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A slew of female aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo say they were either explicitly told or felt pressured to wear makeup and dress up to please the governor and get ahead professionally. Twelve women told The New York Times that there was a general understanding that they should wear heels, dresses, and makeup when in Cuomo's presence. More than a dozen women who've worked for Cuomo told New York Magazine that the governor and his top female aides applied heavy pressure to dress well and in expensive clothing. Some said they were specifically directed to wear heels when...

Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate early Friday morning, confirming passage of President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillions coronavirus relief plan. The spending package passed at 5:35 a.m. after a full night of debate, pushed forward by Democrats looking to force through a budget reconciliation deal without the support of Republicans.

So Joe Biden has picked the runt of the litter, an also-ran loser in the Democratic primaries who never won a primary, barely escaped sitting at the kiddies table, whom the voters didn’t think was qualified to be president yet whom Biden wanted to be a heartbeat away. Or maybe his puppet masters, the voices in his earpiece, and the voices in his head picked her from a list loaded with more baggage than an airport carousel. As it is Biden picked a running mate that labeled him a racist opponent of school busing who cavorted and collaborated with segregationist...

Thousands of people have backed a campaign in Japan calling for the government to ban workplaces from including high heels in their mandatory dress codes for women. The #KuToo movement - which is a play on #MeToo and an amalgam of the Japanese terms for "shoes" and "pain" - was launched by actress and freelance writer Yumi Ishikawa. She said she is required to wear high heels while working at her current part-time job in a funeral parlour. In an online petition, she listed the health issues women face when consistently wearing high-heeled shoes, including bunions, blisters and pain in...

First Lady Melania Trump stepped out in shimmering metallic stilettos on her second day abroad in Tokyo, Japan Monday to visit Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School. Melania coordinated her caped, circle-skirt navy Christian Dior dress with Japanese First Lady Akie Abe, who also wore a long-sleeve navy dress and patent leather belt. But it was Melania’s metallic — almost iridescent — Manolo Blahnik snakeskin stilettos that glimmered through her otherwise pared-down ensemble. As Breitbart News reported, Melania grabbed worldwide headlines when she arrived in Tokyo in a multicolored, embellished Fendi coat. Later that evening, for dinner with President Trump, Japanese Prime...

A Newsweek piece published last week attacked First Lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka Trump for wearing high heels. In the piece, which was titled "Melania, Ivanka, and Ivana Trump Wear High Heels, a Symbol of Everything That Is Beautiful and Horrifying About Them," author Nina Burleigh wrote that high heels are out of fashion, but the Trump women still wear them. She said that's because the they are primarily concerned with appearing attractive to men, not wearing comfortable footwear. “Historically, the Trumpian women’s shoe of choice was invented not for women but for aristocratic men, men who would...

There’s been no rest for the wicked just a week into President Donald Trump’s 17-day vacation, what with our late-summer flirtation with nuclear war. But the women in the Trump clan seem to have been able to kick back. Given the dearth of photographic evidence otherwise, perhaps they have finally been able to put their feet up. This hiatus allows us to reflect on a minor Trumpian trend to which the nation has become accustomed since January: the ubiquitous stiletto pump. The vertiginous spike-heel shoe is not currently in fashion, but for Ivana, Ivanka, Melania and the Trump daughters-in-law, Carrie...

They may be the height of fashion – but the health risks will bring you back down to earth with a bump. Five-inch heels are becoming the most sought-after shoes on the high street as shoppers take their lead from celebrities such as Victoria Beckham.

Every summer without fail, I get the worst case of what the Missus and I call "Zombie Hoof", where my heels crack open till they bleed. It is painful enough that I hesitate to put on shoes and it is difficult to walk. I've been using this heel balm ("Flexitol") the Missus came up with at Walgreens and it works fairly well on the worst of the cracks, but after the fact and it takes a good three days till it stops hurting. The cream is made in Australia, and the label says the main ingredient is concentrated urea. (No,...

I have noticed more and more lately that the current political situation in our country very much resembles the old timey, pre-McMahon "professional rasslin'. I may have even mentioned it to some of you in PM's. But now it's getting to where the resemblance is no longer funny. It's downright scary. As an old-time "mark," kindly allow me to point out the similarities. In old-time "rasslin," there were two kinds of wrestlers: the "babyfaces" (or simply "faces") who followed the rules and acted like role models, and the "heels" who not only cheated but insulted the fans and were downright...

If there’s one thing to be learned from "Sex and the City," it’s that women love high heels. Sure, they might be painful to wear and challenging to walk in (for some of us, anyway), but as the saying goes, beauty is pain. But blisters might not be the only downside to wearing high heels. In fact, the damage might be occurring higher up on the body – in the ankle, knee and hip, according to new research being presented later this month at the annual meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. Another key finding: The higher the heel,...

A BRITISH man remains critically ill today after being stabbed through the eye with a stiletto heel last weekend. Gavin Taylor, 28, suffered a severe head injury in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is believed he was in a taxi with a female passenger after a night out when the incident occurred, The Sun reports. Staci Hargreaves, 33, was charged Tuesday with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, an offence which carries a possible life sentence. It is alleged she used one of her needle-edged stiletto heeled shoes to stab Taylor in the face. The pointed...

McMINNVILLE, Ore. - A man wearing nothing but women's high heels was the cause of a building lockdown by police in downtown McMinnville. The unidentified man was spotted sitting on a bench on the basement floor of a nearly vacant medical building Wednesday afternoon. After a call to 911 dispatchers, two McMinnville police units responded and were assisted by deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriffs Office and the Oregon State Police. The building was locked down and surrounded, but alas, no naked man. The man was described as 40 to 50 years old, bald or with short white hair, of...

At A mere 5ft 3in, Prince has always relied on the highest of heels to give him a lift. But his penchant for platforms could have stacked the odds against him. At 47, he has been told he needs a hip replacement. The singer believes years of strutting on stage (and energetic dance routines) have taken a toll on his joints. "He used to wear high-heeled boots every day and doctors told him that may have contributed to his condition," a source told U.S. magazine the National Enquirer.

If you're a high-heel kind of a girl, we bet you're slipping on those spiky heels or platform pumps because you like the way they make your calves and clothes look, plus, hey, guys dig them. Women know high heels aren't good for their feet, and they don't deny that they're uncomfortable. In fact, a Gallup Poll found that 37 percent of women surveyed said they would continue to wear high heels, even though they did not think them comfortable. Mark it up to the price of beauty. Feet aren't made for heels Despite what you're willing to tolerate as...

Shillong Christian Shoemaker’s Feat Enters The Guinness By SAR NEWS Shillong, MEGHALAYA (SAR NEWS)-- James Syiemiong is on cloud nine. On September 11, this Shillong-based professional shoemaker walked into the Guinness Book of World Records for making the highest heeled shoe that is also commercially available. “As of February 2004, the highest heels commercially available boast a combination of 17 inches (43 cm) platform and 20 inches (51 cm) produced by James Syiemiong (India) for boldnbootiful.com,” said the certificate from the London-based Guinness World Records Limited, which reached Syiemiong, September 9. Syiemiong, a “practising Christian”, told SAR News, September 12:...