Will Shetterly's Blog, page 125
July 14, 2014
Power Girl vs. the Slut-shamers of Skiffydom: on cosplay and feminist pulchriphobia
My first love had large breasts. Barbara was rich—her parents lived on the Riviera with at least three servants—andbreast size often has class implications and always has fashion implications. In the early '70s, fashionable rich women did not have large breasts.Barbaragot comments about her breasts frommen and women, which made her extremely self-conscious.The hardest part for her was the
July 13, 2014
What color should your dance clothes be?
Do you care how sweaty you look?
If yes, wear black.
If no, what is wrong with you? Wear black.
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ETA: That amused me, but for the sake of anyone who might be self-conscious, most dancers look great in every imaginable color. But when I dance for more than a few minutes, I sweat like crazy, and if I don't want to look like I've been dancing under my very own rain cloud, I've got to go with
If yes, wear black.
If no, what is wrong with you? Wear black.
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ETA: That amused me, but for the sake of anyone who might be self-conscious, most dancers look great in every imaginable color. But when I dance for more than a few minutes, I sweat like crazy, and if I don't want to look like I've been dancing under my very own rain cloud, I've got to go with
dance videos: new school doing old school
I am amused that the "old school" here is after my time.
July 11, 2014
July 9, 2014
a conversation with Samuel R. Delany about NAMBLA, sexuality, and consent
After Marion Zimmer Bradley’s daughter spoke out about child abuse by Bradley and her husband, Walter Breen, a member of NAMBLA, writers as different as Vox Day and Liz Williams brought up Samuel R. Delany’s comment about NAMBLA twenty years ago:
"I read the NAMBLA [Bulletin] fairly regularly and I think it is one of the most intelligent discussions of sexuality I've ever found. I think
"I read the NAMBLA [Bulletin] fairly regularly and I think it is one of the most intelligent discussions of sexuality I've ever found. I think
July 1, 2014
Dance video: "Love Battle" CatPeople
It really starts around 1:30, so skip ahead if you feel like it.
June 30, 2014
I need to learn to apologize quickly
At zumba today, it seemed like a woman was crowding me who had more room on the other side of her—it's fairly common for dancers to drift a bit as they try to follow the leader, especially on new moves. So I asked if she could move over a little. She gave me a look, then moved a little. Afterward, I said I was sorry if I made her self-conscious. She said she was offended because she hadn't wanted
June 28, 2014
Pedophiles like science fiction: More on fanfic's child porn problem and Samuel R. Delany
"I read the NAMBLA [Bulletin] fairly regularly and I think it is one of the most intelligent discussions of sexuality I've ever found. I think before you start judging what NAMBLA is about, expose yourself to it and see what it is really about. What the issues they are really talking about, and deal with what's really there rather than this demonized notion of guys running about trying to screw
June 27, 2014
Evolution of the American Left by RednBlackSalamander
Evolution of the American Left by RednBlackSalamander on deviantART:
More at the site.
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