2009-02-19 09:51
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This is a meme I thought was interesting and gives more insight into your friends.
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
5 things that
lunaticbubbles associates with me:
1. Feminism
I was raised as a feminist. My mother front loaded all the data she fed me with Feminism. I had “Free to be You and Me”, “Girls are People Too” and a Wonder Woman anthology on my bookshelf as a child. With as much progress as we’ve made, there is still so much we have left to overcome. Unfortunately most of our systems have sexism inherently built in therefore it’s important to keep working for progress.
I know many people think it’s nitpicky to not want to be referred to as a “chick” or to want people to use proper terms (it’s vagina, not “va-jay-jay” – actually it’s vulva, but I’m willing to settle in this case). But ultimately, until we have full equality and every individual is considered on their merits as a person, not according to their gender, we have to keep fighting to avoid being marginalized. I think we will reach a point (hopefully in the next couple of generations) where we can let go of hyper vigilance and drop into a quiet guardianship.
2. Long Hair
*laughs* My long hair is due to my laziness. No, really. I wear it long because short is too much work. I’m sure that this also comes from my mom’s programming. (Yes, I blame her for a lot of who I am.) My mother’s hair was always long. She always talked about how beautiful long hair is. But truthfully, I never learned to care for short hair because my mother didn’t teach me. *shrug* I’m ok with that.
At this point, I’m trying to see how long I can get it. Of course, if I get tired of it or if it becomes too unmanageable, I’ll just cut it. And by “cut it” I mean, bring it back up to butt-length or some such.
3. Costuming
I’m weirdly obsessed with costuming. I spend a lot of time reading up on different eras. I have a bunch of costuming books. I *love* looking at the pretty pictures and dreaming up costumes/outfits in my head. My problem is that I’m not a seamstress and I do not have the funds to follow-up on my dreams. I have a sewing machine and I have the basic skills to go with it. (Oddly, that’s one of the few “traditional women’s skills” my mother taught me.) However, I am lazy and impatient and therefore cannot (do not) muster up the time and energy needed to produce the amazing clothes I want.
I would love to have a day wear and evening wear (gown) of each decade of the 1900’s and one of each for the previous eras. This plan also of course, requires the appropriate underpinnings for each as well. I want to someday do a series of “pin-up girl” photos, in a variety of different historical underthings.
Aside: I think it would be an awesome fundraiser for Faire, to do a pin-up calendar of the various groups in their under-things. I mean, come on, don’t you want a picture of the queen and her court up on main stage in their frillies? *grin* (And yes, this includes guys too, their chemises should be long enough to cover their penises.)
4. Activism
Well, here’s another one I learned from my mother. We used to march with Ceasar Chavez. I remember protesting in front of the grocery store (I think it was Safeway). The chant was: “Boycott lettuce, boycott grapes, boycott the wine that Gallo makes.” To this day, I have a hard time buying wines with the word Gallo on them. Even though this company plays ball now, they have been forever demonized in my five-year old mind.
Activism is hard. It requires you to be aware and well, active. I am not the person I once was with it. I am jaded and cynical. I’ve watched too many political movements get derailed once they’ve achieved their basic goals. I’ve seen too many groups splintered by in-fighting and over-inflated egos. Hell, even the non-profit where I worked, despite trying to play nice publicly had problems with people not wanting to work with “back-stabbing publicity hounds”. So I try on a very basic level, but I have other friends who do so much more. I know I can always do more. I’m just not always willing to make the sacrifices it requires of me.
5. Flirting
*smiles* I feel like I’m getting a little rusty, but I’m sure that’ll be fixed by Faire. I love flirting. I like the game. I like subtle innuendo. (By subtle, I do not mean eating a banana suggestively. That is not subtle. That is single entendre theatre and frankly pretty embarrassing. Have some pride dammit.) Just catching someone’s eye across a room and feeling that energy crackle, is exhilarating.
It’s hard though. These days I find myself thinking in my head at people “no that’s not flirting; that’s a genuine compliment” or wondering if I’m being too heavy handed and my comments are annoying to the point of harassment. The last is especially true if I’m not getting any response aside from an embarrassed silence. I don’t know if that means that they’re just being polite and not telling me that my attention is unwelcome, or if they’re just not used to the flirtation and don’t know what to do with it. So yeah, public announcement: if I say something you don’t like, if I’m too forward and you aren’t interested in me, for Don Juan’s sake, please tell me. I may initially have a little ego bruising, but trust me, I’ll get over it.
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
5 things that
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1. Feminism
I was raised as a feminist. My mother front loaded all the data she fed me with Feminism. I had “Free to be You and Me”, “Girls are People Too” and a Wonder Woman anthology on my bookshelf as a child. With as much progress as we’ve made, there is still so much we have left to overcome. Unfortunately most of our systems have sexism inherently built in therefore it’s important to keep working for progress.
I know many people think it’s nitpicky to not want to be referred to as a “chick” or to want people to use proper terms (it’s vagina, not “va-jay-jay” – actually it’s vulva, but I’m willing to settle in this case). But ultimately, until we have full equality and every individual is considered on their merits as a person, not according to their gender, we have to keep fighting to avoid being marginalized. I think we will reach a point (hopefully in the next couple of generations) where we can let go of hyper vigilance and drop into a quiet guardianship.
2. Long Hair
*laughs* My long hair is due to my laziness. No, really. I wear it long because short is too much work. I’m sure that this also comes from my mom’s programming. (Yes, I blame her for a lot of who I am.) My mother’s hair was always long. She always talked about how beautiful long hair is. But truthfully, I never learned to care for short hair because my mother didn’t teach me. *shrug* I’m ok with that.
At this point, I’m trying to see how long I can get it. Of course, if I get tired of it or if it becomes too unmanageable, I’ll just cut it. And by “cut it” I mean, bring it back up to butt-length or some such.
3. Costuming
I’m weirdly obsessed with costuming. I spend a lot of time reading up on different eras. I have a bunch of costuming books. I *love* looking at the pretty pictures and dreaming up costumes/outfits in my head. My problem is that I’m not a seamstress and I do not have the funds to follow-up on my dreams. I have a sewing machine and I have the basic skills to go with it. (Oddly, that’s one of the few “traditional women’s skills” my mother taught me.) However, I am lazy and impatient and therefore cannot (do not) muster up the time and energy needed to produce the amazing clothes I want.
I would love to have a day wear and evening wear (gown) of each decade of the 1900’s and one of each for the previous eras. This plan also of course, requires the appropriate underpinnings for each as well. I want to someday do a series of “pin-up girl” photos, in a variety of different historical underthings.
Aside: I think it would be an awesome fundraiser for Faire, to do a pin-up calendar of the various groups in their under-things. I mean, come on, don’t you want a picture of the queen and her court up on main stage in their frillies? *grin* (And yes, this includes guys too, their chemises should be long enough to cover their penises.)
4. Activism
Well, here’s another one I learned from my mother. We used to march with Ceasar Chavez. I remember protesting in front of the grocery store (I think it was Safeway). The chant was: “Boycott lettuce, boycott grapes, boycott the wine that Gallo makes.” To this day, I have a hard time buying wines with the word Gallo on them. Even though this company plays ball now, they have been forever demonized in my five-year old mind.
Activism is hard. It requires you to be aware and well, active. I am not the person I once was with it. I am jaded and cynical. I’ve watched too many political movements get derailed once they’ve achieved their basic goals. I’ve seen too many groups splintered by in-fighting and over-inflated egos. Hell, even the non-profit where I worked, despite trying to play nice publicly had problems with people not wanting to work with “back-stabbing publicity hounds”. So I try on a very basic level, but I have other friends who do so much more. I know I can always do more. I’m just not always willing to make the sacrifices it requires of me.
5. Flirting
*smiles* I feel like I’m getting a little rusty, but I’m sure that’ll be fixed by Faire. I love flirting. I like the game. I like subtle innuendo. (By subtle, I do not mean eating a banana suggestively. That is not subtle. That is single entendre theatre and frankly pretty embarrassing. Have some pride dammit.) Just catching someone’s eye across a room and feeling that energy crackle, is exhilarating.
It’s hard though. These days I find myself thinking in my head at people “no that’s not flirting; that’s a genuine compliment” or wondering if I’m being too heavy handed and my comments are annoying to the point of harassment. The last is especially true if I’m not getting any response aside from an embarrassed silence. I don’t know if that means that they’re just being polite and not telling me that my attention is unwelcome, or if they’re just not used to the flirtation and don’t know what to do with it. So yeah, public announcement: if I say something you don’t like, if I’m too forward and you aren’t interested in me, for Don Juan’s sake, please tell me. I may initially have a little ego bruising, but trust me, I’ll get over it.
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depthsextent of your costume-love; just the Faire associations.Last week I spent time searching men's Victorian-era underwear- 'cos it underpinned cowboy [1890s] gear, and *not everyone* wore union suits!
Whilst searching, I found some nifty pattern sources and info on corsets- women's, and, yes, men's [but I don't plan on any personally]. Alas, I don't sew, so have never done anything but pull together ready-made items.
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This'll take just a little while....
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I think workingman's Victoriana, whether from the Arizona Territories or English Midlands, is kewl in its practicality.
I need to take more advantage of the historicities and neohistoricities of this area. We have the Sharlot Hall Museum nearby, with historical buildings and re-enactments; Fort Whipple, same; the Regulators, cowboy shootist re-enactors and their ladies' group [fergits the name]; and down the road toward Phoenix, a Pioneer Museum which may be living history. More research is needed.
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Got my 5 categories addressed & posted.
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I really like all these things about you. As I've gotten older I've become more and more of a feminist, and I think you are a good role model of someone who is aware, and adamant, but not angry.
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It's been neat seeing what people answer with and what they associate you with.
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1. Art, 2. Role-playing, 3. Bright Colors
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Missing you.
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1. Safe Sex Advocacy, 2. BDSM, 3. Equal Rights, 4. Outreach, 5. Standing up for what you believe in.
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