Now that I’ve returned from South Korea, settled into a new school and gotten my life together, regular posts should continue from here on. At least, I hope so.

Because it’s still hilarious.

Are there really 7?

Graduation Day.

You had to see this coming.

A new IANMH tradition.

Remember this?

This was my jam back in kindergarten.

Rather: do I make you perky?

With powerful new technologies, I may not even have to ask. Presenting:

The new Smart Memory Bra by Lisca. An admirable achievement, really, the bra is notable (and, accordingly, expensive) because its heat-sensitive foam squeezes and perks your breasts when you’re aroused — during states of arousal, we give off more heat — making your breasts and the accompanying pouty faces you’ll undoubtedly be making that much more visually enticing.

I guess you can’t blame them for wanting to eliminate the ambiguity that often goes with attraction, courtship, etc. Clearly — indisputably — the answer to these problems is to further sexualize the female body.

It’s hard not to be cynical about this. Can you imagine what Padma Lakshmi’s sex romp with a burger would’ve looked like with this extra… perk?

I am not my Hair, but hair remains a remarkably important source of identity for me.

As for others.

‘President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own.’ (c/o the White house Flickr feed).

Someone ‘Like Me’ in the White House. This pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it? And to think that, for these children, this moment precedes and determines so many years of wrestling with their racial identities.

This is so precious.

Remember when Kool-Aid used to target a primarily white audience?

I don’t. But once upon a time:

Which strikes me as odd, because the Kool-Aid commercials I grew up with were more like this:

I couldn’t find a real example. Just imagine they’re drinking Kool-Aid .

Am I complete crazy, here? Wasn’t there a time when Kool-Aid commercials targeted the African American market? I remember noting as a child how often the people in Kool-Aid commercials ‘looked like me.’

It’s funny to see these ads. Were blacks buying Kool-Aid in the 1950’s?