Hooker Shoes

Have you noticed that women's heels are getting higher and higher? Women now look like ballerinas with training heels. However, most of these women have absolutely no clue how to wear these shoes. They put an extra bounce in their step (not the good kind) or they do a duck waddle just so their poor toes don't get the blunt force of hitting the front of the shoe. Sad. Instead of looking like a woman with a taunt butt (which is suppose to be the intent of heels) they end up looking like... street walkers (aka hookers). Now there's a role model for young women!!!

I did a report a couple of years ago in college about Chinese women with bound feet (if you haven't seen a picture of it, Google image it! Preferably when you're not eating). The Chinese used to believe that a woman isn't pretty unless she squeezes her foot into a shoe that is half the size of a normal foot. The women looked dainty and young with the bound feet, but they couldn't run or jump or even walk. This was how men controlled women.

In modern times women's heels are all about looking fresh and alive. They have the strength and grace to wear high, high heels... supposedly. When you see a model walking down the run way the models are young and poised and have confidence in who they are. That's what we want to see in modern day women's fashion shoes. But to quote Amanda Bynes in She's the Man (2006) "Heels are a male invention for a woman's butt to look smaller... And to make it harder to run away." Don't tell me you can out run a man by duck waddling. So here's what I propose to women: BUY GOOD HEELS AND LEARN TO WALK IN THEM! Chin up, stomach in, hips forward, butt out, toes forward and... Sashay away! (The drag queens did it so you can too!)

Men shouldn't see women in heels and think "Man, I could tap that" (although you might love the idea of teasing them). They should be thinking "Wow! She looks confident. I wonder what she's up to." Let's change the standard, ladies, and walk. 

Handbook notes:
When walking the streets in heels, please walk with composure or put on flats. It is not advisable to wear "hooker" shoes unless you are one.

Be safe and look both ways.

--Sophia

Full-of-themselves Bus Riders

I sometimes take the train to work, but on occasion I take the bus cause if I can catch it in time it's faster and cheaper. So the one day that I decide to take the bus I find myself in traffic at a major intersection. Summer is over so everyone is back to work and taking the major roads. Traffic makes sense. What doesn't make sense is people who think that they have the right to hold up traffic getting onto the bus and making it late for everyone to get to work. Let me explain:

The major intersection has a bus stop on each road. My bus' bus stop is a couple of yards before the stop light and we end up stopping a couple of yards before getting to the bus stop. The people who asked to get off at the stop went ahead and got off, but two women waiting for the bus didn't come near the bus. They waited two minutes for the bus to come to them, took their time to get on the bus, and then made us miss the light. Not only did they make the people on the bus late to work, they made the people in the cars behind us late. Can we say selfish???

Handbook notes:
Pedestrians do have the right of way in terms of being up against vehicles, however pedestrians are asked to respect others on the road. Pedestrians must be aware of the flow of traffic and act accordingly to not disrupt it.

Be safe and look both ways.

--Sophia

The Purpose

Hello fellow pedestrians!

I live in a city full of people who always need to get somewhere. There's no hurt in trying to get to your destination as soon as possible or by whatever pace you want, but it does hurt when you don't realize you are harming others who are also trying to get to their destination. This creates unnecessary stress and anger. So I've had it. It's time to be more vocal and make smarter choices as people moving around the busy streets.

I give you the Pedestrian Handbook.

Be safe and look both ways.

--Sophia