Bad feminists and worse feminists.

I haven’t written much in a long time due to poor cognitive happenings, but this wouldn’t stop buzzing around my head so I wanted to write it out! Please note, that this is not a feminism 101 type post and many of the concepts deserve further reading. I’ll provide links throughout and at the end,…

More ugly illustrations.

At the risk of more people misunderstanding this UGLY PRIDE concept, I present two more illustrations. I’m still working on a “manifugsto” of UGLY, so please bare with me as I wrestle with this through illustration. It should be emphasised that this is a reclamation of UGLY and not self pity or fishing for compliments.…

Ugly femme pride

Like many people, I’ve spent a long time fretting over being ugly. Beauty, or being pale and smooth skinned, able bodied, straight haired, thin, with symmetrical features amongst many others of varying arbitrariness, seems to be rewarded with good times, pay rises, attention, excused speeding tickets, prolific representation in the mass media, romantic partners and…

Fear and Cleavage in Coorparoo.

Fear and Cleavage in Coorparoo.

When I was cleaning out my wardrobe for the Megaherzzz clothing swap I came across a dress I haven’t worn for ages and decided to wear it today. In times past I’ve worn the dress with a singlet underneath because it has a lace detail down the centre front, and being blessed with G cups…

Links across the bloggiverse

Links across the bloggiverse

I haven’t done a links post in ~forever~ but there are a few things on the internet that are REALLY REALLY AWESOME and I want to share them with you. THE US SURGEON GENERAL SAYS YOU CAN BE FIT AND HEALTHY AT ANY WEIGHT! Like Nick just said on Twitter, how has this been out…

The best argument against the evidence of democracy in fashion is a conversation with a fat woman

The best argument against the evidence of democracy in fashion is a conversation with a fat woman

Over the last few weeks I’ve had the thrill of being involved in an arena of fashion I have never sought to enter. Threadbared have been discussing the issue of democratisation of fashion recently, and my invitation to cover fashion awards as a blogger could well be evident of this new democracy in action, but…