Take this and put a whip in instead?
I'm still not sure why, but my brain is plenty happy trying to make shit up.
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§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 12:35:35 pm PDT #6216 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 12:38:32 pm PDT #6217 of 30002
Because books.
I like your brain.
Liese S. - Mar 23, 2010 12:48:44 pm PDT #6218 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee, so I totally lurk in this thread, but you are all talking weaponry! So I have to pipe up to say that in April I'm going to this Becoming an Outdoorswoman thing, which is totally like camp for grownups. I can learn stuff like orienteering and still water paddling. BUT I have also signed up for basic firearm instruction and shotgun and archery! I cannot wait. I'm particularly excited because it's in the context of women, so I can learn gun stuff without having to deal with the testosterone issues. I won't know until later which classes I got into, but I will be happy with any of the many things I signed up for.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 12:53:40 pm PDT #6219 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can learn gun stuff without having to deal with the testosterone issues
That was my shotgun class. Fuckers. The guy I went with sent me back upstairs to dress less feminine, and I was treated like a glass princess at the course. As a woman in IT and the martial arts, it was hands down the most sexist treatment I've ever received. I was a brave little kitten, I was, for picking up a skeery shotgun. They recommended I try rifles instead. I guess they're more femme.
I complained enough about it (and got backup from the guy who thought I'd initially dressed too girly in the first place) that I got a free pass for another class, but why would I want to go back to that same school?
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:20:30 pm PDT #6220 of 30002
Because books.
That sounds awesome, Liese.
ita, that ... does not. Fuckers.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2010 1:29:51 pm PDT #6221 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They recommended I try rifles instead. I guess they're more femme.
Femme doesn't send the home invaders running when they hear you chamber the shells.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 1:38:17 pm PDT #6222 of 30002
Because books.
The only gun I can think of remotely femme would be a little silver derringer that fits in a reticule. And still, lethal.
Stupid guys.
An all-female auto shop and an all-female shooting range would be cool to open. Oh, and an all-female construction team. Just because.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2010 1:56:30 pm PDT #6223 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I blister at the idea of all-female just about anythings, even as I understand why they exist. I'd like to think that maybe one guy looked at me that day and said "Huh. Not what I expected from a chick." and maybe that's enough, annoying as most of them were. I will continue to do those things in mixed company and leave the single gender spaces for people who need it more. I went to all girls schools from ages 11-18. I'm done with that now. I don't need a safe space, and will take a few bruises to show people who're being close-minded that you don't need testicles to have cojones.
SuziQ - Mar 23, 2010 2:01:36 pm PDT #6224 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Take this and put a whip in instead?
I is broken.
Hearing about JP's groomsman's gift
So cool. I have not had knife lust before. I think I do now.
Amy - Mar 23, 2010 2:04:05 pm PDT #6225 of 30002
Because books.
leave the single gender spaces for people who need it more
I was imagining it less as somewhere I would need to go and more a place I would like to provide. To other women who might need it, sure, but more as fuck you to men who don't think those things can be done well by women.