Posts by Megan Wegan
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ETA: of course, in either scenario we're both losers. It's mutually assured destruction. Heh.
But highly entertaining destruction for the rest of us. Make with the pics, McGraw.
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Word to the mother(s). Just sayin'. (Note: Mine rocks.)
Dude. Mine too. I feel an intense need to call her right now, actually. But, it's 4am, and she would NOT be impressed.
Having said that, she was responsible for the mullet, so she is not entirely made of win.
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I had... ta-dah! A permed mullet. (Although, actually, perhaps the permed part of it was 1987 or 1988. Anyway, I think the dubious title of Nadir of Hairstyles belongs to me.)
Wow....Um, pics or it didn't etc.
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I had terrible hair then.
I had a mullet. A curly, frizzy mullet. Can you beat that?
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(Heh. I said but, and crack.)
Although, you know, I think I deserve some credit for not touching this
Resistance is futile.
OH COME ON!! :)
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Oh, and I have to take back something. Apparently, Jen says, Boobquake, has made a lot more media than I've seen.
Including the Colbert Report.
Heh. "You Go Girl. This is America. Where everyone has the right to life, liberty, and letting their milkshake bring all the boys to the yard."
Is it maybe about the difference between "Yes, but" and "Yes, and"? To me, it seemed as though the other commenters felt that they were yes-anding you, in good faith, but -- partly because of the overwhelming consensus in the room -- it seriously wound up feeling like a yes-but? (Or a yeah but no but yeah but).
Yes. And...you know what, I am letting it go....for now.
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Although, you know, I think I deserve some credit for not touching this:
since I can't shake the feeling, or the hope, that we are all in the hot-tub together, as it were.
Jolisa, you just can't give me (or Emma, I suspect), an opportunity like that and not expect me to take it. How am I supposed to protect Sacha's modesty?
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So, uh, it's not the talking, it's how we're talking? If we were less afraid of hurting feelings, would we maybe communicate better?
Heh. You know, in that discussion, it didn't really occur to me to be offended, until Emma pointed out, by email, what was going on. I was trying to explain why I didn't think it was exploitative, why it was just a bit of fun, why I applauded the "this is my body and I will clothe it how I like". I was trying to discuss the content.
But...yeah.
I don't see exactly how Boobquake has veered away from its original intentions, or why it can't be regarded as a pointed political joke when everything says that's exactly what it is.
I know. I haven't seen anything about it other than the places I've been talking about it, and Facebook. I believe there was a throwaway line about it on 3 News. God, even Jezebel has barely touched it, and you'd think they'd be all over it. (Speaking of which - Jezebel, another great word we've been missing)
Like I said over on THM, if it made other women feel bad about themselves, or had somehow become exploitative, well, that's awful but it's hardly my fault. Or Emma's. Or Jen's. Or any woman who feels comfortable showing off her cleavage.
My preferred definition of feminism is the one that recognises women as autonomous adults, capable of making their own choices, and standing or falling by them. Boobquake looks to me to be entirely within that definition.
You mean...I'm a grown up? I can make my own decisions? I can dress how I like? I can behave how I like?
I'm not really fussed about being called a bad feminist, because I don't strongly self-identify as a feminist. But they called Megan a bad feminist. Megan.
And thank you, thank you all. Your support is appreciated, and fucking humbling.
Yeah. That. I have had some lovely emails, and tweets telling me I rock. Which is the only reason I actually carried on as long as I did, because I felt like I was sticking up for something.
But, now it is probably time to go and focus on something that's not frivolous and fun.
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Jack, I think the key point is that APBs need to stay away from Attention Seeking Sluts.
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"Strumpet" really looks lonely without "Brazen" beside it.
I can't picture "Brazen" without "hussy", surely.
I'm the same, strumpet stands alone, I think. As does harlot.
I actually got called a brazen hussy this week. I was quite chuffed.
Of course, it's one thing to agree that it's okay to proudly carry one's body without being thought a whore.
Tricker, is when/why/for how long it's okay to look.
Heh. i just had an amusing moment in a cafe.
I am celebrating boobquake in a dress and bright red lipstick. That appeared to cause some interest for a gentleman as he bought his coffee. I didn't mind. He wasn't leering, or anything. It would appear his wife/partner/friend _did_ mind though.
She gave him a dirty look, and me a filthy one. Sigh...APB's have so much to answer for.