Monday, 20 February 2012

  • Anime Milwaukee 2012

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    My friends and I: 

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  • Quote of the Day

    "Steak fries are the BBW of the french fry world." - My good friend, Kristine.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

  • Perpetuating Negative Stereotypes of Lolita Fashion

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    This is from a Tumblr forward:

     "Please sign this petition to have this horrid image removed.

    The girl in the photo was lied to about the nature of this photo and was told “it is just for a Japanese fashion photoshoot.”

    http://www.change.org/petitions/jw-productions-and-director-jan-willem-breure-remove-the-promotional-poster-for-the-film-and-write-a-public-apology

    This movie also displays the lolita image as pedophilia related. This is an image that lolita have worked hard to dispel for years.

    “The Lolita community has been misunderstood for years, usually mislead by the title of Vladimir Navokov’s novel “Lolita”. The community has been fighting really hard to make people understand that, no matter the personal idea of what Lolita is (a fashion, a lifestyle, an aesthetics), it is NOT about sexualising women, but completely the opposite, it is about women feeling comfortable with themselves in clothes that make them feel pretty and that do not relate with attracting men. Moreover, Lolita is not about ageplay. It does not try to make young women look like little girls, hence it’s not focused on attracting pedophiles. It might make the girls look a bit childish depending on the style, but that is not the point for a lolita.

    With the promotional poster in which a girl is shown wearing Lolita clothes, her expression being overtly provocative and teasing, the productor and director are causing a massive harm to the Lolita community, leading people who does not know the movement to think that it’s about sex and ruining the hard work that thousands of girls have done during years. Due to this, we ask for the removal of the poster plus a formal apology from both of them.”

Monday, 13 February 2012

  • Why Adelle Gives Me Hope [Link]

    "Adele is an incredible, incredible artist. I LOVE her music, and I can't even remember the last time I listened to the radio and she wasn't on the top 10. Her album 21 has been the top seller week after week after week. I don't normally look up what artists look like, because I just...don't care. If I know it's because I read an article and their picture was on it. I naturally assumed she looked something like this:

    Pretty, young, and most importantly, thin. I expected her to be the the "perfect" image that is constantly shoved down our throats. I mean, how could she NOT fit that mold? I have come to believe that people who don't fit into that mold (including, and especially me) were outcasts. I believed it was hopeless. So, imagine my surprise, and great joy, when I found out she looked like this..."

    Read more: http://www.semper-medusa.xanga.com/759001473/why-adele-gives-me-hope/

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    In my mid-teens, this blog started out as one about a drastic weight loss, comparing my body to others', and indirectly, about my eating disorder. Today, I share my day-to-day life and recovery. I try to be supportive of others. I also discuss eating disorder awareness and prevention education, women's issues, and alternative fashion.