had two kids, and has a great figure. But she's constantly asking me if her ass looks big, that she has a double chin, that she "looks fat", etc, and after two years of yelling at her about this I am kinda over it... I'm flat out mean about it. I told her last time if she wanted to know what fat felt like, she would feel it... as I smothered her with my body.
She's also said several times that she wants to have a tummy tuck and a boob job.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
Mandee I get why that's annoying but you also don't know what issues she's had or experiences she's gone through.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
To make her that way, I mean. This stuff can be really really tough to get over. It's awesome that you're so accepting of yourself but for some people it's a life long struggle. You know?
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
I understand that, but for two years I've told her I find her comments offensive and she still continues.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
She's admitted she has body dysmorphia but won't do anything about it, except only to make offensive comments aloud to her closest friend - who happens to outweigh her by 70 pounds. I'm just tired of trying to lift her up and make her feel better about herself.
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
Basically minus the having had kids thing I am probably very similar to your friend but I've battled eating disorders most of my life and am still working through a lot of these issues. There is not a day that goes by that I don't worry about my weight or feel unhappy with myself and while I'm trying to deal with that it's a very real part of who I am and who I have been for my entire adult life. It's shitty and it's awful but it's how it is. I'm just saying that while I really admire your attitude and understand that your friend can probably get really irritating your post sounded a little harsh to me.
― ☆★☆彡彡 (ENBB), Friday, 6 January 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
except only to make offensive comments aloud to her closest friend - who happens to outweigh her by 70 pounds
Yeah well that's bullshit imo and pretty strange tbh.
Yeah it probably does so my apologies if it sounds harsh, but she's frustrating to me in other areas besides this so it's probably coloring my attitude... I am totally sensitive to other people having body image issues, I guess its the constant logorrea that really gets to me
― homosexual II, Friday, 6 January 2012 23:37 (twelve years ago) link