I hope that my “petition writing” skills are up to par.
Taking on the school administration.
OK SO
RE: This conversation: Here’s what I whipped up as an idea for NexGen!flavored Star Trek lolita. This sample is command-type and later seasons, obviously (if you can tell what the rank is without looking it up, you get a cookie.. it’s pretty easy), other colors can be substituted as needed.
A-line with a high collar and gathered sleeves. Obviously more details need to be added to loli it up a little more, I’m trying to decide if lace or a ruffle at the hem would look nice, or maybe a bow behind the Starfleet symbol would be cute, or something… Or maybe a bow on the back? Waistties?
Only problem is, I’m not a pattern maker LOL and after examining the Trek uniforms for seams and stuff it looks like a lot of complicated colorblocking. A zip up the back will probably be a must. Diana, any idea how this could be done? ;w;
It’s adorable! <3 I wonder if you could somehow find non-scratchy gold lace? Or at the very least, black. I love it, though! <3
That’s the very problem I’ve found with metallic color trims ;_; Because of the need for them to include, generally, some kind of lamé threads or other metallic content, they’re generally pretty scratchy.. black would be easy to find though. A nice venise, maybe?
I was totally thinking venise. I thought AP used some gold lace on Twinkle Carnival, maybe there’s an internetional seller you could get it from? Gold would probably be the best, but a black venise is the next best thing.
Oh my gosh this is my new favorite thing
And what did I say. Am I fucking psychic or what. Christ.
Today is going to be a frustrating day, I can tell. Though I guess it can’t be as bad as the fiascoes earlier this week.
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Thin privilege list [hupsoonheng]
[tw body image issues]
let me draw from my vast well of experience :v thin privilege is never being judged for your choice in groceries. i had some really decadent cookies in my basket at trader joe’s, and the thin cashier held them up to joke that i would have to “work these off”. since then i have been afraid to buy “too many” sweets at that particular trader joe’s, which only adds to the list of stores where i have to judge the ratio of sweet to savory in my basket. for the short time i was thin i never felt the judgement i do as my usual fat self if i put ice cream that doesn’t say FAT FREE or ~Skinny Cow~ on the belt. a thin person buying desserts or junk food is assumed to be buying for friends, for a party, or otherwise gets a pass; a fat person is assumed to be planning a lonely binge because fatties can only be sad and alone, comforted by Heath Bar Crunch and hamburgers/fries.
anyway that was kind of a tangent! let me get back to more succinct privileges:
- thin privilege is being able to shop for clothes in peace, without being eyed by sales associates and other customers who whisper to each other “what are they doing here?” and “ew, they can’t wear that!”
- thin privilege is not feeling like you have to cover up your body for the sake of other people, lest they feel nauseated by the sight of you.
- thin privilege is not having your weight be the determinate factor in ANY part of your health—i have personally been told that weight loss would cure me of clinical depression, and without even trying to give it a scientific slant like “working out and eating better will release endorphins!” no, i was just told that being thin would make me feel better.
- thin privilege is not living in a society where looking like you is considered not only disgusting, but something to be feared—and this assumption is considered normal. it was only a couple of weeks ago that a classmate a few feet away, oblivious of my existence, kept shouting about how terrified she was to ever become fat, and of course nobody thought this was weird.
- thin privilege is never having your achievements diminished or dismissed because of the shape of your body.
that’s all i can articulate for now, but i am so sure i could come up with more.
as a disclaimer, though: yes some of these could be applied to very thin/underweight people, but is much less prevalent, so i hope no thin people will hijack this list. it would be a good discussion to have about the fetishization of the super-thin that manifests as socialized jealousy, which in turn manifests as shaming, but this is not that discussion.
SERIOUSLY THIN FOLKS? I SEE YOU IN THE NOTES BEING ASSHOLES AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT I POLITELY ASKED YOU NOT TO DO.
LET ME REPEAT MYSELF:
it would be a good discussion to have about the fetishization of the super-thin that manifests as socialized jealousy, which in turn manifests as shaming, but this is not that discussion.
I HATE YOU ALL.
Hup, you are a GODDESS. I couldn’t have begun to articulate this.
Lolyeah totally because the only thing that could come from being super-thin is a fetishization. It’s not “that discussion”? Well it damn is now.
Just because you have it bad doesn’t mean that others don’t, and it would be cool if that wasn’t being diminished just so you can use EVERY THIN PERSON EVER as a scapegoat.
Try being called anorexic or bulimic and having everyone tell you to “eat a few hamburgers” or “put some meat on those bones”. Try having your body ridiculed and having that ridicule promoted with advertisements like “size 0 is not a size”, and those advertisements being praised without any criticism. Try having someone tell you that you’re “not a real woman” because “real women have curves”, and you’re just a “toothpick” or a “stick”. Try being told that someone is scared to hug you because they think they’ll break you in half.
I don’t like wearing a bathing suit because you can see my ribs and because I don’t have any curves, and people judge me for it. I can’t wear tank tops without feeling self-conscious. No stores even sell my bra size. I’ve been told that I’m underweight and I need to gain weight to be healthy, just from a glance.
So what, you may have it “worse” but don’t try and say that I’m so much more privileged than you are. Do NOT try and say that I can shop for clothes in peace without being judged, or that I don’t feel like I have to cover my body to avoid nauseating people, or that my weight doesn’t make people determine my health based on appearance, or that society doesn’t think I’m disgusting, or that my achievements aren’t diminished based on my shape and size. DO NOT EVER SAY THAT TO ME. Because you would be wrong.
for me piracy is:
- download something
- put it on a DvD
- sell it
- make profit
not what most of us do:
- download something
- like it
- go out and buy it
- give money to rich people
- having a peg leg
- wearing an eyepatch
- keeping your pet parrot on your shoulder
- referring to your vessel with feminine pronouns
- roaming the seven seas pillaging for profit
- having an emotional love affair with the sea and its figurative freedom that eventually drives you to utter insanity
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