Tag Archives: feminism
The Linguistic Curve
Over the past several months, I’ve had a some thought-inspiring exchanges about the language of the body – specifically, the slightly deviant body, bodies that skew from the ideal-that-is-and-is-not-an-ideal. The first one happened at a workshop I was giving about … Continue reading
Saturday Follies: Silk and Perfume
Some links! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? A thought-provoking essay on beauty, grooming, and how this translates to “emotional work” in a partnership.Thanks to Already Pretty for the link. Already Pretty also has a great piece on how sleeve … Continue reading
I Am Loving, Or Am Horrified By, These Things
Horrified: In the fashion spotlight: all the clothing we’re not wearing. Ecouterre “U.K. Consumers Own £30 Billion Worth of Clothing They Never Wear” article here, and Vixen Vintage on the new book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. … Continue reading
Friday Follies: Zeitgeist Zelda
Yes, I’m emceeing another show coming up – Miss LaBelle’s House of Burlesque is bringing back Frolic Lounge. This is…sold out. And Miss LaBelle’s next round of classes is fully booked – I believe you can get on a wait … Continue reading
Five Things To Read Instead Of 50 Shades of Grey
At the Whitcoulls bookstore on Friday, I saw stacks and stacks of a new novel, piled up as high as I am tall: Fifty Shades of Grey. This ostensibly erotic novel is making lots of women foam at the mouth. … Continue reading
Quiet Moments
It’s autumn in New Zealand, spring in in the Northern Hemisphere – time for gentler pleasures, long contemplative walks, appreciating soft rain and changing leaves. I have been thinking about friends having surgery, the social construction of female interactions, and … Continue reading
Go Put On A Sweater
Some randomness, because I can do that: a sweater, “chilly climate” and feminism, and the guy I wish was my gay BFF. Aussie boutique chain Cue has a just-right dark brown leopard print cardigan right now. On the sale racks, … Continue reading
Getting Used To Blogging In Heels
It was hard to find my voice for this blog. For about two months, I’ve been going, “Yes. OK. This weekend. Gonna get that blog up and running properly. Mmmm-hmmm!” And then another weekend would pass, with me commenting blithely … Continue reading
