Hmph. I'm going to show the power of women on March 8 by wearing whatever the hell I please, same as every other day.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2011 6:11:21 am PST #11401 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 6:15:00 am PST #11402 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The Hey Girl series completely cracks my shit up.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2011 6:16:06 am PST #11403 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like dressing for the cause. I think if it's properly managed it helps visibility. And I felt a sweet rush of compatriotism when I saw other people dressed in purple at work on Spirit Day.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2011 6:18:51 am PST #11404 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
March 8th, 2012: Show the power of women on International Women's Day by wearing red lipstick.
Wait, how does wearing cosmetics display "power"? Seriously? Buying into the corporate message that we aren't good enough and attractive enough as we are (and that being "attractive" is what gives us worth), so we need to buy their product and wear their product to conform to a societal standard of impossible beauty is how we display "power"?
Maybe I missed the first part.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2011 6:20:55 am PST #11405 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really need some purple tops, or at least one, for the Alzheimer's. I'm not wearing their t-shirts, and other than that, all I have is a fleece scarf, and it just doesn't show team spirit.
Oh, meara, I got some towels and some scented candles for my aunts. They've bought me scented candles in the past, so I figure they think it's a good gift, and who doesn't want new towels?
le nubian - Dec 14, 2011 6:32:26 am PST #11406 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So the frat circulating the rapey survey has been suspended. A member of the national organization is coming to campus to pay a visit.
Sounds like these young men are in trouble.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2011 6:34:39 am PST #11407 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't know lipstick was such a tool of the man.
smonster - Dec 14, 2011 6:37:18 am PST #11408 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yeah, it seems odd to choose red lips to show power.
Love the roller derby "Hey Girl". Love them all. Love the Gosling. Still very distracted by the Not!Gosling at work.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2011 6:37:58 am PST #11409 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I didn't know lipstick was such a tool of the man.
Multimillion (billion?) dollar industry based on convincing women that we don't look acceptable unless we buy their product? It's not foot-binding, but it's not exactly some pretty pigment in a tube that exists in a societal vacuum free of performative expectations, either.
Jessica - Dec 14, 2011 6:41:00 am PST #11410 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I were in the habit of wearing lipstick anyway, I might think about it as a solidarity thing. But since I never wear makeup and don't own any, I don't see how buying a tube of red lipstick is going to be in any way empowering.
I'd maybe be able to wear it for 15 minutes before wiping it off. The feeling of makeup on my skin gives me the creepy-crawlies.