{"id":4558,"date":"2010-03-31T00:29:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T08:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2010-03-31T00:29:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T08:29:57","slug":"inappropriate-cravings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/inappropriate-cravings\/","title":{"rendered":"Inappropriate Cravings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/surface-to-air-leather-shorts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4559\" title=\"surface to air leather shorts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/surface-to-air-leather-shorts.jpg?resize=400%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/surface-to-air-leather-shorts.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/surface-to-air-leather-shorts.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On my mental list of shit I wish I could buy, the most persistent craving is also the most inappropriate: leather shorts.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of another fashion purchase that would be more inappropriate, except maybe a romper. (Sorry about the word &#8220;romper.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to see Grandma in leather shorts! Even though I&#8217;m not anyone&#8217;s grandma, I <em>could<\/em> be. And that alone makes it wrong. It doesn&#8217;t matter what kind of legs I have, it&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/reference\/idioms\/mutton+dressed+as+lamb.html\" target=\"_blank\">mutton dressed as lamb<\/a> thing. And yet, every time I see a nice pair of leather shorts, I get all excited and start clicking on sizes, as if I might actually buy them. The only person I can think of who should wear leather shorts is <a href=\"http:\/\/kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk\/my_weblog\/2010\/02\/give-me-leather.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Queen Michelle<\/strong><\/a>. Otherwise, they are only suitable for prostitutes and <strong>Chloe Sevigny<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Ellery-leather-shorts2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4560\" title=\"Ellery leather shorts2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Ellery-leather-shorts2-258x300.jpg?resize=258%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Ellery-leather-shorts2.jpg?resize=258%2C300&amp;ssl=1 258w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Ellery-leather-shorts2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is your current most inappropriate fashion craving? Don&#8217;t be shy: All confessions will result in immediate absolution!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my mental list of shit I wish I could buy, the most persistent craving is also the most inappropriate: leather shorts. I can&#8217;t think of another fashion purchase that would be more inappropriate, except maybe a romper. (Sorry about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godammit.com\/inappropriate-cravings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,2,6],"tags":[164,63,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7t44M-1bw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}