Comments | blueflame11: it's raining stupid and crazy

blueflame11

it's raining stupid and crazy

Jul 19, 2006 21:43

I tell ya, feast or famine... Today I was in midtown (yeesh) for a meeting with my thesis adviser at MoMA. I didn't wear my mohawk proper because I didn't want to shock the prof (too much) or get my damn picture taken by tourists, which has happened more than once in Manhattan and it creeps me the fuck out. Somewhere in the world someone has my ( Read more... )

holla back, mohawk

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mokitty July 20 2006, 03:08:53 UTC

uh, yeah...much of the reason I got sick of working on the road was b/c I was getting hassled EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

blueflame11 July 20 2006, 03:13:29 UTC

Why can't we mace them... WHY?!?!!!? It's no fair.
(hope you're feeling better)

syntaxxx July 20 2006, 13:13:38 UTC

ok. first I would like to say I AM NOT BLAMING YOU FOR OTHER PEOPLES BEHAVIOR but...
by desiring to "holla back" you might be inviting their energy into your space. I find that when I want to REALLY be alone I send out a vibe that says don't fuck with me & even nasty scumbags don't.

Of course New york probably has a higher consintration of aforementioned scumbags...

but have you considered that?

blueflame11 July 20 2006, 14:10:11 UTC

Waaaaaidaminute now. I have NO desire to holla back--I don't go out craving it, by any means, and I post the stories because I can tell them in a funny way while also reinforcing my self-sufficency. I feel that if my privacy is invaded by someone else, I MUST demand it back. I think that if I ignore it I am complacent in my invasion (I take a page out of Utah Phillip's book: "Freedom is something you assume, then you wait around for someone to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free"). Maybe I invite more trouble by talking back, but most times I think I send these assholes off faster than if I had ingored then AND regretting that they ever talked to me. Plus, if they want to ruin my private reflections with their shit, I certainly should pay it back, tenfold. I really, really try to disappear when I'm out in public. I don't look strangers on the street in the eye, I try to put on my most androgynous clothes (which I resent), and I definitely send out "don't fuck with me" rays. I'm ( ... )

i'll see you and raise you one syntaxxx July 20 2006, 15:28:25 UTC

i don't think you invite shit. in fact, the only reason i would ever approach you is to hit on you... ;) (i'm a sucker for girls that scare me.)

also, part of the reason i love NYC is that you're surrounded by people, but there's kind of this unspoken rule that we leave each other alone. it's so fucking crowded that you gotta carve out your space where you can--and consequently people are very protective of that space. you don't have to love thy neighbor, but pray stayeth thou out of his face.

i think your problem was actually Bryant Park. it's chock-a-block with tourists, office meatheads, and chatty scum. i HATE sitting there.

and finally, right on for hollering back. i feel about this as i do about gay-bashing: men harass women bc they're not afraid of us. time to change that perception. if one asshole never hollas again bc of you, then good job. fuck holla back, i'm ready to PUNCH back.

- angry angry jen

Re: i'll see you and raise you one blueflame11 July 20 2006, 16:26:11 UTC

"...men harass women bc they're not afraid of us. time to change that perception."

Right on, so perfectly right on. I think their lack of fear comes from (most) women's diminutive size. Physically, I'll never look like I can kick a guy's ass, but my crazy-ass eyes might say I'm willing to try. (And let's not forget that I'm deadly with a wooden spoon...) Oh, and you explained NYC's space/silence rule really well too. You've got wicked seniority on me there and I'm still trying to figure it out.

Here's a question: do you think American media makes it hard for a "real" woman to be left alone when advertisements, tv shows (especially reality shows), movies, and magazines suggest that ALL women are approachable, horny, and willing to bang a guy twice her age?

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potty humor solution anonymous July 20 2006, 17:55:40 UTC

oohhhhhh...if you could learn to projectile vomit on command that would work!!!!!
Guy harasses you...puke on 'em!

Surely we know enough theatre people to rig up some tubing for some special-fx barf protection....

Hitting the drawing board right now.....

celeste

Re: potty humor solution blueflame11 July 20 2006, 22:54:58 UTC

look no further, PM is in the special effects biz and has at least TWO different kinds of voimit contraptions. Brilliant idea!