tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276569099166979232.post2962191441250582884..comments2024-02-28T03:19:28.992-05:00Comments on Don't Do That: Tuesday Quickies: Old Lady EditionDaisy Razorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12340625946177901043noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276569099166979232.post-46917878820587377192010-05-27T09:15:55.773-04:002010-05-27T09:15:55.773-04:00Absolutely fair enough. Vajazzling isn't un-fe...Absolutely fair enough. Vajazzling isn't un-feminist; nobody feels like they have to do it, because it's stupid; it <i>is</i> stupid, I'd be the first to admit. I found it surprisingly fun, though. All the more surprising because I usually hate vapid trends like this!That Kind Of Girlhttp://notthatkindofgirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276569099166979232.post-63512523395067409942010-05-26T19:12:29.523-04:002010-05-26T19:12:29.523-04:00The DDT braintrust (such as it is) actually got to...The DDT braintrust (such as it is) actually got together to craft this response, because we feel like the idea that "If I want to do it to my body, and I'm a woman, it's feminist by definition" is both difficult to contradict and totally, totally wrong. <br /><br />Let's take <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14/heidi-montags-10-plastic_n_423855.html" rel="nofollow">Heidi Montag</a> as our example. She chose (and has vociferously defended her choice) to have surgery altering her breasts, brow, nose, cheeks, lips, chin, ears, stomach, thighs, butt, and the curvature of her back. By your definition, this was a feminist choice. But while we don't begrudge her for doing whatever the fuck she wants with her body, it doesn't make her body-alteration a feminist act. It makes her a woman who totally bought into the superficial, image-based bullshit that she got sold. We're not going to tell her she <i>can't</i> do it, but we are going to be sad for her that she felt like she <i>had</i> to.<br /><br />Plus, you know, we never actually said that vajazzling is unfeminist; we just said it's <i>stupid.</i> If you want to hear about feminism, you'll have to check <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/03/12/sexist-beatdown-vajazzling-and-its-inevitable-male-counterpart-dickerating/" rel="nofollow">Sexist Beatdown.</a> (Please do. Even if you totally disagree with them, they are hilarious.)Daisy Razorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340625946177901043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276569099166979232.post-78079264133961528392010-05-26T16:29:25.843-04:002010-05-26T16:29:25.843-04:00I'm in love with that Cthulhu table. I love th...I'm in love with that Cthulhu table. I love that he visualizes it dancing when his back is turned.<br /><br />Also, totally dig that you're not onboard with the ol' vajazzle, but how can it possibly be demeaning or unfeminist to make your own choice to do something with your body? The way I see it, if what I do with my body doesn't infringe on anyone else's right to do what they want with <i>their</i> body, then surely I must be on the side of the righteous. <br /><br />After all, being able to use and enjoy our bodies as we please is one of the great victories of feminism. So why should someone give that up just because someone with a thing for prescriptive body politics tells them that what they want to do is "part of the problem"?That Kind Of Girlhttp://notthatkindofgirl.netnoreply@blogger.com