girly parts! (pt one of several)

May 07, 2007 18:21

Okay, so there's this thought experiment, popularized, I think, by John Berger in "Ways of Seeing," about masculine/feminine expectations and gazes. It goes like this: take an image of a female nude, and get it good and clear in your mind, and then attempt to imagine the figure as a man, with the attendant lack of breasts, whatever was on show in ( Read more... )

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lite_bright May 8 2007, 11:39:02 UTC
Yes, but until now, I've not actually wanted to have him right here and right now...okay, I give up. There's just too much hot for one girl to take! Nggk.

There's a wave of Frank Iero love in fandom right now, and it's pretty glorious- I'm sure you've seen some of the picspams?

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lite_bright May 9 2007, 20:58:13 UTC
I KNOW. It's sweet though, and I sort of want to make flaily motions every time I think about it. (which is far more often than I will confess to. Why am I so obsessed with you, Mikey? WHY?)

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molotov_bitch May 9 2007, 14:35:18 UTC
Right! Commentage. Apologies for the lag, but you know, I actually had to read all these first. And then I got caught up in the faerie fic, and the Sixteen Candles vampire AU, and the one where Pete loses his shadow, and OH GOD I LOVE THE CRACK IN THIS HERE FANDOM ( ... )

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lite_bright May 9 2007, 21:16:26 UTC
The crack is totally awesome. I adore crackfic everywhere, (you act so surprised, right?) but here, there are some good pushers. Or whatever, my metaphor escapes me. STILL AWESOME ( ... )

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i like to come back to old entries and comment, because i'm slow like that molotov_bitch May 11 2007, 22:09:54 UTC
Um, the crack has infested my brain?And this is news how, exactly? *grins ( ... )

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Re: i like to come back to old entries and comment, because i'm slow like that lite_bright May 12 2007, 00:39:19 UTC
We are collectively twelve. But that's a good thing! It's more fun, and hey, our crack is totally sweet and sugary and adorably crazy ( ... )

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