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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Jul 03, 2013 9:14:42 am PDT #28070 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So whether or not you guys work in a middle-of-the-road conservative office, you can imagine what's acceptable in one, right? How does this hairstyle sound?

[Employee]—who has [educational level], developed [professional milestones]—wears her hair in plaits with little trinkets tied to the end. Each trinket represents a significant moment in her life.

Do you see her at the average office gig?

Oh, and shit--somewhere yesterday I saw a post explaining that Femme Friday was for queer people who identified as femme, not for straight women. Which made me wonder--what's the difference, if any, between identifying as femme and identifying as female? Is the wording significant? Never mind I have no idea what Femme Friday even is--I'm clueless all the way down on this one.


Jessica - Jul 03, 2013 9:14:45 am PDT #28071 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I love the name Jumbleberry Grunt. It sounds like a Harry Potter character.

I plan to start using "Lazy Sonker" as an insult immediately.

I am willing to accept cobblers/grunts/slumps/etc in the pie category because they do share common ancestry. Also because they are delicious.


SuziQ - Jul 03, 2013 9:15:45 am PDT #28072 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Oh Kat. I am usually horrible about remembering my dreams but occasionally a thought or a picture lingers when I wake up. Today it was Grace, very forcefully, telling me that we needed to sell CJ's toes for celery.

I got nuttin - no clue how, why, where, why - but that was what I woke up remembering.


Steph L. - Jul 03, 2013 9:19:02 am PDT #28073 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Femme Friday was for queer people who identified as femme, not for straight women. Which made me wonder--what's the difference, if any, between identifying as femme and identifying as female? Is the wording significant?

I assumed that femme is one way of appearing female (very classically, stereotypically "feminine"). I guess the other end of the spectrum would be butch? Tomboy?

But I also would have thought a plain old straight woman could be femme or butch or anywhere in between.


le nubian - Jul 03, 2013 9:21:25 am PDT #28074 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita, how is that hairstyle different from a charm bracelet? I think the appropriateness of a hairstyle may depend on how large those charms are. If they are small, you might not notice.


§ ita § - Jul 03, 2013 9:47:11 am PDT #28075 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I assumed that femme is one way of appearing female (very classically, stereotypically "feminine")

I think it's just the word "identify" that's throwing me off. It's not a gender thing, or a sexuality thing, so the word feels really strong to me. Uh, you like lace and frills and may be male or female and aren't straight? That's the size of it?

how is that hairstyle different from a charm bracelet? I think the appropriateness of a hairstyle may depend on how large those charms are. If they are small, you might not notice.

The article didn't come with a picture, but just as described, I can't see her in this office, or many of the ones I've worked in (UCLA Medical being the only exception).


le nubian - Jul 03, 2013 10:03:47 am PDT #28076 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what if they are as small as beads? 3 decades ago, some Black woman wore beads at the end of their braids.


§ ita § - Jul 03, 2013 10:12:21 am PDT #28077 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

what if they are as small as beads? 3 decades ago, some Black woman wore beads at the end of their braids

3 decades ago *I* wore beads in my braids. But I still can't see them here, unless it was an executive and therefore pace-setter.


sumi - Jul 03, 2013 10:13:30 am PDT #28078 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

40 years of Yearbook photos - all in the same outfit.


P.M. Marc - Jul 03, 2013 10:17:18 am PDT #28079 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think it's just the word "identify" that's throwing me off. It's not a gender thing, or a sexuality thing, so the word feels really strong to me. Uh, you like lace and frills and may be male or female and aren't straight? That's the size of it?

Femme, historically, was sexuality thing. [link]