The article describes a certain grungy type subculture of female youth.. similar to the grungy subculture in the early to mid 90s that also rejected the sexy fashion and turned to Daria/PCU-esque style canvas jackets, Doc Martens, fishnet leggings, and unsexy underwear. What are those girls wearing today? Thongs, cheekies, boyshorts, etc. According to NYTimes.com - “Within millennial and Generation Y consumer groups, it’s considered cool to be wearing full-bottom underwear,” said Bernadette Kissane, an apparel analyst at the market intelligence firm Euromonitor. “Thongs have had their moment.” In the end, it is about options. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be more traditionally sexy and wearing a thong; that doesn’t mean you’re not a feminist,” Ms. Toledano said. “This is a step toward embracing more variety in what’s offered.” Suggestions which were learned by me the hard way: 1. Wearing edible panties out for the evening date and then dancing is the bad idea. 2. The gynecologist does not get amusement when you merely wear the crotchless pantis and say the reason for this is you have the shyness. LAUGHTER OL. 3. Using the panties of the roommate of you as the cover when you fall to sleeping drunk on the couch might cause offense to she as the bigger person. I'm kind of a fan of the low-cut "boyshorts" myself - especially the ones that are short enough to show some cheek.