Ladies... I'm concerned. I understand the enjoyment of having a nice tan, and I myself feel prettier when I'm browner. However, many of you have taken it too far and go tanning WAY too much. Let me tell you a non-secret... tan or brown is cute... orange is NOT. You look like oompa loompas when you go tanning too much, and your skin looks so leathery, it looks like your skin is 15 years older than you are.
As women, we are regularly given reasons to feel insecure... not feeling pretty enough, skinny enough, tan enough, etc. But don't choose death by tanning to feel prettier, because 1) It just shows you're insecure, 2) It's an unhealthy addiction, 3) Everyone is prettier when they are NOT orange.
I don't want to sound a like a hypocrite, because I will admit I go tanning every now and then. But by every now and then, I mean 1-4 times a YEAR. I know girls that go 1-7 times a WEEK. That is insane!
I know plenty of women with fair skin that are gorgeous, and women of all colors are beautiful, but orange is not a natural color for a human being. Please stop destroying your body, and see yourself for the beautiful woman you are without the orange, leather skin. Thank you.
I understand that my Bachelor of Arts is in a random field (Gender Studies), but I am trying to figure out why any BA is practically useless in terms of all the jobs I find posted. It seems like every single job I look at either ONLY requires a High School Diploma, or a Master's Degree! So, someone please tell me... What is the purpose of earning a Bachelor's Degree? To get stuck at a job that makes less than $30K a year, unless you know someone? To top it off, please tell me... WHY, even when I apply to jobs that only require High School Diplomas... am I STILL not getting calls back for interviews?! Unfortunately, it appears the job market is terrible for everyone, and every job posting is heavily answered, and probably only half of the responses are checked by employers, if that. The few jobs that require "only a BA" are being filled by people with Master's Degrees that also can't find work. I want to get a Master's eventually, but it is hard to do when I'm regularly so broke, and the thought of putting myself more in debt for a job that will still not make much money (nonprofit/public policy) does not sound amazing. I am also terribly frustrated that so many nonprofit jobs require either being bilingual or having a car. Bilingual? Ok, understandable if you have a large Spanish-speaking population which you are serving. But requiring a car when you don't need to transport anyone other than yourself? COME ON. This city has public transporation for a reason, and it pisses me off so many jobs require that you own a car when it's irrelevant to the position. How am I supposed to own a car when I make so little money?! How am I supposed to buy a car when I can't find a new job that pays me enough to do so?Sometimes I wonder... were the only purposes of going to undergrad college to party, make friends, waste money, and take a bunch of useless classes purely just as a prerequisite to grad school? This Bachelor of Arts seems to mean nothing.
