Comments on: Who I Am http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tiny Cat Pants http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-69119 Tiny Cat Pants Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:08:54 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-69119 <strong>In Defense of Hedonism</strong> I have run my tongue lightly across something small and hard and reached up as far inside a girl as I could get.  I've woken up with her smell all in my hair and on my... In Defense of Hedonism

I have run my tongue lightly across something small and hard and reached up as far inside a girl as I could get.  I’ve woken up with her smell all in my hair and on my…

]]> By: Let Them Take Bubble Baths at Faux Real Tho! http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68902 Let Them Take Bubble Baths at Faux Real Tho! Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:43:52 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68902 [...] elf-referential. This is my performance of femininity. Let me make it clear: I’m firmly in Jill’s court, and I’m not concerned with how popular this opinio [...] [...] elf-referential. This is my performance of femininity. Let me make it clear: I’m firmly in Jill’s court, and I’m not concerned with how popular this opinio [...]

]]> By: Lauren http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68887 Lauren Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:53:28 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68887 Vote #3 for The Support Hoes. Vote #3 for The Support Hoes.

]]> By: philosophizer http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68638 philosophizer Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:48:31 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68638 told you i'd do it. http://philosophizer.blogspot.com/2006/10/after-all-fighting-between-molly-and.html told you i’d do it.
http://philosophizer.blogspot.com/2006/10/after-all-fighting-between-molly-and.html

]]> By: zuzu http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68632 zuzu Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:35:03 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68632 Oh, my God, ilyka, you just made me pee my pants. Oh, my God, ilyka, you just made me pee my pants.

]]> By: shannon http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68626 shannon Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:05:00 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68626 $110 is a lot of cash for me, and my lack of sewing acumen is legendary. I pay like $10 for my bras as I uh..well technically I don't need a bra, but I fear social faux pases. $110 is a lot of cash for me, and my lack of sewing acumen is legendary. I pay like $10 for my bras as I uh..well technically I don’t need a bra, but I fear social faux pases.

]]> By: ilyka http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68624 ilyka Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:54:03 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68624 <blockquote>really tight support hoes</blockquote> I want an all-girl band to name themselves this. Right now.

really tight support hoes

I want an all-girl band to name themselves this. Right now.

]]> By: philosophizer http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68621 philosophizer Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:31:29 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68621 I'm going to make up a list of all the things that feminists aren't allowed to do or like/must hate themselves for doing or liking, just so we can keep track. You can never have too many reasons why you're a horrible person, I say. I’m going to make up a list of all the things that feminists aren’t allowed to do or like/must hate themselves for doing or liking, just so we can keep track. You can never have too many reasons why you’re a horrible person, I say.

]]> By: Argent http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68616 Argent Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:15:34 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68616 Hi Jennie! Nice to see someone else who has worn corsets. "Hmmm … sounds like you’ve worn one a time or two. My experience differs from yours, and I’ve worn both off-the-rack and made-to-measure corsets. I would agree that they’re not much less comfortable than a panty girdle or really tight support hoes." Ah, well, everyone is different. I'm far more likely to take my bra (or pantyhose!) off and ditch it across the room than my corset. Then again, I make my own, and I heavily modify the design compared to what other corset-makers suggest (basically I won't wear one I can't breathe easily in, that takes a bit of engineering so you don't fall out). Plus, underbust corsets are a dream to wear compared to overbust ones. So much more comfortable. You do Ren Faire or reenactments? Hi Jennie! Nice to see someone else who has worn corsets.

“Hmmm … sounds like you’ve worn one a time or two. My experience differs from yours, and I’ve worn both off-the-rack and made-to-measure corsets. I would agree that they’re not much less comfortable than a panty girdle or really tight support hoes.”

Ah, well, everyone is different. I’m far more likely to take my bra (or pantyhose!) off and ditch it across the room than my corset. Then again, I make my own, and I heavily modify the design compared to what other corset-makers suggest (basically I won’t wear one I can’t breathe easily in, that takes a bit of engineering so you don’t fall out). Plus, underbust corsets are a dream to wear compared to overbust ones. So much more comfortable.

You do Ren Faire or reenactments?

]]> By: jennie http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68475 jennie Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:04:09 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/10/12/who-i-am/#comment-68475 Argent <blockquote>This is somewhat off-topic, but corsets do not have to be physically uncomfortable and/or constricting. The general view of them seems to be based in ‘tightlacing’, a specific practice. Corsets are no any more restricting that a panty girdle, step-ins, or a bra. If they are, then it doesn’t fit. (Which is probably the problem; people mostly wear off the rack, so it doesn’t fit quite right, therefore uncomfortable).</blockquote> Hmmm ... sounds like you've worn one a time or two. My experience differs from yours, and I've worn both off-the-rack and made-to-measure corsets. I would agree that they're not <i>much</i> less comfortable than a panty girdle or really tight support hoes. That said, my feelings about my corset, by the end of an evening's dancing corsetted (and I emphaticallly do <i>not</i> tight-lace. I need all the air I can inhale for dancing; the corset is just to lend the correct silhouette), are identical to my feelings the time I decided to wear suckinthegut support hose under my bridesmaid's dress: "get me the f*ck <i>outta</i> this f*king thing, right <i>f*cking now</i>!" In the ladies' changing room after a ball this summer, we noted with amusement that we all had the same reaction as we uncorsetted. One of the ladies noted "Yanno, it's funny, at the beginning of the evening, we all say 'oh, this isn't so bad. When the corset fits right, the support is rather nice!' by the end of the envening, we don't think so!" Shannon, I paid less for my made-to-order corset than I do for some of my bras (it cost me $110). Not because I deliberately buy expensive bras, but because I'm a slightly odd size. I'm working on making another, using a pattern from Simplicity of all things, and I think the materials and pattern cost me $50. The time invested has been considerable, though. And yeah, I dance corsetted. If anyone wants to take away my feminst card, and uninvite me from the party, that's fine by me. I'll keep dancing and patriarchy blaming and doing feminist stuff, and nobody will know what my cooch looks like anyway. Argent

This is somewhat off-topic, but corsets do not have to be physically uncomfortable and/or constricting. The general view of them seems to be based in ‘tightlacing’, a specific practice. Corsets are no any more restricting that a panty girdle, step-ins, or a bra. If they are, then it doesn’t fit. (Which is probably the problem; people mostly wear off the rack, so it doesn’t fit quite right, therefore uncomfortable).

Hmmm … sounds like you’ve worn one a time or two. My experience differs from yours, and I’ve worn both off-the-rack and made-to-measure corsets. I would agree that they’re not much less comfortable than a panty girdle or really tight support hoes.

That said, my feelings about my corset, by the end of an evening’s dancing corsetted (and I emphaticallly do not tight-lace. I need all the air I can inhale for dancing; the corset is just to lend the correct silhouette), are identical to my feelings the time I decided to wear suckinthegut support hose under my bridesmaid’s dress: “get me the f*ck outta this f*king thing, right f*cking now!”

In the ladies’ changing room after a ball this summer, we noted with amusement that we all had the same reaction as we uncorsetted. One of the ladies noted “Yanno, it’s funny, at the beginning of the evening, we all say ‘oh, this isn’t so bad. When the corset fits right, the support is rather nice!’ by the end of the envening, we don’t think so!”

Shannon, I paid less for my made-to-order corset than I do for some of my bras (it cost me $110). Not because I deliberately buy expensive bras, but because I’m a slightly odd size. I’m working on making another, using a pattern from Simplicity of all things, and I think the materials and pattern cost me $50. The time invested has been considerable, though.

And yeah, I dance corsetted. If anyone wants to take away my feminst card, and uninvite me from the party, that’s fine by me. I’ll keep dancing and patriarchy blaming and doing feminist stuff, and nobody will know what my cooch looks like anyway.

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