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[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2023

21 NOVEMBER 2023 || The Princess of Wales, along with Prince William, attended the State Banquet hosted in honor of the South Korean Presidential Couple at Buckingham Palace in London.

Catherine opted for -

↬ Bespoke 'Anemone' gown with Hibiscus Embroidery in 'White' by Jenny Packham

↬ Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother's Strathmore Rose Tiara

↬ Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Orbital Frame Earrings

↬ Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

↬ Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Star

↬ Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Sash

↬ Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Badge

↬ 'Maud' Pearl-Embellished Satin Clutch Bag in 'Ivory' by Anya Hindmarch

↬ 'Monseratt 16BT' Women's Silk Lined Leather Opera Gloves by Paula Rowan

↬ 'Rania 105' Pumps in 'Silver' by Gianvito Rossi

[silent-raven13]

Mysterious Black Cat

(Hobie is Spider-man in 2023 and Miles is Black Cat AU 🤭)

Hobie jumps on a building with his Spider-man mask on, a very high tech Spider-man suit with colors of Red and dark Navy blue ripple web designs, even his Spider logo was more dynamic. The suit isn't as important, it's what's on top of it.

The punker had thick heavy combat boots on, black cargo pants that had paint and random patches with accessories chains. He wore two belts as a fashion stable to his look. All tied up into his black leather jacket with stubs, designs with paint, and forced stitches of patches. He had on bracelets and black motorcycle gloves on.

It is a bold statement instead of basic suit. No, he loves being himself. Anyway, he stood above the building to check on the location of his main mission.

It's a Saturday night, the club he's staring with his dark eyes he could see his main targets. A group of thugs that were selling dangerous drugs from the Oscorp from that damn dictator Osborn. That baster had created an underground drug cartel to sell off drugs that makes people like zombies, and obeying the tyrant!

The Spider-Man clutched his hand into a fist spotting one of the main drug dealers bringing into a couple of girls, that baster! The asshole had spread those nasty drugs into his neighborhood affecting adults and children- many innocent lives were lost because of that drug. His team tries to help as much as they can with the orphans. So many adults that were parents in the Projects were victims of this drug.

The drug starts off like meth, then it starts to make a person feel brain dead to the point they would stay in place for hours. Then they would scream or shout, "Hail Osborn!" That some fucked up drugs.

No, Hobie Brown were murder the fuckers. Cops are all pigs being paid to look the other way. Fuck Them! He took off his mask revealing his handsome face; with piercings on his lip, and eyebrow. He smirks getting down to the club, they won't pay attention to his suit, since it's the club and he's wearing so much on top of it.

The club is pumping and booming with loud music as the Spider-man casually stroll inside without being noticed. The club is like a futuristic theme with bright colors, so many half naked dancers, and people in costumes. All sorts of diverse people are here in this popular club, good thing too. He blends so well, he thought his wicks would stick him out and his fashion.

The crowd were drinking and dancing without a care in the world. The tall slim punker went by the bar to order a beer, he sat being aware of his surroundings. There was a couple fighting on his right side, a group of friend taking shots behind, and his main target on his left side.

The drug dealer sat in the VIP lounge with a group of girls- Well, a mix of women and femboys. Who knew the drug dealer was into that stuff?

Not that he cares, labels are whatever to him. "The Bloke enjoys a good cock, who knew!" He thought to himself before taking a sip of his beer. His dark eyes glanced over finding a bottle waitress in a bunny outfit handing the VIP guest a very expensive bottle. The femboys in skippy outfits flirted with the drug dealer as they get their own glass filled with champagne.

"That baster!" He scowls thinking about the money this dealer is spending on stupid shit. That same money that came from the poor people from his neighborhood! "I'll teach that twat a lesson."

Unaware of someone behind him passing by, his Spider Senses went off. "What? Who was that?" He quickly turns to check behind him to find a sea of people dancing, his Spider Senses still going off. "Who was that?"

The twenty three year old got off from his stool leaving his finished beer on the counter. He went through the dance floor trying to find the person that set off his Spider Senses, he bite his bottom painted black lip out of habit. He's not one to be worried about unforeseen circumstances, Spider-man always find a way to solve any troubling issues.

He walk through the dance floor, until he stop in his tracks finding someone- Someone irresistible! His dark eyes widen like to white sauce dishes, his jaw slightly dropped a bit without opening his mouth. The song plays in the background.

"I stare at your soul (stare at your soul)," A dark skinned person wearing tight pink crop top with long sleeves showing off their naked shoulders, a very pink short mini skirt and high platform boots with white fishnets leggings. The person sway their hips into the music.

Hobie felt his mouth dry to the point he couldn't swallow his own salvia. This person had cute long twists (with some dye pink) hairstyle with butterfly clips, he wasn't sure if this was a man or a woman. He didn't care, but he was speechless by this unknown person. "I'm facing temptations (temptations)"

This mysterious person had an amazing body, beautiful lean muscle, tall about six foot two inches, and beautiful legs... Hobie's eyes checks out their air. When the person finally turns around still dancing to the music.

The Spider-man seems like he had seen an Angel. It's a beautiful black young man; probably around his age range like twenty three or twenty two. This lad had light makeup on to match the pink outfit, with soft blush and lip gloss. Oh, his lips are so plump filled with volume, a beautiful round wide nose, and those big heavenly Honey brown doe eyes.

"I wanna do right, we both want the sensation"

The person finally noticed Hobie staring at him, then smirks at him. "Hola, papí! Me estas mirando?" His voice pinched up a bit to sound a bit feminine.

No doubt, this was a man with a beautiful fit figure; with lean muscle, and such soft glitter glistening skin.

For the first time, Spider-man had shut up, never in his life he sees someone so extremely unique and attractive to him. This young man surely caught his eye, seeing his face reminded him of sunshine.

Then he came over towards him, Hobie stood as if he was frozen in place. If he could pink like a cartoon, he would. He gulps when the young man went up to him all seductive those doe eyes totally fooled him. They were so innocent, compare to the way he twirl and sway to the music.

"So, can we? Play with the stars tonight?"

"Que pasa, papí?"

Ah, the language barrier... damn if only he knew how to speak Spanish. He only knows a few words like that will help him flirt. The beautiful Sunflower, yes he decided to call him that. Once he got a whiff of a light scented of floral and sweet vanilla. Hobie gulps again as the young man giggles, "Ohh, not a Spanish speaker?"

"Can we make them all align?"

"You know English?" Hobie finally asked.

The mysterious minx could only smirk at him, "Your British?" The accent sort of threw him off.

Hobie chuckles in amusement, "Yeah, from good ole' London, darling."

"Well, Welcome to the States, man." He spoke in his normal voice.

The Spider-man grins widely, "Thanks, mate. I was wondering if you wanna dance."

"Sure. I never met a British guy like you before," He went up to the tall male, his bum grinding against Hobie's crotch. Then, his left hand got a hold of the punker's jaw with his plump lips moving, "I kinda wanna try it."

"You wanna try a good Brit, huh luv?" Hobie finally got the confidence, once he saw this person is into him.

"Hehehe," He chuckles, "Maybe." The group shakes as more people dance on the dance floor.

"Mmm, what's your name, luv?" This time the punker's hand got ahold of the young man's waist such soft meaty hips.

"Miles."

"So what's it gonna be? Yeah"

"Miles..." Hobie repeated the named, it sounds heavenly to him. "Last name?"

"Hold on, handsome. We still haven't dance." He giggles, "Your in a hurry."

"You're beautiful." The punker lower his head to whisper in Miles' ear.

"Heh, I know." Mies humms as he whine his hips against Hobie's crotch. Being busy with the sound, he let the punker's hands rest on his waist.

'"Cause tonight's the night, so, baby..."

Hobie grind against Miles' rear as his hands slowly rubs against his side hip to his thigh, "What's your name, hm?" Miles finally asked as his hand gently placed on the punk's cheek.

"Hobie."

"Hobie?"

"Actually it's Hobart... Hobie for short." He didn't know why he gave his real name.

"I never heard such a name." Miles pulls away to twirl and dance with his hands slid down to his chest all the way to his waist as he sway his hips. He's like an exotic dancer with his body moving like a snake. It's pretty enchanting.

"It's an old English name... Named after me grandad." His eyes glance over to his enemy finding the drug dealer been staring at Miles for a bit. Then his hand pulls Miles' hand to get him close so he can grind against him.

"It's a cute name, Hobie. I like it. It rolls off the tongue." His arms wrapped around the punker's neck, then his lips slowly move almost sexual, "HO-BIE."

Oh merciful heavens, he never felt his knees so weak and his heart beating so fast. "Are you flirting with me, darling?" He asked with his voice deep.

"Mmm, maybe." The mysterious young man playfully stick out his tongue, "I like to play."

"Play?"

"Mmhhmm, you can be my new toy."

Hobie was about to answer until his spider senses went off. His dark eyes glanced over at the drug dealer saying something to one of his men in the ear. The next thing he knows, the same bodyguard went through the crowd heading towards them. "Papí? Are you okay?" Miles' voice brought his focus onto him.

"Huh, oh- um yeah, what was that, darling?" He saw the cute Sunflower didn't like being ignore.

"Nothing. I guess- Oh!" Miles felt a tapped on his shoulder turning around, "Hm?"

The same bodyguard, "Hey, boss wants to talk to ya." He pointed at the man in the VIP.

"Me?" Miles looks confused.

"Yeah." He let Miles walk ahead, then he stop Hobie, "Not you! Go find yourself another trick."

Miles hears this with a scowl on his face. A trick? Hobie glares at the bodyguard, then the man noticed, "Do we have a problem?" He reveals his gun.

The pink dressed young man's eyes widen, "Hey, man. There's no need for that."

"Nah, mate. I don't want problems..." Yet. Hobie snorts, taking his leave. "See ya, Sunflower."

"Sunflower?" Miles smirks at this nickname, he likes it. It's cute. "Heh, see you later, Moonflower."

Hobie's faces felt as if he was turning into a dark warm berry color. That's cute, he likes it. As much as he likes the name papí.

As the two separate ways, Hobie sneakily went into a dark corner where he put on his Spider-man mask and climb up on the high ceiling with metal beams with bright flashing lights. Luckily, the club is built like an urban warehouse, so he stay hidden up top.

His eyes scan the room to noticed there's about twenty bodyguards, five men with big guns, and one drug dealer. His eyes focus on Miles heading to the VIP.

The young man stood with his hands on his hips, "I heard you want to see me?"

The drug dealer inhale his long joint with a grin on his face, he had one girl on his left and a femboy on his right. They were kissing his necks and rubbing his chest. "Yeah," The drug dealer's name Slick had his full eyes on Miles' body. Nice body, beautiful legs and pretty face, "How much for a dance, doll face?" His voice deep.

Miles arched his eyebrow, "Huh? Sorry, man. I'm not a stripper."

"So? I'm not asking ya if you're a stripper. I'm asking how much or..." He lift his chin slightly giving his men a sign to show their guns at Miles, "do I have to force ya?"

The young man stood being confused, "I'm just a normal dude wanting to club. Do you really have to show off like that?"

"It seems you haven't heard of me, trick! I'm a powerful guy," Slick finally sat up making his groupies look uncomfortable almost afraid by his voice, "if I tell you to get on your knees and suck my dick. You do it, bitch! Now, I'm not asking again."

Slick got up to grab Miles' hands, "Hey man, don't fucking touch me!" Miles struggles to break free.

"Bitch, I'll make you learn!" He was about to smack the pink haired male.

Hobie was ready to drop down to save Miles, until all the lights turned off causing everyone in the club to scream.

(Part 2)

[riverdale-retread]

Riverdale S7 E 15 (Chapter 132) Miss Teen Riverdale

Betty’s idea about giving a forum to the young women of her high school to air their grievances was a huge hit immediately, as we saw at the end of the last episode. The first letter she gets is from Veronica. We know it’s from her, but Betty doesn’t immediately scream “Oh this is Veronica!” even though Veronica basically outs herself wholesale: “I’m sick of living in a world that doesn’t take me seriously as a young business woman.” Who else talks like this or thinks like this or runs her own business in the entire high school? Nobody but V. Lodge! However, Veronica says she can’t open a checking account and I’m confused because then how does she own things? What? Also, I do understand that this is supposed to go towards women not having access to full adulthood by being denied participation in financial life, but nobody should ever take a high school student seriously as a business person. This… is not… a real problem.

Toni also outs herself in her letter: “I’m Black, I’m bold, I’m beautiful” and wants to be celebrated for those things. The only other black girl who gets to talk in Riverdale High School, Tabitha, is out of town and has been for weeks (months). First, I don’t understand why Toni doesn’t have any sort of feminist/ gender consciousness. If she’s presented as so smart, why is she dumb enough to want to fuck with fashion magazines of all things? I thought she was so off the beaten path? Secondly, she keeps pretending that her real issue is racial justice but she does not give two hoots. What she wants is to be celebrated not for being Black, which is a political stance and a still (sadly) radical one, but celebrated for being pretty, which has never not happened in the history of men objectifying women. You see, I think Toni’s real problem isn’t that Black women are not yet, in 1950, a large enough spending demographic for glossy magazine advertisers to target via fashion magazines. It’s that she’s decided to be the prettiest of the Beats or the Outsiders or whatever, but actually that she is super square and super mainstream and very very boring. What she wants is to be a cheerleader, and thought just as hot as a blonde cheerleader. She’s a stolidly normcore provincial pretty girl pretending to be an outsider. In short, being Black was and remains the main framework of oppression and injustice for millions, but it is NOT TONI’S ACTUAL ISSUE.

Cheryl, being in the closet, manages to actually not out herself except in her very formal way of writing “forever worried that I will reveal myself.” She posted this letter - in an abundance of caution - from the post box downtown when she was on a fake heterodate with Kevin. She is wearing a marvelous outfit. Navy coat with red collar, and perfectly matched red leather gloves and patent leather red handbag which has a very very 2023 fashionable shape (it looks almost exactly like Prada’s reissue of the 1990s bags, and I suppose if we posit a 25 year fashion cycle, these bag shapes and materials really were de rigeur in the 50s??). OK so this really is a problem. Cheryl is the first girl with a real problem here. Her dad and mom are psycho, and she’s gay.

Next up is the pregnant Midge, who - pardon the pun - has the mother of all problems. She’s pregnant, inexplicably determined to keep the baby and marry Fangs and also has not told her parents about this. I’m so sorry, but Midge is so dumb. I’m shocked that she knows the word “stigmatizes” and also apparently how it’s spelled.

Evelyn is so annoyed at the poster that was shoved into her locker that she sends Betty the first hatemail. “Should I say Little Miss Busybody? What makes you think that you have all the answers anyhoo?” She is not wrong. She is not wrong! Why is this show making me agree with goddam Evil-Lyn Forever-Never. Also sidebar to gush that the cream sweater navy skirt 1950s cheerleader uniform, worn with the bright red lipstick everyone sports, is SO FLATTERING on all of them. I wonder if some lucky souls nabbed one of these at the Riverdale going-out-of-business sale.

Then comes Ethel. Ethel is sketching a long legged thin woman with a tiny waist, wearing a swimsuit and sash. She says that she’s finding it difficult to be grateful because she’s surrounded by beautiful people and the world “constantly reminds her” that she’s not. Betty, looking not coincidentally exactly like the imaginary beauty queen Ethel is sketching, arrives just in time to see it. She says, “That’s a beautiful sketch.”

It turns out it’s not for art class, but for the sign up sheet for Miss Riverdale Teen Queen Pageant. The person who conveys this information is Alice Cooper. The very strange echoing of clothing that’s going on between Ethel and Alice in this scene creeps me out. Ethel is wearing a yellow inner top that matches the gold-ish tone of the Cooper sofa, and over that, an unadorned magenta cardigan. Standing right behind her, Alice is wearing a blue inner dress or top, and the exact same shade of magenta cardigan, except hers is bedazzled all down the front.

Ethel is so polite. She says that Alice has ‘asked her’ to be the assistant for the pageant (instead of, you know, made it clear that Ethel is in no position to refuse Alice Cooper anything if she doesn’t want to be sent back to the 19th century insane asylum). Betty finds the entire affair an “embarrassing cattle call” but Alice is extremely proud that it’s going to be broadcast live on national tv from the RIVW studios. Betty is not interested in participating, even though Alice lays it on very thick, saying it’s “glorious, and wholesome, and all-American.” She tries to manipulate Betty into participating by dangling the prizes - a new car, Hollywood screen test, or a scholarship.

OK that last one is huge. I mean the US college tuition inflation has been extraordinary, but this is from a Time Magazine article I just googled: At the University of Pennsylvania, students were charged $600 in 1950 (nearly $6,000 today) (This article is from 2016, and $6,000 in 2016 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $7,642.05 in 2023). $30,000 is not anything to sneeze at!

Betty is very enticed by this scholarship money, as Alice knew she would be. Apparently this is the first time this particular pageant is giving an actual scholarship. Riverdale is 10 years behind Miss America, by the way, which made itself a scholarship program in 1945.

While Betty is thinking about it, Ethel is trying to hide her bitterness at Alice’s assumption that she wouldn’t even want to try out.

At school, Betty runs into Veronica giving a speech to the other girls about how Edith Head wants to design something for her to wear that would be perfect for the pageant. What is it with Veronica insisting that these very ancient people born at the end of the 19th century (Edith Head was born 1896, a few years after Cole Porter) are all about Veronica Lodge. Is there a chance she’s lying? I mean, that song that she sang with Betty which she insisted was written by Cole Porter didn’t sound like his style whatsoever. Betty is very disapproving, but Veronica says that if she won a beauty pageant it would be great publicity for her movie theater business. It’s a business decision.

Her saying this doesn’t seem to ring any bells for Betty in terms of the letters she’s read, but maybe she’s fixated on the one singular hate mail she got, which okay, fair.

Betty says that the pageant objectifies girls. Cheryl is very defensive of this pageant, so she attacks Betty. She brings up the fact that Betty flashed Archie from her bedroom that one time and also that Betty flashed her underpants on live television. This is very interesting though, that Betty outwardly pushes back against her mother while Cheryl appears to defend the family against any and all attacks (while insisting on being herself to much higher risk of peril).

Anyway, Veronica agrees that pageants are objectifying to women but since she “loves being beautiful” she enjoys participating in a game that she can win. Cheryl rolls her eyes at hearing her say this as Veronica leads the way to the In Group Sofa. Ahead of her is Midge and behind her is Toni, who is wearing a really very odd outfit. All the other girls are covered up right to the collarbone but Toni is wearing a super low cut, like, barely covering her nipples low-cut, top with extremely thin spaghetti straps. She looks like she forgot to put on a shirt. Veronica’s logic gets very very twisted up. Even though she is going to be participating in a pageant in which “old fuddy duddies will decide” - this is literally what a pageant is - she says that in the end, she “decides if I’m beautiful or not. And I am, as are we all.”

This is something I find myself between a rock and a hard place about. In my country & culture (I’m not born or raised in America, I just sound like I am, because cultural softpower of the US is immense) there is no such thing as ‘we are all beautiful.’ Exactly one type of body is beautiful, exactly one shape of face is beautiful, and they will tell you down to the last cm and kg what beautiful is, and you can see how far you are from beautiful using the metric. The inability to meet this standard means all sorts of indignities happen to you, ranging from people being mean and dismissive of you all the way to being unemployable regardless of your qualifications. This sucks.

HOWEVER, this same shit is reported to exist in the US (fat women are underpaid by factors more than thin women are, even though all women still lose vis a vis comparison to men doing the same work) but the American cultural norm is to tell this stupid fucking lie about it, which I find insulting to my intelligence. Every time I hear this idiotic “we are all beautiful” bullshit I want to holler NO I’M NOT AND FUCK YOU FOR LYING.

If you aren’t the ideal, I think it’s just more efficient to know you’re not and flunk out of that race and do something else with your time. This is our way. The American way is to keep insisting that being beautiful is essential to being allowed to exist as a woman, which I find truly offensive.

Plus, it’s only standard issue pretty girls who are thin (like Veronica Lodge and the actress that plays her) that say bullshit like this. Are all men tall? Do all men have good hair? No, right? So it can’t be true that all women are beautiful.

Now, in the context of the show, Veronica is saying this to Betty, Toni, Cheryl and Midge, who all of them have perfect skin, lovely hair, symmetrical faces,perfect teeth, huge doe eyes and very narrow waisted shapely figures soooooo - Veronica is correct that “we all” are beautiful if you limit it to these five people.

And this is the point at which I started to truly, deeply, genuinely despise this episode. I hate this even more than the very strange Racism Against Koreans is Bad episode with Reggie.

Veronica says that the way to subvert the girl-on-girl implicit violence of a beauty pageant is for all the participants to stick together and ‘support’ each other.

No it isn’t. This is just reinforcing toxic femininity in the American style where women are never allowed to actually openly compete and show actual human feelings like aggression, power-hunger, the urge to dominate, disappointment or anger.

Toni of course is all about hypocrisy. Betty is shocked that Toni is going to participate because unlike me she believes Toni’s hype about herself. There is something VERY INSIDIOUS going on with Toni’s character hideousness this season. I hate it so much. I know that ‘playing the race card’ is a racist tool specifically designed to prevent racial minorities in the US from bringing up any topic which might lead to their being given fair compensation and recognition. The thing is, Riverdale the show keeps having Toni actually use ‘the race card’ over and over. Riverdale thinks playing the race card is a real thing for black women. The stupidly reductive thinking seems to be that if you’re a ‘real’ black woman who ‘really’ cares about racial injustice you should just disappear from white society like Tabitha Tate and deal with the problem of wrangling the ‘really bad’ white people who are elsewhere, not here. If you choose to continue your education and not place yourself in mortal danger all the time, then you forfeit your right to bring up racial prejudice unless you’re a ‘race card player’ like Toni. Toni just wants to do what she wants to do - indulge in her inner square that wants to wear ball gowns and have the other squares smile at her and call her pretty - but she will stick some racial element (“This is the first year this pageant is integrated” but see also, “I am the first black cheerleader”) as justification.

The only two with rights about this ar Cheryl and Midge. Cheryl says very simply that she has to compete because her family sponsors the pageant. Casually, she drops the fact that she wins every year. It made me wonder if this is why Betty is truly not interested - she’s not any more interested in playing a game she can’t win than Veronica, and she has insider information to know that it’s more likely to be Cheryl than anyone else. But see, at least Cheryl’s answer is honest, both to herself and to others. High marks.

Midge later tells a concerned Fangs that the reason SHE is participating is because she just wants to do something silly and lighthearted, where she gets to be a mainstream one-of-the-girls before her pregnancy is inevitably revealed.

Veronica comes to find Betty later in the locker room to finally come honest. She wants one of those prizes - for Veronica it’s a toss up between the car and the scholarship (I’m pretty sure she’s had her Hollywood screen test). That’s why she’s participating. She openly admits that she was bullshitting the other girls. She only tells Betty what her real intentions are. Then she asks Betty if she isn’t deeply tempted by the scholarship - the ability to pay for college.

Sidebar - a 4 year full expenses paid scholarship, which is what Veronica seems to think the prize is, is massively more powerful an incentive than the actual prize given to the Miss America winner in 2021. She would’ve gotten $100,00, which would cover literally 1 year and some change at Yale University which costs $88K a year minimum, all in.

Of course, Betty is extremely tempted. In the direct antithesis of a Cheryl slow-mo walk down the hall, which are usually to express Cheryl in a really great, world-conquering mood, Betty does a nervous, worried slow-mo walk full of hesitation towards the sign up sheet immediately after. She signs her name right under Veronica’s.

In the kitchen of the Cooper house, Alice needles Betty about having signed up after all. She interrogates Betty, wanting to know if Betty plans to win and then pull off some stunt (“pull down the temple”). When Betty says she genuinely wants the scholarship money for college, Alice scoffs at her, telling her that she could probably earn an academic scholarship. Alice wants Betty to not go to college, which makes this Alice consistent with the Alice of the OG timeline. And this is how you know Betty is not going to get the scholarship money - Alice is involved.

Alice reminds Betty that she won the pageant one year, calling it a major highlight of her life, before she reveals that she had a dream of a career as a stewardess, which she gave up as soon as she married her husband and had two kids in short order. Betty is so nice - she wishes that the dream could’ve come true for Alice. But of course, Alice always has to puncture any kind gesture by Betty by bringing on the bad news: The pageant is not a one-and-done event. It requires spending a huge amount of time with Alice as she makes the participants ‘rehearse’ for the pageant. Betty is deeply aggrieved by this news. Too bad there wasn’t any fine print on that poster Ethel drew up.

All the participants in the pageant are walking in a circle with a book on each of their heads to give them better posture. Apparently this is going to be a two hours-long ordeal - Alice orders “one more hour of posture work.” Alice sounds absolutely deranged as she lists out the femininity checklist for all the things the girls are supposed to aspire to be. Toni, even though she’s participating just as obediently as all the other sheep, pretends to be above it all and makes a little self satisfied joke about how she’s proud of her “shapely backside.” Evelyn calls her “Greaser Garbage” to which Toni shoots back “Preppy Troll.” I’m with Evelyn. Shut up, Toni.

In the corner is poor Ethel, who is so humiliated at being disregarded that she has a full on hallucination. She imagines herself as having won the pageant. And it turns out her parents are still alive! Ethel also wants her paintings - not comic book work - to be hanging in a gallery or a museum. And voila - her self portrait is at the Guggenheim!

(By the way, I’m reading The History of Art Without Men and this is history -accurate. Many of the earliest Renaissance women painters’ most famous works are their self portraits at first, because that was a permissibly feminine topic and you could just look at yourself in the mirror so it wasn’t a disadvantage you weren’t allowed to learn anatomy). The final thing that Ethel wants in this perfect night to start the rest of her perfect life fantasy is to have Jughead Jones be her boyfriend. (“Just the ginchiest” is what she says.) Alice thinks that this is a terrible choice, because Miss Riverdale Teen Queen as the pick of the litter and Jughead is substandard. (I mean. I love Jughead Jones but he kind of is - and especially in this universe. He was last seen flipping his shit about milk.) Jughead comes up to the stage in a suit with a bowtie, tells Ethel she’s always been his best gal, and gives her a little peck on the cheek.

I WAS ROBBED.

I suppose 1950s and on live tv and her lipstick can’t be messed with and all that but I AM ROBBED.

Ethel deserves to fuck Jughead Jones’ brains out just the one time to get this fixation out of her system. She’s so much cooler and more talented than he is.

I am very discomfited by the way that the way Ethel is being treated by Alice is both accurate to life (if you are a child that all the adults around know you have no other adult advocate, you tend to get fucked over) and yet extremely annoying because Ethel is and always has been so interesting and so shafted all the time and this is more of the same.

Alice treats this orphan exactly like a hired servant - “I hope you did the thing?” is such a nasty way of giving a work instruction, and she’s making Ethel do all this for FREE.

The appointment that Ethel was supposed to have made is at Mary Andrews’ dress shop, which is called Perky Peach. I mean it says “Perky IN Peach” but from afar it will look like PERKY PEACH. “Shop for Ladies and their Daughters.”

While the young girls are all standing silent like mannequins in a circle, Alice and Mary chitchat “back in the day” when they competed for Miss Teen Queen. They are both wearing flower patterns (Alice, tight-ass ones, Mary, blowsy ones) but the girls are all in single colors. Red for Cheryl, purple for Veronica, Toni in emerald, Evelyn in maroon, Betty in hot pink, Midge in blue.

Mary and Alice start out pretending they don’t hate each other. Alice tells Mary that she always “gave me a run for my money” to which Mary concedes that Alices always won. They sound like they’re joking but they’re not, and Betty is the only one who picks up on the fact that these are the first shot of a battle to come. Mary says she thought being Miss Teen Queen might have been “a stepping stone to doing something important with my life, like… being the First Lady.” As in - Alice may have won this crown every single year of high school, but she has *not* done anything at all important with her life. Alice picks up on it immediately, saying that there’s “nothing more important than being a wife and mother.” This is an aggressive thing to say to a woman whose husband is dead and so she can’t be a wife to him for one, and for another, Mary owns a business and Alice doesn’t. Alice also has more than one child too. Mary pivots to say that she thinks these girls of the new generation can do “anything that they want.” Which indicates that she didn’t actually WANT to be either a wife or a mother or perhaps even a dress-maker.

Veronica, who doesn’t really fight other women, seems not to understand that the old biddies are actually fighting, so she suddenly pipes up to ask the group if they think there will ever be a female president. (FYI, Hilary Clinton was born 1947, Geraldine Ferraro was born 1935, Sara Palin and Kamala Harris in 1964).

Evelyn is (of course) immediately repulsed by the idea but see, I like how she puts it. She just says it outright: “I wouldn’t vote for a woman.” I like this better than coming up with some stupid statement about why women can’t do the job or whatever. Just own your misogyny.

Toni, of course, doesn’t really care about women but she also can’t stand it when she isn’t the one who started a social issues conversation so she brings up an entirely different topic when she says, “Or a black president for that matter?” She does tack on man or woman but then it just makes things unclear what the hell they’re talking about thereafter -The Civil Rights Act was in 1964 and women in the US could not open bank accounts on their own until l1974.

Betty is the most optimistic of everyone and *almost* correct - she says (from the context) that she thinks there can be a black woman president within her lifetime. President Obama aside, since Betty was born in 1938, she would’ve been 83 when Kamala Harris became a female, black and asian Vice President in 2021. Cheryl clearly thinks that there would have to be seismic changes in society for either scenario - a black president, a woman president, a black woman president - to be possible.

Alice doesn’t like where this conversation is going because being political is not good for ratings on her beauty pageant, so she comes bearing down on Mary to say that it’s “important to manage expectations.” It’s just for a second, but Mary sneers directly at her even as she says “Of course,” to keep up a united front of adults against the girls.

This entire time however, Ethel has been kneeling at Betty’s feet pinning Betty’s dress.

Mary said at the start of the segment “Look at all these gorgeous girls,” but she didn’t mean Ethel. Ethel was left out of both gorgeous and girls and nobody noticed except Ethel. Because she was implicitly told off by Alice for not keeping the conversation on track, Mary takes it out on Ethel by suddenly remembering to issue an instruction to the charity case: “Can you make sure you pin Betty’s dress all the way around the hem?”

Alice is totally shit but so is Mary, no exception. Not even waiting for any sort of response from Ethel, Mary turns to one of the ‘gorgeous’ people who still counts as a girl - Midge - to ask how the fit is on her dress.

Ethel has a choice between a) homicide and b) tears, so she starts crying. I would d

too. What a horribly pitiful thing they’ve reduced by Ethel to, the one who can kill a man with her bare hands when she has to! Betty asks her if she’s crying, to which Ethel promises to “not get any tears on” her dress which just broke my heart. Betty though is a nice person in this universe, so she does care about Ethel, but she’s not very bright, which is why she asks Ethel WHAT THE MATTER IS. What the fuck do you THINK the matter is, Betty??

This is something Riverdale the show consistently does by the way. Betty has had immense difficulties in previous seasons - her mother was and is both insane and abusive - but she’s also privileged and very blinded by that privilege. As a consequence she has a sort of stupidity when it comes to even the most obvious kinds of empathy - like the situation that Ethel is in right now, forced to work as a slave seamstress for her classmates because she is living on charity in one of their homes. Her only other option is the insane asylum. I think this is why Betty stans are completely unable to cope with any criticism about Betty in any way whatsoever - not just because they’re stans, but because the show is very adamant that Betty for all her aspirations to goodness is actually very unkind and unjust in action because she is blinded by her privilege, and being able to stan Betty Cooper requires totally tuning out this very important point about her. Her privileged blindness is inexcusable and obnoxious, and so is yours.

Ethel like all disadvantaged people who are wronged knows exactly what is happening, including the fact that if she were to try to tell Betty the truth, Betty would take offense at being called privileged, at being called blinded by that privilege, which are all true, and so she just gives up. “Nothing” is wrong, Ethel weeps, “You’re just so beautiful, Betty.”

There’s a lot in there. Why is it the oppressed and wronged always feel so protective of other people? (Don’t answer that. I know the answer. Fuck me if this didn’t get me right in the feels.).

Betty really does not understand why she’s crying. She’s trying, but she just doesn’t get it, at all. Because blinding pretty woman privilege, blinding middle class privilege, etc etc.

There isn’t time to go through any of this though because Mary announces to everyone that she’s going to have let out Midge’s dress a bit. Somehow this is taken as a huge BANG sort of realization on Alice’s part. Evelyn is very smart. She says a sentence perfectly constructed to out Midge’s pregnancy to Alice: “You better start cutting back on those desserts, otherwise that cute Serpent boyfriend of yours might decide that you’re too much woman to handle.” Though she means well, Cheryl only makes things worse by overreacting, telling Evelyn to kill herself (“Take a long walk off a short pier.”) Midge is smarter than Cheryl. She’s smarter than Midge as well.

And can I also just put in a word for us ruler shaped girls who only gain weight fore and aft -directly in the belly? I’ve always had a fat tummy but I’ve never been pregnant. When I gain weight I gain it in the FUPA first and most.

Midge needed to have more of a plan and a lie ready - like “Oh yes I’ve been gaining weight in my middle giggle giggle”???

Alice approaches Midge like a shark to demand a conversation later.

Later that evening Betty is hanging out with Ethel. Since she’s essentially a kind person in S7, she is still worried about why Ethel burst into tears at the dress shop, but appears to also be no smarter or less blinded by her privileges than she was earlier in the day.

What ensues is an INFURIATING fumble of a conversation. Ethel says that she wishes she was competing with all of them. She wants to be considered a girl, in other words, in her cultural context. Betty says - and she both seems to mean it and it is true - that Ethel is beautiful, so she should be competing if she wants to. Ethel counters that Betty’s mom said Miss Teen Riverdale is supposed to be an embodiment of the ideals of the town, which Ethel has understood she can’t be because “I’m the girl whose parents were murdered, quiet, likes comic books, draws creepy pictures.”

What she doesn’t say is made deafening by the fact that she doesn’t say it. She’s fat. Ethel is beautiful and fat. But the show absolutely refuses to address the fact that all the actresses other than Ethel for that generation are extremely slender - even the ‘expanding with pregnancy’ Midge has stick thin arms and the whole of her clavicle bones show end to end through her skin.

Because the show can’t let Ethel say she’s fat, Ethel doesn’t say that it’s because she’s fat that she’s not being allowed to compete in the beauty contest, and Betty, because being cosseted lessens her intelligence, simply takes Ethel at her word. But Betty not knowing that the beauty standard of the 20th century leans towards extreme thinness for women is exactly like Toni having to ask Tabitha what it’s like to be black in the rest of America.

Betty says true things about Ethel - that she’s inspiring because she’s overcome so much adversity. That Ethel has as much right as anyone else to be competing for the prize and the title.

Because the show - and Ethel and Betty - won’t address the obvious visible physical difference between the two characters, Betty’s line about Ethel having “more pep in your little finger than the rest of us do in our whole bodies combined” comes out really really cringe.

Ethel can’t stand it anymore and takes off, saying she shouldn’t have said anything.

Betty means what she’s saying, but how seriously can Ethel be expected to take this sincerity? Not very, honestly.

Meanwhile, Midge is getting the third degree from Alice, who knows she’s pregnant. Teedum.

And now we are five (plus Ethel standing in the back). Alice announces to the group that Midge is “no longer with us” and is no longer a student at Riverdale High, because she’s been carted off to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Alice Cooper is so obsessed with depositing girls with the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, isn’t she? She’s the type of person who can’t stand the thought of having to suffer something alone - she has to inflict the same suffering on others.

She drops the hints as heavy as anvils: “When you see her in six or seven months, Midge will be right as rain.”

Veronica finally gets it. She seems to know the duration of human gestation anyway. She tries to ask if Midge is pregnant, but Alice, wearing pink gloves (she’s pink handed rather than red-handed, I guess?) makes ‘close your mouth’ motions with her hands so she can continue her lecture about how “we must treat our bodies as temples.” Alice does have a way with words. She wants the girls to “guard against defilement” and instead regroup that afternoon to have some “good clean fun” preparing for the pageant.

As she exits the room, we see that she was using Ethel as a literal clothes hanger tool to hold on to her purse.

Later, wearing what looks like a dinner napkin as a scarf, Betty, who is really very dumb this episode, just simply does not understand why Midge was sent away. I was a bit taken aback by this. Betty Cooper is supposedly a straight-A student but she just does not know at all how long pregnancy lasts (Uhhhh does Midge also not know??). Evelyn AGAIN SAYS EXACTLY WHAT I AM THINKING because she snaps, “I thought you were supposed to be smart” before explaining to Betty that “Midge has a bun in the oven.” She just keeps the truths coming! “She let a greaser paw at her like a dirty rag.” I meannn I hate Fangs so yeah, I’m even going to excuse her misogynistic language.

Why does this keep happening to me, the humble Riverdale episode recapper? In S4 I was BRET. I had to identify with BRET WESTON WALLIS and now in S7, I’m Evelyn. Thanks Show, for the realizations I did not want.

Evelyn is just laying all the truths out on the table - that Midge is pregnant, that Betty is not very smart, that everyone knows that Cheryl and Toni are a dyke pair, and that Fangs should never be allowed to breed and now he’s gonna have offspring.

She gets threatened by Toni with physical violence which is just comical. I’m a short girl myself, but dude, Toni should never threaten people with physical violence. You’re literally like 90 lbs, Toni, shut up.

Betty really is dumb.

Like, actively stupid.

Look at this face:

Betty finally FINALLY puts it together that Midge has fucked Fangs and that’s why she’s pregnant. When she seeks confirmation, Toni clearly thinks she’s stupid just as much as Evelyn does, so she’s short with Betty, “Yes, Betty.” Betty wants to know if it was once or multiple times. The femme superdykes give her identical, OMG faces because they are both the type of queer girl who didn’t realize for a long time that they were queer because they thought they were just smarter than the majority of other girls, who of course happened to be straight.

Veronica’s love for Betty is everlasting, plus she’s a virgin herself, so she is willing to meet Betty on the same grounds. “I’m guessing they were doing the deed on the reg,” she says, trying to elevate Betty’s grotesque stupidity to the level of something akin to banter.

Toni starts to try to explain the ‘situation’ to all of them like they’re all 4 years old. “Midge loves Fangs and Fangs loves Midge.” Evelyn comes in once again with the correct take: “Quite the cautionary tale if you ask me.” Cheryl is completely unable to come up with a good come back beyond a very paltry No One Asked You type of comment, because I think Cheryl also thinks fucking around with boys is stupid and for the weak and always is going to end up with a cautionary tale type situation. She dislikes Evelyn, in other words, but doesn’t disagree, and only wishes she wouldn't keep spouting truths.

Betty continues to be extremely idiotic - “I’m wondering how Midge could have ended up getting…” is what she says. Not even Veronica knows how to salvage this. Both dykes, Evelyn and even Ethel, who as I’ve said wants to preserve Betty in her innocent stupidity rather than have her face the hardness of the world, give her looks. I think Betty is lying when she says that she “of course” “understand[s] how it happened.” But she’s seen now that her ignorance has shaded fully over into just a lack of intelligence, so she makes something up about "wondering if they were using…” because she’s heard that a man and a woman need to ‘do’ something ‘at least once’ to have a baby but there are ways to maybe make that not happen. Betty Cooper simply does not understand the mechanics of sex.

Veronica continues to want to adore Betty, because she just does, so she supplies the word - protection! Using protection! - because she can’t in good faith adore someone who is irretrievably stupid, and she doesn’t want to admit that about Betty. I am rather surprised to hear from Cheryl that she asked about birth control to Midge, with enough specificity to receive an answer: “Midge said they were, but once it slipped.” And then even more squick- Toni asked Fangs about birth control too, and heard about his incompetence with a condom directly as well. Ew. Cheryl does make an annoyed, oh these damned hetero morons type of eyeroll face as she tells her tale, to her credit.

This makes Veronica burst out that this is why the birth control pill is necessary, that birth control needs to be in the hands of women (not on the dicks of men) because “we’re the ones who have to live with the consequences.” I wish Veronica could be more radical in her feminism -that there should BE NO consequences, but as she’s said at the start of this episode, she likes inhabiting a face and body that’s considered beautiful too much to want to topple the whole thing over.

It’s clear from Betty’s expressions that she still isn’t sure how exactly Midge got pregnant, she doesn’t at all understand what ‘protection’ means really or what ‘it’ is that could’ve have slipped nor what it slipped from, and isn’t following Veronica’s train of thought whatsoever. But the looks that even Evelyn and Ethel gave her has had a silencing effect.

It’s really kind of a violation of human rights, isn’t it, that Betty just does NOT KNOW simple basic facts.

Anyway, Veronica is going on about how boys who impregnate girls have proven their manhood but girls who get impregnated by that same boy are treated as ‘fallen’ to which Betty starts to voice a very conventional fact; "Midge’s life is just… [ruined]."

Cheryl is a leader.

Can I say that again?

CHERYL BLOSSOM IS A REAL LEADER.

She cuts Betty off at the pass: “Her life is not ruined,” she says, categorically. Cheryl Blossom is not going to LET “this”- i.e. Fangs’ incompetence with keeping a condom on his damn dick - hurt one of ‘her’ Vixens in some irretrievable way.

Toni only WISHES she could exhibit this sort of moral, almost compulsive, valor.

Anyway.

Evelyn is so very even keeled. I kind of love that about her. She hates everyone at a very chilled temperature. Even her bright red lipstick has a chilly blue undertone. Evelyn points out that Cheryl and Midge are neither of them Vixens.

Toni wonders if Fangs even knows what has happened to his baby mama, to which Evelyn again acts as oracle to say everyone will eventually know. Cheryl and Toni take off to try to find Fangs so he can learn the bad facts from sympathetic tellers.

Veronica is still worried that she’s very in love with a very dumb girl, so she checks in with Betty to ask what she’s thinking about. Betty says that she’s thinking about how one night can change everything for you. I mean. That isn’t true though, not when you’re Alice Cooper’s daughter. Ethel had two very big nights - one was when her parents were murdered, which is the same night she got sexually assaulted by Julian Blossom, and then the night she killed the Milkman, which made all the adults back off from hauling her directly to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy again. Betty by contrast got caught doing a long distance strip tease with Archie, and then flashed her panties on live television but she has had to deal with no consequences whatsoever, other than her mother continuing to be crazy. So no, it isn’t true that one night can change everything - it only is true if you don’t have the right combo pack of protections.

Betty follows up with Ethel. Ethel is thinking about Midge at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Betty basically Yes-ands her, by saying she cares a lot about Midge being sent to an insane asylum (she doesn’t) as lip service so she can get Ethel to agree to take Midge’s spot at the beauty pageant.

You know what? I think I understand now why Betty has nothing to say about Ethel being beautiful and fat and how her fatness might be a problem for a beauty pageant. She’s too stupid to know the facts of heterosexual reproductive intercourse - so by extension she’s too stupid to know that fat girls are given a much harder time in life, a harder time than girls with bad skin, girls with glasses, girls who are too skinny, girls with bad teeth. All she sees is that Ethel is beautiful (factual) and deserving (also true) and so in a true genuine way, thinks she should compete if she wants to. Rather than Ethel being judged ineligible by reason a biography marred by violence and her body type by her mother, Betty genuinely thought Ethel didn’t want to be in the beauty pageant (because she herself didn’t) and genuinely also thought Ethel didn’t mind playing scullery maid to Alice Cooper and her own classroom peers. There’s clueless and then there’s criminal levels of clueless. Betty is fast approaching the latter.

Ethel in any case does not need to be asked more than once. She is so very conscientious though. She is immediately worried that Alice will be left high and dry without an assistant. Betty says she has a plan for that.

Meanwhile, Fangs has been told. He is hollering about how he’s going to “go out there to that convent.” Toni stops him from developing this scheme any further. Cheryl also chimes in, saying two kidnappings does not a solution make. Both these girls are betting that Midge’s parents don’t know that Fangs is the father. Cheryl says something weird - “We need to keep it that way so that you’re not arrested.” Why would Fangs get arrested? Are there anti miscegenation laws in Riverdale? Will they accuse him of raping Midge? What?

I also wonder about Toni playing the Friar Lawrence role to this pair. Her advice has thus far been singularly bad, hasn’t it? She knows how to rig up a home pregnancy test using frogs but doesn’t know any abortionists or even advise Midge on trying to find one. She ASSUMES that Midge’s parents will simply not accept the whole truth, and so steers Fangs and Midge into trying to get their ‘romance’ accepted first before dropping the pregnancy bomb, but that just isn’t how conservative families work. If Fangs and Midge had gone to the parents to say, do you want Midge to have a bastard child or do you want the baby born in matrimony, Midge’s mother wouldv’e gotten her an abortion whether Midge wanted one or not OR allowed them to marry. Here again, if Fangs let’s say showed up in all his biker glory and just burst into the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, wouldn’t that have been materially better for them both? Toni has done no research about this. She hasn’t asked Ethel anything. Ethel got out - why not ask HOW she made that decision stick?

I think Toni has a lot of unexamined hidden motives here -she simply does not want Fangs to have a happy romance with Midge in any direction. She’s very pleased, actually that Midge has been sent away.

When Fangs wants to know what he should do, Toni smirks and giggles as she tells him to write a hit song that becomes a gold record so that he becomes “undeniable to Midge’s parents.”

Yeah so what conservative racist parents (as per Toni’s assumptions about them) would want their child impregnated out of wedlock by not just a guy who is of color but a rock’n’roller of color?

This is insidiously evil of Toni.

Cheryl, of course, never liked Midge being with Fangs to begin with. But she’s moved by his plight, so she actually comes up with useful solutions. She’ll arrange a phone call between Midge and Fangs, and she wants Fangs to remain calm.

Meanwhile, I assume Betty and Ethel have made good use of the insider information that Ethel has access to from her days of slave labor as Alice’s assistant and have gotten Ethel a really gorgeous pageant dress. Ethel really does have “perfect poise” as Betty says. She can do spins in a ball gown with a book balanced on her head. That’s a neat trick.

Alice is very startled to hear that Ethel will be replacing Midge but lies in a white way (“That’s WONDERFUL” she screams) before insisting that she must have an assistant.

Turns out Betty has roped Long Duk Dong - no sorry, Dilton Doiley, into the role of the assistant. I hope she gave his extra huge Asian cock a blowjob.

Sorry. Sorry. I hate S7 Dilton and I hate this actor and I hate what they’re making him do.

Alice asks to speak to Betty in the hallway. She is enraged. Alice yells at Betty about trying to undermine her. Betty says she doesn’t understand what the problem is. I think she genuinely is stupid enough this season for this to be actually true. Alice tries to explain: “Ethel does not represent the ideals of Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.” Betty snaps back, “Why? She’s not pregnant!”

Alice says that Ethel has “an unsavory history.” Betty is again struggling to catch up, asking if this is about Ethel’s parents being murdered or if there’s “something else.” It occurs to me that maybe only a handful of adults other than Jughead and his editor, that is, Sheriff Keller, the principal, his husband, the head nun at the Sisters, Alice and maybe also Mary know that Ethel managed to avenge her parents and kill a man in self defense.

Alice doesn’t actually say if it’s the parents being killed or something else, to which Betty comes to some sort of conclusion that makes her put on a a horrified face to say “Woah, you are awful.”

Uh. What is this, by the way? It’s entirely not clear. Does Alice in fact blame Ethel for her parents being killed? Like, are we doing an Oscar Wilde thing here? ( “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”??) I’m still inclined to think that this is about Ethel being fat, but Alice and Betty both think fatness is unspeakable on the level of leprosy so they can’t even say it to each other. I say this because Alice says, “I am not gonna let you turn this competition into one of your crusades!”

Crusades for what? Advocacy of murder attempt survivors? Surely not.

Alice is very clear about her priorities. She wants “to protect the office of Miss Riverdale Teen Queen” first and foremost, because it seems to have been the only competition and externally validating thing she ever went out for and won. Ethel’s well being is a secondary priority, and again the wording is so weird. She wants to protect Ethel from “the scrutiny that Miss Teen Queen demands.”

Scrutiny like somehow a tabloid somewhere is going to take an avid interest in a small town electing a teen beauty queen to say OMG TWO PEOPLE WERE MURDERED THIS ONE TIME IN THIS TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE? Or scrutiny like, if you include a fat girl in a beauty contest everyone will mock her and the contest because that’s how fatphobia works?

Betty, who has been steadfast in calling Ethel beautiful, makes me lose faith in her. She says it plainly to Alice. For Betty, participation in this entire competition is purely pecuniary. To her it’s quite simple - Ethel is an orphan and she needs the money. But this carries no weight to Alice, because she can’t stand the only competition she’s ever won to be reduced to a mere charity. Alice screams at her that she must be the one to get Ethel to withdraw from the pageant. Betty stamps her foot in frustration.

Then she goes exactly to the Dyke Triumvirate for advice, down in the Dark Room. Veronica, for whom this is really just a lark to assuage her everlasting boredom and loneliness in Riverdale, Alice’s decision to not allow Ethel into the competition doesn’t make sense.

Betty finally fully (well as much as Betty can be fully honest about anything which isn’t much) admits that she knows the issue is Ethel’s non-ideal body type (“Ethel doesn’t represent the ideal blah-blah-blah”). After saying a bunch of things she may or may not have meant about Ethel’s looks, Betty really doesn’t want to be the one to admit to (a) cooking up this whole plan to sabotage her mother (because it’s plain now that this was the intention) and (b) telling Ethel she can’t participate. She tries to get the other three on board by talking about Ethel as a charity case. - “Imagine what winning would do for her.” She’s saying this to one girl with hereditary wealth, a daughter of major Hollywood players who owns her own apartment and her own movie theater (somehow, without also having access to a bank account) and Toni, about whom nothing is known but who doesn’t at all seem lacking for resources.

I don’t know how Ethel would feel if she knew this conversation happened other than humiliated. These four skinny girls held a round table ABOUT her without her, silently agreed among themselves that she doesn’t represent the ideal, but decided that she deserved their charity and graceful self abnegation for the scholarship money (which assumes that she’d choose the competition money and not the Hollywood screen test or the car by the way, which nobody has asked Ethel about).

Cheryl because she has the most leadership chops comes up with the best solution - all the thin, telegenic participants will withdraw if Ethel doesn’t get to participate. Without competitors, there can be no competition. Furthermore, all four of them seem unduly certain that Ethel doesn’t actually represent any sort of threat to their own bid for the title.

When Betty says she will confront Alice about all this again, Veronica stops her. Veronica knows Betty is not just kind of dumb, and that Alice Cooper might not be. She assumes that Hal Cooper is just as stupid as Betty, for one, and for another, Veronica Lodge is an expert at patricide (actual and metaphorical across all universes). She suggests threatening Hal Cooper, and volunteers herself as “a more seasoned negotiator.”

Right away, the girls go to “bend” Hal’s ear. Veronica immediately says that Ethel must be allowed to participate in the pageant. Hal says he’s already been yelled at by Alice about the Ethel issue, so that’s all already decided. Veronica knows a lot about TV so she starts dropping references that make Hal Cooper very vulnerable - “ad spending” “money brought in by live television” “sold all your commercial spots” and “cash those checks.” Having softened him up, they threaten to have all the participants pull out. They also want the swimsuit promenade cut. Hal says, grossly, that the swimsuit segment is a judge favorite event. Veronica incongruously points out that it’s the swimsuit competition that is “Plainly sexist.” My dear pretty little hypocrite - THE ENTIRE THING is sexist. WHY even bring up sexism? Do any male competitions exists that look anything like this pretending to be scholarship competitions? NO THEY DON’T.

Veronica, I love you, but fucking stuff it. Don’t bring up critiques about sexism if you’re going to participate at all. You’re disqualified from feminist discourse.

Hal and Alice have a big blow out fight right before the competition about Ethel. Hal says that since the judges like thin girls (he doesn’t say this but this is what he means) there is no way that Ethel will win the contest (because she is fat) because all it comes down to in the end is does the girl conform to the conventional standards of beauty, which in living memory has NEVER been not skinny and Ethel is fat (he doesn’t say this either but this is what he means). Alice is simply freaking out.

They are screaming the name ETHEL but Ethel pretends not to hear, and asks Betty if they are fighting about her (because they are screaming ETHEL MUGGS at each other). Betty does what Betty does and lies.

With 13 minutes of this episode to go, we are finally at the Miss Riverdale Teen Queen Pageant. The audience that we see for this is 100% all the boys who have ever had a speaking part this season. Not a single girl who is not in the pageant is shown watching this. They just weren’t selected so they disappear from existence. This pageant is entirely for male eyes only. Any talk about these sort of events being anything other than pornographic entertainment for the era when actual pornography was not readily available for private viewing is completely disagreed with by Riverdale the show.

Julian says he is mad they cut the swimsuit bit. Jughead makes fun of him, asking why he wants to “see your sister prancing around like a bathing beauty.” Archie totally looks like he has taken something, he looks so manic, and when Jughead calls Julian pervy about the desire for the swimsuit competition, guffaws. Jughead also laughs a lot as his own joke. Julian is annoyed, telling Jughead to drop dead. Is this - is this the first time they’ve actually said anything to each other? I can’t recall.

The judges for this event are Cheryl’s father, the high school principal and the high school child psychologist. This is very gross. The thing is being emceed by Betty’s father. Kevin is singing in the most oleaginous way over the girls silently parading around modeling their gowns. Jughead whistles at Veronica’s turn on the catwalk. Fangs wants Toni to win (why?).

Alice is in some sort of culty fugue as this event goes on. There’s an in studio audience cheering.

Veronica’s trick was tightrope walking. WHAT? WHY COULDNT’ WE SEE THIS? Reggie thinks this was awesome (“Who knew she was an acrobat!”).

Ethel closes the evening with a big song. I found it immensely cheesy though wow, Ethel is graceful and can sing really well, who knew?

Oh and Betty delivered the Gettysburg Address, apparently, which Jughead found “stirring.” Uh OK. Now THAT is really pervy.

Julian wants it just to not be Cheryl (we aren’t told what her talent was) that wins

Clay says they should’ve made the musical about Ethel instead of Archie.

Then they announce the winner. I realized at this point that I misunderstood what the prize was - you get ALL of the above. A car AND a screentest AND a scholarship. It wasn’t Or. It’s AND. For all her money having ways, neither of Cheryl nor Veronica have a car of their own so I see now why they want to be in this competition still. Everything else I said still stands though!

There’s a drum roll. Julian is intensely begging it to not be Cheryl (Why doesn’t Julian want Cheryl to have a car? Selfish dipshit.). Fangs is not thinking about the locked up knocked up Midge at all, focusing all his nervous attention on Toni, just like she wanted. Clay, despite thinking Ethel should win, does not expect her to, so he braces for impact with a wince.

The Coopers open the envelope with the winner’s name in it. Alice takes it from Hal, who look happy, and announces that it’s Ethel Muggs. Hal looks unhappy. The judges glare at each other. The boys in the diner lose their shits, screaming and hollering. Ethel is overjoyed. Betty looks overjoyed. The only one with a very honest, human reaction is Evelyn Evernever once again - she is upset and finds this whole thing incomprehensible. She also refused to do that deeply insulting thing of making the girls who are standing in a row begging with their tits for scholarship money hold hands with each other as the one winner among them is announced. I stan Evelyn Evernever for this. When she competes against other women she competes wholesale. I find this much more honorable. Why the fuck do the girls have to hold hands?

The next morning, Fangs runs into the diner to get a call from Midge. These two not very bright people being guided by Toni Topaz with ulterior (possibly unexamined) motives are very miserable. Midge’s despair at the end of the call is entirely Toni’s fault. Because all she has is this one phone call, Midge has to pretend she’s fine. Fangs should’ve driven into the convent on his bike.

That same morning, Betty walks into her mother’s kitchen. They have the scariest conversation I’ve ever seen between mother and a daughter on television. I’m not sure that this moment of complicated terror borne out of two women who represent the absolute most insane sides of white culture (I’m not white by the way, just in case that wasn’t clear) is worth the cost of having to sit through this horrible episode (because it truly was horrible) but this is what happens.

Betty launches the first attack. Is Alice exhibiting ‘sour grapes’ because Betty lost and Ethel won? Alice counters by showing Betty that she was in fact the winner. Betty has a hard time (Because as I’ve said for the umpteenth time, she is really stupid for this episode) wrapping her mind around what she’s lost. Alice says that all the men were deeply unhappy but live television’s demand that they put on a ‘flawless’ show forbade any of them from contradicting her.

As I’ve said, winning this contest multiple times is the only accomplishment Alice Cooper has had in her life, and Betty, by pushing a fat orphan to compete in a beauty contest, tries to besmirch exactly the things Alice values about her winnings by turning into a charity. It stamped her as beautiful and rewarded her apparently painful conformity with standard hetero culture. So in turn, Alice took Betty’s win away from her and gave it to Ethel.

If the winner had been any of the other girls, it’s strongly implied, she wouldn’t have done it. She even says it herself - “Maybe I just didn’t want you to win.” Alice tries to have a total victory - for all of Betty’s “grandstanding, Ethel would still have lost,” and moreover, it’s Alice, not Betty, that changed Ethel’s life for the better. And she also got to take something away from Betty that Betty really wanted - a way to go to college, without having to ask Alice for permission. I cut your achilles tendon and popped all your balloons, basically.

Then Betty does the most white woman thing of all time and tells her mother that she will think well of her. She stabs her mother in the face with the words “I love you.” Instead of expressing a natural human feeling - I am angry with you - which white women are not allowed by their culture to feel, Betty says “I know you are a good person” but in the most stony-faced, glassy-eyed way possible.

I think the victory belongs with Betty though. Sure, Alice materially hurt her daughter, and did that thing of cursing her daughter to “live the life I lived." But in retaliation, her daughter announced that she thinks she’s a piece of shit and she hates her, using the Opposites Day language of white womanhood. Moreover, it was Alice’s dream to a) keep Miss Teen Queen a validation of womanly perfection and b) to have some sort of legacy in the world which for her boiled down to being a Miss Teen Queen who raised a second generation of Miss Teen Queen. By hurting Betty, Alice hurt herself, because Alice cares about this competition and Betty does not want to give her mother any sort of legacy.

White anglo culture takes insidious passive aggression to a HIGH ART level and these people scare the shit out of me.

Secure in her victory, Betty goes to write an answer to all her girls who wrote into her newsletter. “There is a hope for a better tomorrow. In fact, we girls are that hope.”

This is completely unearned. Betty just engaged in a final battle of mortal combat of the soul with her mother, and has come out with like severed limbs and severe blood loss, though she won because she took away the one happy achievement her mother ever had in her life. She made Alice kill her own one shining earned-it-myself achievement. This event that Alice told the world on national TV is something more special to her that Christmas itself has been permanently tarnished for her, because in a desperate bid to survive this hate-filled battle with her daughter, Alice stabbed herself in the heart. There is absolutely nothing hopeful here. Betty is lying as per usual.

[fideidefenswhore]

Hey! In which way were men & women hunting clothes different from court clothes in the times of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn? I suppose they were more practical, like tighter sleeves for the ladies instead trumpet sleeves? What about their headgear? And while going for practical, perhaps there were also some jewel ornaments here and there bc it always was about showing how rich u are? I watched some hunting scenes in Wolf Hall but Anne's dress looks like ... Too medieval? (I cant remember well, where H&A recreating Robin & Marian? Both in green with arrows). Do we have images of Tudor/Henrician hunting clothes? Thanks.

Women wore riding habits and 'safeguards' if they were riding without them, to protect their gowns from any dirt. Queens carried whips, 'ryding roddes', alone or in bags, such as 'a bagge of blue buckram with ryding roddes'.

Livery was provided for servants of the hunt, hose was set to be green, probably for better camouflage, and double-soled shoes for relative silence in pursuit.

The great wardrobe accounts of Henry VIII number 'hunting shoes', 'hunting spurs', 'hunting coats' (also usually green, likely for the same reason), 'riding cloaks', 'riding coats', 'riding bonnets', 'riding caps', 'riding hoods', 'hunting gloves' (one, made from doe skin), 'hawking coats' and 'hawking gloves' (one, embroidered with damask gold).

Henry VII owned 'riding gowns' of 'crimson and black velvet' and one of 'purple velvet with libards'.

Prince Arthur owned a 'riding gown of crimson velvet furred with martens' & 'a riding hood of black satin lined with black velvet'.

Anne Boleyn once gifted Du Bellay a 'hunting coat and hat'. Henry VIII gifted her shooting gloves and a bracer to guard her wrist(s), saddle(s) 'of the French fashion, with a pillow of down covered with black velvet' and 'Spanish leather', 'saddle hose' (if I had to guess, 'boot hose', 'stocking worn inside boots to protect the netherstocks', or this is just another word for reins), and "pillion saddles for [them] to ride out together'.

Boots and spurs were worn by men for riding. One example of the former were 'brown skin deerskin thigh high boots, cut from one piece of deerskin and pinked (scalloped) for ease of movement, seamed up the back of the leg and shaped at the calf and the knee'.

'Buskins' seem to be the type of boots worn primarily by women:

"knee-high, pull-on boots with a turned down top, often with lacing for fastening, made from both leather and silk"

Henry Fitzroy owned riding coats and cloaks of scarlet, black, crimson, green, and purple, made from cotton, frisado (a heavy worsted cloth), satin and taffeta.

Thomas Cranmer owned a 'short riding jacket of worsted lined with cotton'.

There were also whistles made for luring a falcon or hawk back to its owner's glove.

Sources:

Hayward M. (2007). Dress at the court of king henry viii. 

Guy J., Fox J. (2023). Hunting the Falcon.

[chellerbelles]

Still working on the Murder Mystery stuff, so decided to go with a scene where they discuss poison.

Rogue & Gambit Week 2023: Murder Mystery

The poison garden was hidden amongst the larger gardens of the property. It was small, but beautiful and elegant.

“Hmm, not as big as the Assassin’s poison garden, but a lot more refined,” Gambit said as he and Rogue walked around. “The huge signs spoil things a bit though.”

Rogue grinned. “Well, some of these are poison to the touch. They have to be careful.”

“I’m surprised it’s legal.”

“It’s Heritage listed or something.”

“Ah. Explains it.”

“Oooh Foxglove,” Gambit said. “I haven’t seen this one before.”

“The Assassins don’t have it?” Rogue asked as they wander over to the pink and purple flowered plants.

“No. They used it, but since Digitalis isn’t used in heart medication as much anymore they stopped using it.” Gambit gave her a grin. “If you gave Foxglove to someone on Digitalis-based heart meds, you could get away with murder, because there would already be Digitalis in their system. There’d be no way to tell if it was murder or accidental overdose.”

“I know,” Rogue said. “It got used in an Agatha Christie novel that way.” She didn’t add that Mystique had used that technique once herself.

“I really need to read me some Agatha Christie one of these days.” He frowned as his eyes shifted to another set of plants. “Well, I know Belladonna when I see it.”

“What are you more afraid of, the plant or the ex?” Rogue asked with a smirk.

“Jury’s still out,” he replied with a wink. “Have you heard of Aqua Tofana?”

Rogue nodded. “Invented by Giulia Tofana in the 1600s, which she and her daughter and staff used to sell to women wanting to kill off their husbands. And they did so successfully for decades. It was disguised as a beauty treatment or religious item. And they taught the prospective widow how to behave and say to the police.”

Gambit smirked. “Yeah. I thought you might have. They think Belladonna was one of the ingredients.”

“And arsenic and lead, if I recall correctly. Took a few drops to kill, but it looked like it was the flu or whatever. So they’d get sick and have time to settle their affairs before the poison finally killed them.” Rogue gave him a grin. “Couldn’t work these days. They can test for all that stuff.”

“It’s just getting harder and harder to pull off the perfect murder.”

“Well, aren’t you glad that’s not your line of work?”

“More than I can possible say.” Another group of plants caught his eye, once that looked like wild carrots or parsley. “Ah, Hemlock. Well, if they were growing this, I don’t wonder Marian was called a witch.”

An unexpected voice cut in: “Hemlock is a weed and grows itself just fine.”

Gambit and Rogue looked over to see a skinny, middle aged woman with black hair. She was tanned up to the middle of her forehead where her floppy hat sat. She wore thick leather gardening gloves, a long-sleeved shirt, and overalls.

“Good thing you can’t get poisoned just by touching it, then,” Gambit said cheerfully. “Hi, I’m Remy. And you are?”

“Angela. Nice to meet you,” she replied pleasantly.

“I’m Rogue,” Rogue said. “Have you been working here long? You seem familiar?”

A little too familiar, actually. Rogue couldn’t shake the feeling that she knew this woman.

“Oh, no, I’ve only been here a few months,” Angela replied, and looked back at Gambit. “Most animals are smart enough not to each hemlock, but there are some birds who can eat it, and do if they’re hungry enough. Only probably is, is that even though they survive eating it, anyone who eats the bird after gets poisoned.”

“Ooh nasty,” Gambit said, and his eyes shifted over to the Hemlock sign.

“And there’s no antidote. All they can do if you have Hemlock poisoning is treat the symptoms and hope,” Angela went on.

“Symptoms include vomiting - well, what poison doesn’t? - How do you have excess saliva and dry mouth at the same time?” Gambit said musingly. “Rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure,  muscle weakness, tremors…”

“I thought Hemlock caused paralysis?” Rogue asked with a frown.

“It does, that’s in the delayed complications section, along with slow heartbeat, low blood pressure, kidney failure, and muscle breakdown and death,” Gambit said. “Doesn’t say how long the delay is.”

“I believe they can start within 15 minutes,” Rogue said. “If I’m remembering correctly.”

The amount of information she’d picked up from Mystique on how to kill people was staggering.

“Not a lot of time, huh?” Gambit mused. “You’d be screwed if you were alone.”

[alyssasoutfitdiary]

2023 03 16 Thursday

What I am wearing today to the office.

The snow is gone, the sun will be shining, the day will be quite warm, but the morning is very cold once again. Even though the sun isn't quite up anymore temporarily when I leave in the morning to help take the bite out of the cold, I still want to wear a St. Patrick's Day dress. I'd like to go full on green, actually, since the holiday is tomorrow; one of the rare times when I would wear green nylons (at least this shade) to the office. Tall boots would help with the cold morning, but I'm really favoring my green flats, as they match the darker green shamrocks in my dress. At least my nylons are fairly thick, and I only have less than an hour of cold to deal with.

The things we women put ourselves through sometimes for the perfect look LOL.

My outfit details:

Weather: Upper 20s (morning), upper 50s (afternoon), sunny ☀️

Hair down

Green button front shirt: Talbots

Dress: Spadehill

Green nylons (80 denier): Stylegaga

Gnome/shamrock dangle earrings: Kohl's

Shamrock faux pearl necklace: Garma

Green watch: Target @targetstyle

Green hat: Target @targetstyle

Green scarf: Target @targetstyle

Green gloves: Target @targetstyle

Green blazer: Ann Taylor

Green leather skinny belt: Muxxn

Green purse: Ling Chuang

Green suede flats: DSW

Green coat: Target @targetstyle

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: December 4, 2023

Scattered songs to start your December, from analog explorations of impossible concepts, to Nina Simone expanding Leonard Cohen's melodies, to '90s guitar heroics and psychedelic bootlegs. It's all part of waking up with the AM on CJSW.

Listen on Soundcloud

Stream from CJSW

Spotify playlist

Tracklist:

Hour One

Soak Hynta • Hyperobjects

Carbonifère Fumerolles • Cicadoidea

Can we provoke reciprocal reaction Amor Muere • A Time to Love and A Time to Die

Orientation Offworld • 3

Gmail Needs My Password Again Teitur, Aarhus Jazz Orchestra • Songs From A Social Distance

On the Surface Bilal Nasser • Single

Solid Foundations Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan • Building a New Town

Thinking About You Bristol Manor • The Other Side

Leaving Plymouth Chocolate Hills • Yarns From The Chocolate Triangle

Calico Inventions • Continuous Portrait

Amount of Melting Buildings and Food • Infinity Plus One

Hour Two

Baibaba Bimba Tenniscoats • Tasmania Bootleg

Thru a Confusing Zone The Past • Airless

Medicine Loving • Any Light

My Dear Life Spencer Cullum • Aquarium Drunkard Lagniappe Session 2

Wigwam Bob Dylan • Self-Portrait

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues Nina Simone • To Love Somebody

Suzanne Nina Simone • To Love Somebody

Social Roll Opez • Social Limbo

Dawn Daydreamers Edena Gardens • Dens

Chrysalis SIX-12 The Royal Family • The Royal Family

Hour Three

5 to 8 Hours a Day (WWwaG) L'Rain • I Killed Your Dog

Crowns Postnamers • IMIM

The Cloven Stone Wurld Series • The Giant's Lawn

Grind Faith Healer • The Hand That Fits The Glove

Grey Skies Women • Rarities 2007-2010

Everyone In Town The Brights • Oyster Rock!

Delirium and Persecution Paranoia Nap Eyes • Whine of the Mystic

Here She Comes Now Galaxie 500 • This Is Our Music

Wild Wax Machine • The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On

Wild Turkey\/Leather Winged Bat David Crosby • The P.E.R.R.O. Sessions

[ritamiller01]

In the world of golf, the quest for perfection is a never-ending journey. Every swing, every putt, and every piece of equipment is scrutinised to improve performance. One often overlooked but essential piece of equipment for female golfers is the golf glove. A well-chosen golf glove can significantly impact your grip and, consequently, your game. 

Key Factors to Consider:

When selecting a women's golf glove, several critical factors should guide your decision. These elements are pivotal for both comfort and performance on the golf course. Here are the key considerations:

Material Matters:

Golf gloves come in various materials, with leather and synthetic being the most common. Leather gloves are soft, provide an excellent grip, and conform to your hand over time. Synthetic gloves are often more affordable, lightweight, and quick-drying, making them suitable for various weather conditions. Choose a material that aligns with your priorities and playing conditions.

Glove Fit:

The fit of your golf glove is crucial. It should be snug but not constricting. An ill-fitting glove can affect your grip and swing. Most gloves are available in various sizes, so take the time to find one that matches your hand shape and size.

Weather Considerations:

The weather can significantly impact your choice of golf glove. If you play in hot and humid conditions, look for a glove with moisture-wicking properties to keep your hand dry. In contrast, for colder weather, consider a thermal or insulated glove to maintain warmth.

Grip Technology:

Many golf gloves feature grip-enhancing technologies such as textured palms or tacky materials. These features improve your hold on the club and can be particularly beneficial in wet conditions.

Hand Orientation:

Golf gloves are designed for either the left or right hand. Ensure you choose the correct orientation based on whether you're right-handed (glove for the left hand) or left-handed (glove for the right hand).

Style and Design:

While functionality is paramount, don't overlook style. Many brands offer a variety of colors and designs to match your golf attire and express your personality on the course.

Durability:

Golf gloves undergo a fair amount of wear and tear, so look for well-constructed seams and durable materials to ensure they withstand multiple rounds of play.

Now that we've covered the essential factors to consider, let's explore the top picks for women's golf gloves in 2023. These recommendations cater to various styles and budgets, providing options for both amateur and seasoned golfers.

[mi-news]

A-Z: CLOTHES & MODE

- A : Accessories : they are like the cherry on the cake, you can’t be fashionable without your accessories. Imagine a girl with a very beautiful dress without her collar, her earrings and her handbag, it clearly misses something, her style is not ugly but it is bland ! 

- B : Bow Tie : This is the most important accessory of the gentleman ! It allows him to be super classy.

- C : Cap : This is the base of the skateboarder style, it gives pace and confidence to every skateboarder who wears it. Even if its first function is to be a fashion accessory, it can also be worn as a sun protection for the most vulnerable people. 

- D : Dress : For elegant evenings to casual days of summer, dresses are the perfect clothes for women. 

- E : Earring : Most important accessory for a girl : a girl without her earrings, it is like a castrated boy. 

- F : Fashion : What is up to day. 

- G : Gloves : Gloves not only keep your hands warm in cold winter, but they also add a touch of sophistication to any outfit. From leather driving gloves to elegant ones, there is a style of glove to match any occasion or outfit ! 

- H : Hot bikini : Outfit worn by Nicki Minaj in all her clips . 

- I : In : If you manage to catch the latest trends it basically means that you’re in. 

- J : Jeans : never goes out of style, in all its forms : skinny, straight, bootcut… There is a style that fits everybody ! 

- K : K-way : Simple, effective and essential to survive during the storm. 

- L : Lagerfeld : Fashion and couture legend. Always wore ties and sunglasses. 

- M : Mitten : Super useful when you need to keep the agility of your fingers ! Gloves for penguins. 

- N : Nitro shoes : With Nitro shoes, you will reach an incredible speed ! 

- O : Old-fashioned : Who never tried to put on your parents/grandparents clothes and wanted to wear them for real ?? 

- P : Pull : Basic hoodie to chill 3 seasons per year. 

- Q : Quechua : A must for hikers, campers, and mountain enthusiasts that provides tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, hiking shoes, and outdoor clothing. 

- R : Ring : Only 50% of men wear rings. Do you know why ? 

- S : Suit : World class level. 

- T : Top : Tops are typically considered the uppermost garment that covers the torso and can come in a variety of styles, including t-shirts, blouses, tank tops, crop tops, and more. 

- U : Uniform : Uniforms are a way to show that you are ready to work. They also have the advantage of creating a sense of unity. 

- V : Vest : A vest gives you the advantage to be extremely flexible. It looks very natural to wear it over many other clothes and it is a very simple way to improve your style. 

- W : Wedding dress : the most beautiful white dress for the best day of your life. 

- X : XXXL/XXXS : Sizes for extremely giant or small people. 

- Y : Yeezy : collaboration shoe brand between Kanye West and Adidas. It ended in 2023 after xenophobic remarks by the artist. 

- Z : Zebra pants : as beautiful as galaxy pants.

[markrush1]

Adipic Acid Market Future Innovation Strategies, Growth & Profit Analysis, Forecast by 2023

The global market volume for adipic acid should grow from nearly 3,920.6 kilotons in 2018 to 4,535.9 kilotons by 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0% for the period of 2018-2023.

Report Scope: The scope of the report covers the overview of the global market for adipic acid and analyses of global market trends, with data from 2016, a base year of 2017 and estimates for 2018 and 2023, with projections of CAGR in the forecast duration. Sales values are presented in U.S. dollars, while volumes are presented in kilotons units. Estimated values used are based on manufacturers’ total revenues. Projected and forecasted revenue values are in constant U.S. dollars, unadjusted for inflation. The report discusses technological and economic trends affecting the market. Further, it explains the major drivers and regional dynamics of the adipic acid market and current trends within the industry. This report categorizes the global adipic acid market based on type, intermediate application, end-use application and region. Based on type, the adipic acid market is divided into synthetic and bio-based. Based on intermediate applications, the adipic acid market is divided into polyamide 6/6; polyurethanes; adipate esters and others (includes food additive, lubricants, fillers, paper additives, polyester molding agents and other chemical intermediates). Based on end-use application, the market is divided into automotive; electrical and electronics; shoe soles; sporting goods; synthetic leather; packaging films and coatings; food and beverage/pharmaceuticals; and others (includes bristles, surgical sutures, strings for acoustic and classical musical instruments, ropes, ribbons, women’s stockings and furniture). On the basis of region, the market is divided into North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.

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Summary Adipic acid is a white crystalline, mildly toxic compound with carbon isomeric bonds. This C6 straightchain dicarboxylic acid is slightly soluble in water and completely soluble in alcohol and acetone. This acid is used primarily as a precursor to produce polyamide. It is also used to give some imitation food products a pungent flavor and in the fabrication of some low-temperature synthetic lubricants, synthetic fibers, coatings, plastics, polyurethane resins and plasticizers. It has a tart taste and is used as a gelling agent and additive in jello or gelatins. It is insoluble in water. It is the most important dicarboxylic acid and is mainly used as a precursor to produce polyamide 6/6. Adipic acid is used in many end-use applications such as automotive; electrical and electronics; synthetic leather; shoe soles; sporting goods; packaging films and coatings; food and beverage/pharmaceuticals; and others (others include food additive, fillers, cosmetics, lubricants, paper additives, polyester molding agents and other chemical intermediates). By region, the market is divided into Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. The report covers market drivers, restraints, opportunities and challenges that determine the scope of the market and trends. The adipic acid market has grown significantly during the past few years and is expected to grow at a more rapid pace in the next five years. The market has continued to expand, and new technological developments and industry changes have also taken place. Demand is expected to increase due to high demand from a broad range of end-use applications such as automotive; electrical and electronics; shoe soles; sporting goods; synthetic leather; packaging films and coatings; and food and beverage/pharmaceuticals across the globe. The demand for adipic acid is growing mainly due to growing automotive and electrical/ electronic applications. The adipic acid market is expected to witness significant growth in the coming five years. Also, growing demand for durable polyamide 6/6 and recyclable bio-based adipic acid would drive the demand of adipic acid. However, fluctuating raw materials prices used in adipic acid may hamper market growth during the forecast period. Sales of adipic acid products are projected to continue growing at a healthy rate during the next five years, driven by increasing demand from engine covers, air-intake manifolds, armrests, cushions, mirror brackets and radiator end tanks in the automotive sector; connectors, relays, switches, plugs, coil bobbins, and buttons and knobs in the electrical and electronics sector; midsoles, boots, cleats, plates and leather shoes for the shoe soles sector; and bags, sofas, gloves and door panels for the synthetic leather sector.

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[blogkdmi-blog]

Global Ski Gloves Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends, Research and Forecast 2018-2023

According to a comprehensive study by KD Market Insights analyzes and forecasts the Ski Gloves Market at both global and regional level. The report provides an analysis of 6 years, in which 2017 is the base year, 2018 as an estimated year and 2019-2023 is forecasted period. The report consists of overall market size in 2017 and its anticipated growth in further 6 years. It gives grasp about the high demanding region for Ski Gloves. It also includes the factors that drive the growth of the market along with emerging and current opportunities. The competitor's strategies for long-term and short-term goals are also a key part of this research methodology.

The report includes an in-depth price chain analysis, that provides an in depth read of the world Ski Gloves Market. The Porter’s 5 Forces analysis provided within the report helps to know the competitive state of affairs within the international Ski Gloves Market. The study incorporates market attractiveness analysis, whereby the market segments for product type and application square measure benchmarked supported their market size, rate of growth, and attractiveness in terms of chance. so as to grant an entire analysis of the general competitive state of affairs within the Ski Gloves Market, each geographical area mentioned within the report is supplied with attractiveness analysis.

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A market Overview chapter explains the market trends and dynamics that embody the market drivers, restraining factors, and opportunities for the present and future Ski Gloves Market. Market outlook analysis has been provided globally within the report. to boot, the report conjointly provides analysis of various business ways being adopted by market leaders of the Ski Gloves Market. Market introduction chapter assists in gaining an inspiration of various trends and services associated with Ski Gloves.

The research offers a comprehensive analysis of Ski Gloves Market with respect to various sub-markets. The segmentation of Ski Gloves is by Product Type, by application and by global regions. By Product Type, the market is sub-segmented into directed Nylon, Nylon/leather, Leather, Other. By Application, the market is sub-segmented into directed Men, Women, Kids.

The report covers every segment so that every segment is analyzed properly, and every area is considered while preparing the report so that requirements from that particular area can be analyzed and further modification can be made accordingly. The Geographical areas covered in this report are North America (U.S. & Canada), Europe (Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, Spain and rest of Europe), Middle East & Africa (GCC, North Africa, South Africa and Rest of Middle East & Africa), Latin America (Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Rest of Latin America). The report covers the leading trends in the market, insights and plan and policies adopted by the competitors in the market that can hamper the conditions of the market.

The report describes the key competitors ruling in the market and plans and strategies adopted by them to grab their target market and working with consistency in the market so that company can prepare itself beforehand for the unforeseen circumstances. The key players profiled in the global Ski Gloves Market includes Black Diamond, Gordini, Hestra Gloves, Marmot, Outdoor Research, Burton, Arc’teryx, The North Face, Dakine, Swany, Flylow Gear, Kinco and Others Major & Niche Key Players. Companies are focusing on expanding their business through strategic acquisitions and partnerships with several end-use industries.

In the last section of the report, the current scenario of the market has been shown to provide a better overview of the market. The report highlights the data collected by the report. A perfect combination of the primary, as well as secondary research, has been made to collect all the facts and figures about the market and the company itself. Primary data research includes telephonic interviews; e-mail conversation, face to face interviews whereas secondary research includes the annual report depicting the financial position of the company, government regulations, shareholders reviews and statistical database. The further secondary method has been considered as a reliable method as a comparison to primary data.

By Product Type

- Nylon

- Nylon/leather

- Leather

- Other

By Application

- Men

- Women

- Kids

Competitive Landscape

- Black Diamond

- Gordini

- Hestra Gloves

- Marmot

- Outdoor Research

- Burton

- Arc’teryx

- The North Face

- Dakine

- Swany

- Flylow Gear

- Kinco

- Others Major & Niche Key Players

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Table of Contents@

Research Methodology

Market Definition and List of Abbreviations

1. Executive Summary

2. Growth Drivers & Issues in Global Ski Gloves Market

3. Global Ski Gloves Market Trends

4. Opportunities in Global Ski Gloves Market

5. Recent Industry Activities, 2017

6. Porter's Five Forces Analysis

7. Market Value Chain and Supply Chain Analysis

8. Global Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

9. Global Ski Gloves Market Segmentation Analysis, By Product Type

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Market Attractiveness, By Product Type

9.3. BPS Analysis, By Product Type

9.4. Nylon Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

9.5. Nylon/leather Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

9.6. Leather Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

9.7. Other Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

10. Global Ski Gloves Market Segmentation Analysis, By Application

10.1. Introduction

10.2. Market Attractiveness, By Application

10.3. BPS Analysis, By Application

10.4. Men Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

10.5. Women Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

10.6. Kids Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11. Geographical Analysis

11.1. Introduction

11.2. North America Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.2.1. By Product Type

11.2.2. By Application

11.2.3. By Country

11.2.3.1. Market Attractiveness, By End-user

11.2.3.2. BPS Analysis, By End-User

11.2.3.3. U.S. Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.2.3.4. Canada Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3. Europe Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.1. By Product Type

11.3.2. By Application

11.3.3. By Country

11.3.3.1. Market Attractiveness, By Country

11.3.3.2. BPS Analysis, By Country

11.3.3.3. Germany Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.4. United Kingdom Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.5. France Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.6. Italy Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.7. Spain Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.8. Russia Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.3.3.9. Rest of Europe Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4. Asia Pacific Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.1. By Product Type

11.4.2. By Application

11.4.3. By Country

11.4.3.1. Market Attractiveness, By Country

11.4.3.2. BPS Analysis, By Country

11.4.3.3. China Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.4. India Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.5. Japan Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.6. South Korea Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.7. Indonesia Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.8. Taiwan Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.9. Australia Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.10. New Zealand Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.4.3.11. Rest of Asia Pacific Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.5. Latin America Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.5.1. By Product Type

11.5.2. By Application

11.5.3. By Country

11.5.3.1. Market Attractiveness, By Country

11.5.3.2. BPS Analysis, By Country

11.5.3.3. Brazil Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.5.3.4. Mexico Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.5.3.5. Rest of Latin America Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.6. Middle East & Africa Ski Gloves Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.6.1. By Product Type

11.6.2. By Application

11.6.3. By Geography

11.6.3.1. Market Attractiveness, By Geography

11.6.3.2. BPS Analysis, By Geography

11.6.3.3. GCC Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.6.3.4. North Africa Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.6.3.5. South Africa Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

11.6.3.6. Rest of Middle East & Africa Market Size (USD Million), Forecast & Y-o-Y Growth Analysis, 2017-2023

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Adipic Acid Market Key Opportunities & Development the COVID-19

The global market volume for adipic acid should grow from nearly 3,920.6 kilotons in 2018 to 4,535.9 kilotons by 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0% for the period of 2018-2023.

Report Scope: The scope of the report covers the overview of the global market for adipic acid and analyses of global market trends, with data from 2016, a base year of 2017 and estimates for 2018 and 2023, with projections of CAGR in the forecast duration. Sales values are presented in U.S. dollars, while volumes are presented in kilotons units. Estimated values used are based on manufacturers’ total revenues. Projected and forecasted revenue values are in constant U.S. dollars, unadjusted for inflation. The report discusses technological and economic trends affecting the market. Further, it explains the major drivers and regional dynamics of the adipic acid market and current trends within the industry. This report categorizes the global adipic acid market based on type, intermediate application, end-use application and region. Based on type, the adipic acid market is divided into synthetic and bio-based. Based on intermediate applications, the adipic acid market is divided into polyamide 6/6; polyurethanes; adipate esters and others (includes food additive, lubricants, fillers, paper additives, polyester molding agents and other chemical intermediates). Based on end-use application, the market is divided into automotive; electrical and electronics; shoe soles; sporting goods; synthetic leather; packaging films and coatings; food and beverage/pharmaceuticals; and others (includes bristles, surgical sutures, strings for acoustic and classical musical instruments, ropes, ribbons, women’s stockings and furniture). On the basis of region, the market is divided into North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.

Click Here to Get Sample Premium Report @ https://www.trendsmarketresearch.com/report/sample/11585 The report concludes with a special focus on the vendor landscape and includes profiles of major market players operating in the global adipic acid market. Report Includes: - 78 data tables and 25 additional tables - Country specific data and analysis for U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Italy, France, China, India, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Saudi Arabia and UAE - Complete understanding of Polyamide 66 and its application in the automotive industry - Detailed description of synthetic and bio-based adipic acids and their manufacturing process - Insights of government regulations affecting adipic acid industry - Profiles of major companies in the industry, including Arkema, Evonik, Lanxess, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., Koninklijke DSM N.V., Mitsui Chemicals Inc and The Dow Chemical Co.

Summary Adipic acid is a white crystalline, mildly toxic compound with carbon isomeric bonds. This C6 straightchain dicarboxylic acid is slightly soluble in water and completely soluble in alcohol and acetone. This acid is used primarily as a precursor to produce polyamide. It is also used to give some imitation food products a pungent flavor and in the fabrication of some low-temperature synthetic lubricants, synthetic fibers, coatings, plastics, polyurethane resins and plasticizers. It has a tart taste and is used as a gelling agent and additive in jello or gelatins. It is insoluble in water. It is the most important dicarboxylic acid and is mainly used as a precursor to produce polyamide 6/6. Adipic acid is used in many end-use applications such as automotive; electrical and electronics; synthetic leather; shoe soles; sporting goods; packaging films and coatings; food and beverage/pharmaceuticals; and others (others include food additive, fillers, cosmetics, lubricants, paper additives, polyester molding agents and other chemical intermediates). By region, the market is divided into Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. The report covers market drivers, restraints, opportunities and challenges that determine the scope of the market and trends. The adipic acid market has grown significantly during the past few years and is expected to grow at a more rapid pace in the next five years. The market has continued to expand, and new technological developments and industry changes have also taken place. Demand is expected to increase due to high demand from a broad range of end-use applications such as automotive; electrical and electronics; shoe soles; sporting goods; synthetic leather; packaging films and coatings; and food and beverage/pharmaceuticals across the globe. The demand for adipic acid is growing mainly due to growing automotive and electrical/ electronic applications. The adipic acid market is expected to witness significant growth in the coming five years. Also, growing demand for durable polyamide 6/6 and recyclable bio-based adipic acid would drive the demand of adipic acid. However, fluctuating raw materials prices used in adipic acid may hamper market growth during the forecast period. Sales of adipic acid products are projected to continue growing at a healthy rate during the next five years, driven by increasing demand from engine covers, air-intake manifolds, armrests, cushions, mirror brackets and radiator end tanks in the automotive sector; connectors, relays, switches, plugs, coil bobbins, and buttons and knobs in the electrical and electronics sector; midsoles, boots, cleats, plates and leather shoes for the shoe soles sector; and bags, sofas, gloves and door panels for the synthetic leather sector.

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