Shaving unwanted bodily hair has been an act of femininity I’ve been performing since I was 13 or 14 years old. At the time I wanted to shave my legs like the other girls, because those who didn’t were teased and considered masculine or ape-like. Fitting in was important, but very quickly the novelty of…
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Creepy TV ads from my childhood
This jingle has always creeped me right out, and now they’re using it in a revised ad (I think with some of the original talent?) People think I’m strange when I start moaning “more, moooore, MOOOOORE, MORE BUTTERMILK” but it’s the ad that’s making me do it. I swear. GOBBLEDOCKS. I was just out of…
Outfits from the last week
The other day I tentatively asked on Twitter whether I should start posting outfit of the day (OOTD) photos here, and was met with a rather confidence boosting and unanimous “YES”. I’ve been posting outfit photos to various flickr pools as well as the Fatshionista Livejournal community for a while, whenever I’ve remembered to take…
Bruises are Semi-Permanent too: the Brisbane conference
Yesterday I attended Semi-Permanent 2009 in Brisbane at the Convention Centre. I left feeling overwhelmed, inspired, intimidated and SORE… my head was so full of ideas that I was a little scared, truth be told. I guess if you are scared of ideas, you shouldn’t go to these things :P The highlights of the day…