Kitt O’Malley

Who’s More Glamorous?

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In her post How fucking old am I? Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess asks, “Was it just my school where the senior portraits always looked like inexpensive glamour shots?”

Who’s more glamorous in their senior high school graduation photo, Jenny Lawson The Bloggess or me? Judge for yourself.

Jenny Lawson The Bloggess with Big Texas Hair, Bare Shoulders and Fur Stole vs Kitt O'Malley with Long Slightly Wavy Hair and Red Crushed Velvet Stole

Texas vs. Manhattan Beach, California. Fur stole? Nope. We wore crushed velvet. Big hair? Nope. I probably didn’t even blow mine dry. Why? It dried on its own. When I wore it long, it did take hours to dry, especially since it’s foggy at the beach. Still, it does eventually dry. Plus, unlike Jenny, I’m pretty sure I’m wearing my bra under the crushed velvet stole.

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41 responses to “Who’s More Glamorous?”

  1. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    LOL

  2. maggie0019 Avatar
    maggie0019

    Not to mention the outrageous cost of the pictures you want to burn later. lol

  3. hirundine608 Avatar
    hirundine608

    I’ll likely never see them again… the area is full of tourists?

    I like that word, slink. It could be in reference to the Bloggess? As in “slinky photo”? Slink, slunk, slank. Yup I like the word! It’s very slinky. Cheers Jamie. It all depends on the “doing”.

  4. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    No need to slink off. I have no idea whether she was developing yet, but some girls do enter puberty early. I found several interesting sites about child sexual development. From the Sexuality Resource Center for Parents: Sexual Development from 0–18 Years Old

  5. hirundine608 Avatar
    hirundine608

    I guess it’s fine if you have something to “train”? As for the straps? I’m claiming to be; not a prude. Yet why does a young girl still playing with dolls have to wear such things? It’s beyond me? When you’re a woman, wear what you like …

    So, I’ll slink off to wherever dinosaurs go? Cheers Jamie.

  6. blahpolar Avatar
    blahpolar

    Oops 🙁

  7. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    LOL – the sex filter. What’s with the over the shoulder shots? The boys didn’t take off their clothes. They just wore ties and jackets.

  8. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    The Bloggess posted her photo as a joke. She’s a wonderfully down to earth woman. Check out her blog and her book. I was laughing out loud when I read her book.

  9. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Sexualized toys and clothing for girls is really bad for their emotional and intellectual development. It teaches them that girls and women are sexual objects. As for the bra straps showing when you wear a tank top, I know it’s tacky, but it’s hard to find a good bra, no less a racer back one. I’m okay with girls wearing training bras.

  10. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Yes, big permed hair was big in the early 80’s. ’81 probably preceded the look.

  11. Sandy Sue Avatar
    Sandy Sue

    This is hilarious, really. I’m a few years older than you kids. No fur stoles, but we did do over the shoulder shots with the fuzzy filter (what we called the sex filter).

  12. blahpolar Avatar
    blahpolar

    You have that fresh faced natural loveliness going on there. Other one looks like someone from Dallas (TV not city, idk what the city girls look like).

  13. hirundine608 Avatar
    hirundine608

    Okay! now here’s an aside. Standing in a huge Wal-Mart the other day waiting to check-out. (I mean really Wallies, just three cashiers?) So, while I’m waiting. The seven or eight-year old, with Mom. Is admiring the new doll she will get. At the same time, dressed a bit like so many other young ladies. She has on a tank top that shows off her bra? Or whatever the article of clothing really was? I mean she is far too young for even what is laughingly called, “a training bra”. Like the puppies need house breaking? Yet another example of a mother that’s having her daughter grow up so fast. Playing with dolls and dressed like a … well, Lolita? The sexualization of kids … it’s out there. There was a time, and fairly recently, displaying underwear so crassly was considered vulgar. Yet now we’re encouraging kids to do so? … Internally I just shook my head and waited for the line to move a little.

    Gravity? You can’t beat gravity. Gravity is a particle. It is attracted to large objects. The bigger the object the more gravity particles …. tongue firmly fixed in-cheek, winking. Ah well, moment over!

  14. sassafrassthefeisty Avatar
    sassafrassthefeisty

    Yes it does doesn’t it?! 🙂

  15. bipolarsojourner Avatar
    bipolarsojourner

    sorry, texas doesn’t have a monopoly on that. i went to school about the same time as you, in rural northern california (eureka), graduating from high school in ’83’ and that look was big with my class, too. maybe that was and early eighties rage.

  16. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks. Jenny posted her photo for comedic value.

  17. Sheila North Avatar
    Sheila North

    I prefer your photo: long hair over big hair, crushed velvet rather than fur stole. California rather than Texas, too.

  18. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks! It’s a Texas thing. All the girls in her yearbook had big hair and wore the same fur stole.

  19. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks! I was more of a girl, really.

  20. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks. Being a woman in Texas looks like a lot of work.

  21. bipolarsojourner Avatar
    bipolarsojourner

    i find beauty in simple and unpretentious. for that reason, i find you more glamorous.

  22. mental mommy Avatar
    mental mommy

    Stunning lady!

  23. sassafrassthefeisty Avatar
    sassafrassthefeisty

    I think they’re both beautiful, but I have to say that the simplicity of your photo is what makes it more beautiful to me. There’s NO WAY I could EVER have Big Texas hair lol It’s really a beautiful photo Kitt. Love it! <3

  24. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    It helps combat gravity.

  25. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    I didn’t wear much makeup in high school, but for the high school photo I did.

  26. dyane Avatar
    dyane

    Far from it honey…I’m so sorry you felt that way!

  27. hirundine608 Avatar
    hirundine608

    A bit …still there was time when no gals, wore them. How old is the bra, Or brassiere? Is it just me or do women really need them? Gravity gets everyone eventually. Even guys head south, despite Kramer’s best efforts. Cheers Jamie.

  28. vanbytheriver Avatar
    vanbytheriver

    Not as much as I’d have liked. Makeup was highly disregarded in my family. I had to sneak it. My father’s mantra…only ugly women wear makeup. Seriously. That message guided us through our teen years.

  29. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    LOL. I thought I was ugly. Didn’t date until after graduated from high school. Thought it was because I was fat and ugly.

  30. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    I LOVE that look. Lots of mascara, too, right?

  31. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks, Jamie! This was my response to The Bloggess’ post about her glamour high school portrait. It’s just funny that they wore fur stoles and showed their shoulders. A bit over the top.

  32. dyane Avatar
    dyane

    you totally look like a model in “Seventeen” dudette!

  33. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Thanks!

  34. mihrank Avatar
    mihrank

    Kitt – wow – during long time and old generations, was the best. I am speechless.. You are incredible women.

  35. vanbytheriver Avatar
    vanbytheriver

    Lovely photo, Kitt. Mine is interesting…shortest hair I ever had, and long bangs that I was hiding behind…interesting look for 1969…the Twiggy era. ☺

  36. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    Jenny Lawson, too, back when we were teens. She doesn’t know me. I’m one of her legion of stalkers fans. Thank you, though, Mihran. I was only 17 at the time.

  37. Kitt O'Malley Avatar
    Kitt O’Malley

    She wrote a humorous post about how they wore fur stoles and had to take off their bras for their senior photos. This was my response.

  38. hirundine608 Avatar
    hirundine608

    As much as beauty goes? It’s all about personality. Granny used to say, “handsome is as handsome does”. That’s about the crux of it really. Beauty is not much good for either man or woman, if there’s nothing to back it up. Cheers Jamie

  39. Elena Avatar
    Elena

    now that’s a glamour shot! If mine looked like that, I would share it too! lol

  40. mihrank Avatar
    mihrank

    Kitt – is this you in the photos…wow – I don’t know what to say…beautiful

  41. dyane Avatar
    dyane

    Holy shit, I know how much you love TB but damn, K – you’re GORGEOUS and Jenny doesn’t come close to how hot you were. Sorry but ’tis true. My photo from that time looks like vomit so you won’t be seeing it.

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