Tod Perry has never met an internet debate he wasn’t willing to walk directly into, so naturally he’s starting our Friday with the Target dress that has parents taking sides. After that: a Golden Retriever has the greatest bar encounter of his life, Julie Andrews gets profoundly bad vibes from the real Von Trapp home, and researchers uncover a surprisingly simple way to get someone to reconsider a belief.
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‘Would you let your child wear this?’: Mom asks if she’s ‘overreacting’ to a Target dress. | ||
“I don’t usually even let my girls wear bikinis, but maybe I’m overreacting, I don’t know. Thoughts?” | ||
By Tod Perry | ||
There seems to be a constant war between children’s clothing retailers who want to push the boundaries of modesty and parents who push back, saying they are sexualizing children. On top of that, when young girls believe they are supposed to wear clothes that are tight-fitting and revealing, it’s very damaging to their self-esteem and body image. | ||
“I think it’s one thing that the girls’ clothes are very fitted and small, and it’s another that they’re in such direct contrast to what you find on the boys’ side, and those two things send a pretty strong message about what they’re supposed to look like, dressed to be slim and to be fit,” Sharon Choksi, a mom of two and founder of the clothing line, Girls Will Be, told CNN. | ||
The topic came up again recently when Meghan Mayer, a mother of 2 and a 7th-grade school teacher, posted a video on TikTok about a dress she saw at Target that received over 1.6 million views. | ||
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Sweet Golden Retriever runs into his vet at a bar and absolutely loses it | ||
We wuvs his doctor. | ||
By Heather Wake | ||
Not every dog might jump with joy after seeing their vet out in public. But for Cosmo the Golden Retriever, it was practically Christmas all over again when he spotted his own vet, Dr. Jones, at a brewery. | ||
In an adorable clip posted to TikTok, we see Cosmo in pure, unadulterated bliss as he snuggles with an equally happy Dr. Jones, who, considering he’s still in his scrubs, might have just gotten out of work to grab a quick pint. | ||
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"The things parents do for us." 💞
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Julie Andrews said she literally could “feel the evil” when visiting the Von Trapp house | ||
The story behind the movie might be more interesting than the movie itself. | ||
By Heidi Lux | ||
Sometimes the story behind the movie is more interesting than the story in the movie. | ||
In her autobiography, Home Work, Julie Andrews shared some of her experiences filming The Sound of Music. Andrews spoke with BuzzFeed News about her book, revealing her thoughts on the actual von Trapp family house. The movie musical, which is based on a section of the real-life Maria von Trapp’s book, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, was shot in a Hollywood studio. | ||
The classic scene of Julie Andrews spinning in a meadow was shot in Bavaria, and the exteriors of the von Trapp house were filmed at a different house entirely. | ||
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An Upworthiest Quiz
Julie Andrews won her only competitive Best Actress Oscar for which movie?
Yesterday’s Results
In yesterday's issue, we shared an explanation of what dry cleaning actually is, which naturally got us thinking about all the cleaning we'd happily let somebody else handle.
And we asked: Which household chore would you permanently outsource if money were no object? A commanding 56% of you chose cleaning bathrooms. Maybe money can buy happiness, and happiness is never scrubbing a toilet again.
Laundry (8.3%)
Dishes (6.3%)
Cleaning bathrooms (55.8%) 🏆
Floors and vacuuming (29.6%)
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How do you get someone to open their minds to another perspective? | ||
Stanford researchers find a single question could be the key to changing someone’s mind | ||
Curiosity goes a lot further than we might think. | ||
By Annie Reneau | ||
The diversity of humanity means people won’t always see eye to eye, and psychology tells us that people tend to double down when their views are challenged. When people are so deeply entrenched in their own perspectives they’re refusing to entertain other viewpoints, what do we do? | ||
Frequently, what we do falls into the “understandable but ineffective” category. When we disagree with someone because their opinion is based on falsehoods or inaccurate information, we may try to pound them with facts and statistics. Unfortunately, research shows that generally doesn’t work. We might try to find different ways to explain our stance using logic and reasoning, but that rarely makes a dent, either. So often, we’re left wondering how on Earth this person arrived at their perspective, especially if they reject facts and logic. | ||
According to Stanford researchers, turning that wondering into an actual question might be the key. | ||
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