Carrying On...

OK, so that first post wasn't quite what I wanted it to be, mostly because I am a little scatterbrained. I am leaving it as is, because it is pretty representative of what it's like to live in my head. It's crowded in there, what with all the movie quotes and ideas for cakes I wanna make, chores I have to do, bus schedules and annoying commercial jingles.

First, I wanted to post a link to the Shakesville post that inspired me to start this project. Here's a quote for the TL;DR crowd:

"Making the personal public and political is serious business. Because women's stories aren't told, it's incumbent upon female feminists to tell their own stories, to fill that void, to be unrepentant and loquacious raconteurs every chance we get, to talk about our bodies, our struggles, our triumphs, our needs, our lives in every aspect."

Apparently I don't know how to do block quotes here yet, either. This will all come in time (I hope). Anyways, I figure that as a big ol' queer, and also a lady, and many other things that aren't usually included as options on forms, I might add my voice to the "cacophony".

Now, I do intend to moderate comments here. I want this to be a relatively safe space, so I won't allow any slurs, I would like to avoid ableist language, etc. If you make an assy comment, I'll probably remove it. Take that as you will.

I do intend to include and encourage frank discussion on whatever I post by whoever would like to join in and can handle being respectful of others despite the relative anonymity inherent in posting in the blaggerwebs. To warn folks, this might include, and certainly won't be limited to: women's experiences of sexism, GLBTQ folks' experiences of general hatefulness, and everyone's experiences of the things that go into, come out of, and happen regarding their bodies. These things will all be tagged and will be included in the titles of the posts, so feel free to avoid whatever skeeves you out/triggers you/offends you/whatevs.

Now, for some fun stuff! Here are some specific things I plan to bloggerize about in the next week or so:

-The reason for the name of this blog.
-Bein' a big ol' queer (identifying as a bisexual woman)
-The road to fat acceptance
-Periods.
-Fictional women I admire
-My growing interest in neo-pagan religions
-Rape culture

OK, some of that will be fun.

Hm. I guess that's all I want to say for now. Actually I wanna say all that stuff, too, but I'm pretty sure that if I just do all that, I will not get any sleep tonight and then I will be out of interesting stuff to say. If any of it even turns out interesting to begin with.

So tune in again if you're interested, and we will discuss stuff!

Make Rocket Go Now

So I was inspired by a post on Shakesville that mentions the importance about individual women sharing their experiences. We live in a society where women's stories are not told, and where women's voices are not heard. I struggle with the idea that, in being part of a political movement, the personal must become public and political. Sometimes, one must live one's ideals.

So get ready, if you decide to follow me! I intend to blog about queer issues, feminist issues, humanist issues (such as they are), and basically what it's like to not have a voice in so many varied ways that apply to me (being a queer, feminist and female human).

I've just realised that I have to be at work in 45 minutes and I still have laundry in the dryer. You'll hear about that kinda business, too, because this is the story of all of my stuff and whatnot. Sometimes serious, and sometimes (often) snarky. Welcome to my story!