#cooperate

[nadinediary]

Corporate Fashion with 𝒩adine.

As of the beginning of 2023, I got promoted to coordinator at my job, making me a full-time corporate girlie. I wanted to share some fashion tips and advice for my other entry-level girls who are new to the corporate workplace. To begin, Looking at your workplace guidelines on work attire is important. My agency is lenient, not having restrictions on footwear or colours, so keep that in mind throughout the post. I’ll provide reference photos (the images aren’t mine).

Beauty

Most corporate occupations have this silent rule that women have to wear makeup. Fortunately, that isn't the case at my place of work. I wear makeup to work because I want to. I like to keep my makeup simple and light.

I don't wear foundation, but I do use concealer for my hyperpigmentation. I apply it under my eyes, on the corners of my mouth and any acne scars. For my brows, I like to keep my natural brow shape, just lightly filling in and brushing them. For blush, I use cream on my cheeks and nose bridge.

I have dark skin, so most brown lip liners aren’t dark enough for me, so I use a combination of black and brown liners paired with a sheer pink gloss. I finish off my makeup, highlighting my nose and cheekbones. I've made it a part of my beauty routine to get my lashes done, and I usually go with a cat hybrid set.

I used to have long, stiletto French nails, but lately, I've been learning the guitar, so I've kept my nails short with red gel polish.

As for hair I almost always have my hair in protective styles most notably cornrows, but when my hair is out of braids I have it in a low bun. I’ve recently bought a kinky straight wig that I’ve cut and customised similarly to the reference photo, and I’m so in love with it.

Basics

From satin blouses to pencil skirts, the basics include all the trusty fashion essentials for the office. Sticking to neutral when working in a corporate workspace is always safe. If you love colours like me, I’d advise you to include coloured pieces such as turtlenecks, blouses or scarves to brighten your outfit.

As for inspiration, I think you can’t go wrong with a matching set. My favourite set is a white waistcoat paired with a long pencil skirt; I also have a similar waistcoat and pants set in grey. I wear slip-on loafers during warmer weather, and during cooler temperatures, I will wear boots and a turtleneck underneath the waistcoat or a trench coat.

Dressing for the Weather

Regarding weather, for winter, you can switch out your summer blouses and linen shirts for high-neck tops, turtlenecks and knit sweater vests to layer. I'm Australian, so our winters can feel much colder. Therefore I usually wear tweed blazers and coats. I own three trench coats for work; one in black, one in beige and the other in white; I rotate between the three.

I suggest having neutral-coloured outerwear so you can reuse and style them with more pieces. I have a stereotypical girly style so I love tweed sets paired with stockings and a nice pair of boots or heels when the weather gets cold.

As for Summer, I like to focus on the fabric of the pieces I own, prioritising breathable and lightweight textures such as; cotton, linen, silk or satin. Pairing my tops with loose-fitted, lightweight pants and silk skirts. You can throw on a blazer when it's feeling a bit cooler. It’s important to learn how to style your body type, I'm a pear shape, so I have wider hips with a smaller upper body and waist. I like showing my figure, so I usually wear fitted high-waisted trousers, shorts and skirts.

Accessories & Essentials

I love my loafers; as previously mentioned, I wear slip-on loafers during warmer weather, but for those who have to wear heels for work, you can never go wrong with a sturdy pair of sling-back heels. I like shopping for my work shoes at Charles and Keith; they are affordable and good quality.

I've recently switched from a shoulder bag to a backpack for my back health; I previously used a Burberry shoulder bag, but I've since switched to an Ecosusi women's vintage backpack in black.

I’m a maximalist to the core although I like to keep my jewellery minimal for work, My staples are some thick gold hoops, my Casio gold watch and my gold cross necklace, which I pair with a few rings and bracelets, that’s all.

Good luck to all my corporate baddies and nine-to-five girlies.

Sincerely,

𝒩adine.

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Robert A. Heinlein

[undergodslove]

The grace of God helps cooperate with others and compete with them.

[lollytea]

Building up an endurance to my sleeping meds I fear. My beloved body, I PROMISE you are not being drugged for nefarious purposes.

[satsumadraws]

happy 2024 Yuuta's hair is victimizing me

[jinisnuggets]

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I wanted to ask for you guys to please request me fics ideas since I'm trying to exit writers block and I hope that multiple fic ideas will help me stay focused and active! However I please ask you to stay within my fandom range and respect ALL of my rules (read through them if needed).

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[postersbykeith]

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[finnickodaiir]

HIEEEE how are you doing bestu?

I'm ok, just anxious because deadlines are closing in for presentations/papers and in almost every group I'm in there's someone who hasn't done their part or even at least interacted with the messages in the group chats organizing it (to at least show that they're aware of what they have to do) soo I'm just

how are you?

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[embervoices]

A number of people responding to this seem to think I'm a pacifist, taking the side of no action in a dichotomy where our only options are "Focus on destroying the enemy" or "Sit back and let them destroy us".

On the contrary. I am NOT a pacifist. Nowhere have I argued for anyone to turn the other cheek. By all means, if there is literally someone right in front of you physically trying to kill you, fight back for all you are worth. If you can't win, then go down fighting, and do whatever you can to take them with you.

And yet.

If that's your actual situation, why the fuck are you having a text argument with a random stranger on Tumblr about it, instead of doing whatever you have to do to literally survive?

The people whose everyday life is under direct attack aren't the people we're saying need to be vigilant about radicalization.

It's the rest of us - the people who know things are bad, care tremendously, and frequently feel powerless, but are not ourselves in immediate danger, who need to be vigilant.

Because my point is very much NOT "Bad things aren't happening, calm down."

"Calm" and "reasonable" are NOT synonyms.

By all means, be very reasonably angry!

Just please, PLEASE focus that anger on what we need to BUILD UP, not on who we can justify killing.

Wiping the slate clean means destroying the infrastructure that feeds our population of hundreds of millions (in the US alone). Wiping the slate clean means letting everyone unhoused, most disabled people, etc. just fucking die for lack of support.

Whatever metric we use to measure success in this fight is what we will maximize, and "dead enemies" doesn't feed anybody, doesn't house anybody, doesn't distribute meds to anybody. Do you see it yet?

I get it. You're ready to make sacrifices because you have nothing left to lose.

Except that's bullshit.

If you are in the USA and in a position to post on Tumblr I promise you still have quite a bit left to lose.

Ask any inmate.

Ask any refugee.

But if you sincerely believe that, because of the constant media input telling you simplified sound bites all about what's wrong, and nothing about how to fix it except "It's US against THEM and we MUST DESTROY THEM!", then you will be oh-so-conveniently focused on nothing but attack and counterattack.

And there's a very big, very obvious problem with that.

Think about it. If this really IS heading for a physical war where the goal is for them to kill us or for us to kill them, we're already done here. Because "They" include billionaires, and governments with access to literally every weapon in the known world, multiple military organizations, and huge media propaganda machines, and "We" have... what exactly?

Maybe don't pick a fight we can't fucking win?

Hence so many of us saying, "We're not there yet, and that's not a goal we will survive. Focus on things like cooperating with each other to make future attacks no longer possible, or shoring up our infrastructure so that it can't be taken away from us so easily."

Because if all you can see to do with your fear and anger is destroy, you have successfully fallen right into the trap that was set for you by the very people you fear most.

And that, my friends, is an absolutely tragic waste of justified, useful anger.

A little advice from someone studying extremist groups: if you’re in a social media environment where the daily ubiquitous message is that you have no hope of any kind of future and you can’t possibly achieve anything without a violent overthrow of society, you’re being radicalized, and not in the good way.

[ploinkplonk]

[tenderanarchist]

These are so fun to make

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[samarabettie]

Monday morning 🥰