[geeks] just for you guys....

[Amy]

On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Michael Conlen wrote:
>
> Okay, I'll grant that you were offended, and thus it's offensive, however I
> still don't see cruel and I don't see it as being intended to be offensive
> or something to make fun of someone. If I ever got around to learning how to
> walk on 6" heals and did drag (I've been seriously considering it) I'd think
> it was cool that I did it well enough to actually be mistaken for a woman.

here's a tip for the heels. buy good shoes. don't buy cheap heels--your
arches, your toes, and your back will thank you for it later. i know when
i buy a pair of dress pumps (rarely. i prefer a good pair of chucks) they
usually run between 100-300 dollars per pair. reason being, the better
quality of shoes generally has the ability to evenly distribute and support
weight properly.

> I can tell you it's a skill some poeple *need* to have. I've been in some
> gay clubs and tried to pick up some girls who I thought were guys... ...some
> of them have been very male unfriendly. Very not fun.

i'm trying to figure out how people could be male-unfriendly. personally,
i much prefer men and am generally more friendly towards them. they're
nicer and less antagonistic.

> Like I said, I think there's a huge difference between someone who looks
> androgynous and someone who is transexual or transgender. If it were a site
> of women who had short hair and boyish looks who weren't trying to look like
> boys I would completly understand your feelings.

i agree. but bear in mind there might be a few women on that site whose looks
had nothing to do with tv/tg. that's where it irks me. even at that, i
guess i assume that tg's who go through with the whole shebang wish to be
treated as men or women appropriately, and thus it would be similar to
what i was saying.

> If there's one thing I've figured out, it's people are people, ain't nothing
> you can do about it.

no. but i can try.

--a