Summer dress... based on one of my aunt's holiday travel photos. (I don't publish original here, don't want to publish her face without consent).
Aaaand... this constant problem with shadows on faces on model photos :blobCat_giggle:
My friend Wallflower wore a dress to work today.
She doesn’t wear dresses…
like,
ever.
But she found a dress of hers she wore in her late teens early 20s, it survived the wash and it actually still fits. And she decided she wanted to wear it.
Yeah. Let that soak in y’all. Wallflower is a beast. A dress from 30yrs ago still fits her.
Earlier today, I asked her how it was going at work… you know, to ask what the reception was like of people seeing her in a dress. Her response was awesome. Something to the effect of “no one has said anything. I think they’re scared of me.”
That got me to thinking… what kind of energy is she giving off today compared to her already “get shit done” attitude she has at work. Like is it (n x 3) where n=her typical energy? You know is it like “don’t mess with me today cuz I am feelin’ this dress, these combat boots and I will cut you” type of energy.
So, yeah. To see a #woman feel more confident than normal and in a dress?… friggin’ awesome. So cool to see her just exude it, like confidence is flowing out of her pores and you can taste it in the air as she runway-walks past you. In doing so, confidence is spilling over onto the floor, even when she’s dropped some of her armor and is showing her softer side… when she shows a more feminine aspect of who she is. I wanna be like that!
sigh
So many of the women i’ve met here, cis and trans, are so damn strong. They are so bad ass, intelligent, articulate, funny, witty and yes… gorgeous as well. And if you’re wondering who those women are I’m talking about…
You. I’m talking about you. Yes, you, girlfriend who is reading this.
I feel really fortunate to have met these women and have then welcome me into the sorority of women. I guess this post is rather apropos as we near the end of #WomensHistoryMonth.
Y’all are so damn awesome.
Thanks for the lesson @Waitnwallflower
You’re a bad ass.
She had barely taken a sip of tea before the knock came at the kitchen door.
Did she recognize that knock? Friend, foe, salesperson?
It was worth taking another long sip before making a decision. Friend, she'd answer and invite them to join her. Salesperson, politico, proselytizer or foe, no.
She knew perfectly well that she wasn't dressed the way she was "supposed" to be for where she was, in the same way that she didn't believe the way she was "supposed" to believe nor live her life and pursue her interests and dreams the way she was "supposed" to do.
But because she knew her own mind, she didn't pay attention to the voices of conformity.
The state where she taught, #Missouri, sold ⅓ of its eggs to #California, & #ErinHawley believed that a #BlueState had no #right to impose its #values & rules on MO’s farmers. Apparently, Missourians should be allowed to [#abuse#animals but no one in the nation should be allowed to save a #woman from a life-threatening nonviable pregnancy]
She joined in a #lawsuit against Cali’s AG at the time, #KamalaHarris. A judge found that the challengers could show no direct injury & dismissed the case.
“The oldest woman was about 45 to 50 years old, and then a very young #warrior#woman, who was between 12 and 13 years old. That’s the astounding part of this discovery because it shows that women of all ages were active warriors and participated in battle alongside the men and were buried with the same honors as the men.” https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/amazonian-women-evidence-0020558
Yogita Raghuvanshi has been a long-haul #trucker in #India for over 20 years. She drives through rain in the foggy mountains of #Cherrapunji, one of the world's wettest regions, to pick up goods.
She talks about the dangers of her job, tricks to survive in harsh environments as a #woman, and being away from her children for long periods.
There is a woman I learned of here on Mastodon a few months ago named #SarahEmmaEdmonds whose story is absolutely AMAZING!
She dressed up as a man to be in the Union Army. She was soldier, a spy, a double agent spy against the Confederate Army, and an army nurse. She even went as far as to darken her skin with silver nitrate to go undercover into Confederate territory disguised as a male slave.
"When a Union agent was hanged for spying, she volunteered to take his place. Though interviewed by a panel of high-ranking officers for the dangerous work, she still managed to conceal her true sex. Ever resourceful, she shaved her head, blackened her skin with silver nitrate, donned a plantation suit and a curly black wig, and passed into the Confederate camp at Yorktown as a slave answering to the name 'Cuff'."
At age 48, decades after her service, she moved to Texas and lived in LaPorte. Eight years later she passed away, was buried with military honors and is the only #woman buried in the Grand Army of the Republic section of Washington Cemetery in #Houston, Texas.