Comments on: Owie.

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:41:45 +0000

Hello! Maybe I’m a little late here but I wanted to mention that I always used to twist my ankles, and since I’ve come to uni and gone out dancing more often they seem to have strengthened :) (or maybe I don’t wear heeled shoes that don’t fit anymore. either way it’s good)
good luck with the cute shoes.

By: Nia

Nia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:29:07 +0000

(Sorry about the duplicate there.)

By: Nia

Nia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:25:33 +0000

Okay, now I see the announcement about the Cambridge reading. Where I FUCKING LIVE for chrissakes. Serves me right for not checking in more regularly. Come back soon, please please!

By: Nia

Nia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:23:59 +0000

Okay, now I see the post where you said you were coming. To Cambridge, no less. Where I FUCKING LIVE.

By: erica

erica — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:52:40 +0000

It was lovely to meet you too, Kate! And nobody thought you were drunk etc., even at the bar. Actually, I meant to tell you at the bar as you were leaving but didn’t get the chance that the patch of floor you tripped on had a bit of sticky spilled something on it, so it wasn’t *just* the shoes deciding to screw with you one last time for laughs. They had help.

I heartily approve of getting rid of the shoes though! Suppose the moral of it all is that it really is best to have the clothes, even shoes, that your body wants & that work well with your body, no matter how hot they are in the store. So, like, a FA lesson out of a pair of crappy-ankle-support shoes.

By: hallie

hallie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:34:05 +0000

also, i’m wondering if it’s the magical angle created by a certain height of heel. you know, that makes your ankle collapse. this has to be a geometry problem a person can solve. measure carefully and never buy that height again. figuring in for the height of the toe area, of course, a lot of shoes are chunky on both ends so the heel has to be measured in proportion and not alone.

By: hallie

hallie — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:31:13 +0000

oh dear. oh honey! TAKE THEM BACK. well, it’s probably too late for that, as i’m sure you’re home now. but i walked out of a shoe store with a pair of horrible shoes once, and within 10 blocks i knew they were going to kill me. i walked straight back to the store and said so, and they sold me another pair of what i’d been wearing when i came in, in a slightly different style, giving me the full return amount for the ones i’d just bought. (merrils, i think – i’m not fashionable like you with the footwear.)

i feel horrible for laughing too – but you’re so damn funny about it! i kept waiting for the roadrunner to appear and BEEP BEEP at you, geez lou-fucking-ise.

By: Nia

Nia — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:23:34 +0000

Damn, Kate, how did I miss that you were gonna be in Boston? Those are my stomping grounds! When are you coming baaaack?

By: slythwolf

slythwolf — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:33:17 +0000

This is the thing about shoes and the patriarchy. Men’s shoes are made to be comfortable, protect the feet from extreme weather, and keep the wearer upright in most situations. Women’s shoes are made to conform to strange and unnatural beauty standards and in the process not protect the feet from much of anything and also cause the wearer to fall flat on her ass a large amount of the time.

By: kateharding

kateharding — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:37:31 +0000

So yeah, sorry if I came across as some sort of moral high ground, I assure you that in real-life conversation it wouldn’t have.

Thanks, Liza. And for the record, I didn’t really mean to rant directly at you so much as to make a public service announcement inspired by your comment. :)