Never say that WAAW (an abbreviation for this blog I've heard at least 2 people use) shrinks from a controversy! As I'm sure you're all aware, E! pulled its "mani cam" gimmick, a mini red carpet designed for female celebrities to showcase their manicured fingers for home viewers to see and judge, from its award season coverage this season. The reason? According to a February 2015 article in the Washington Post (the real Washington Post), the mani cam has become a "symbol of yet another example of gender inequality in Hollywood". This issue resonates with me for a number of reasons. I am a woman. I am a woman interested in fashion. I am a woman who firmly and fervently believes our society's obsession with reducing women and their accomplishments to the designers they are or are not pulling off is fundamentally harmful.

I am also a woman who loves all things miniaturized (candy, furniture, ketchup and alcohol bottles, etc.), except dogs. So, I'm conflicted. I suppose, all things considered, I do respect the enlightened feminism of the divine E! network and support their decision to pull this gimmick, but I implore them and other networks to think about what can be done to get doll-sized things back into the public consciousness. We got rid of this nail cam, so we've pretty much solved how women are portrayed in the media! Let's devote some of those extra resources to this very important, normal-sized-stuff-made-tiny issue!

Jackie Weaver at the 2013 Oscars:

Nails - Red

Jewelry - Expensive

*****

Alie:

Nails - Purple (because the brown and off-white options I was choosing were "not springy and really sad", according to the woman doing my manicure)

Rings - Beryllina / Vintage store on Charles St