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It's always deeply weird when a double standard flips from 'invisible' to 'visible.'

I have been wearing men's shoes pretty much full-time for five or six years, after deciding that trying to get comfortable women's shoes in my size was a slow process of hitting my head against a brick wall. (This is no longer necessarily true, because Shoes of Prey, but I actually see no reason not to wear men's shoes unless there is a wedding, funeral, job interview, ball, or awards dinner.)

Now, if you are a young person in library school, it is impossible not to be hit with a full dose of self-congratulatory stuff about 'New librarians are not like stereotypical librarians with buns and sensible shoes!' and I was always rather anxious about that, because I am not a hip person, and I still have not entirely gotten over the feeling that I am not a good YA librarian if I am not hipper than I am, and 'sensible shoes' still has a bit of a sting for me, a measure that I fail at even if I'm the best librarian that I can be, and --

It never occurred to me that 'sensible shoes' are what a lot of men wear a lot of the time without failing at being sufficiently ornamental.

And, you know, I like adorable shoes, and if I could wear these or these and still feel equipped to outwalk a zombie invasion, that is a thing that I would do.

But it's also okay that I'm not going to.

Free Will Astrology today was AMAZING.

In the Transformers movies, Optimus Prime is a giant extraterrestrial warrior robot. His body contains an array of weapons that he uses for righteous causes, like protecting Earth's creatures. His character is voiced by actor Peter Cullen. Cullen has also worked extensively for another entertainment franchise, Winnie the Pooh. He does the vocals for Eeyore, a gloomy donkey who writes poetry and has a pink ribbon tied in a bow on his tail. Let's make Cullen your role model for now. I'm hoping this will inspire you to get the Eeyore side of your personality to work together with the Optimus Prime part of you. What's that you say? You don't have an Optimus Prime part of you? Well, that's what Eeyore might say, but I say different.

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