tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post605435253524706890..comments2014-06-29T05:03:16.822-07:00Comments on Only Okay: Selling MyselfNicolalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14050549150663410699noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-60633404787833058582010-12-03T20:34:14.812-08:002010-12-03T20:34:14.812-08:00hey there
i don't think identity can be bought...hey there<br />i don't think identity can be bought or sold; there's an important distinction between 'selling an identity' and selling something which allows expression of identity. <br />identity is not what somebody looks like to others but who somebody is or identifies as (not really a commodity)<br />i take your point about clothes being an extension of identity but that's exactly the point; clothes (or whatever else for that matter) arise from identity, not the other way round.<br />ps i like semi-colons too :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-90944168049165637192010-11-19T14:12:32.616-08:002010-11-19T14:12:32.616-08:00'lo, lovely; I've done a post and linked y...'lo, lovely; I've done a post and linked you up. It's at http://strangelyincoherentloveletters.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/satirical-sartorialism-fashion-and-femininity/ if you'd like to read it. Not as articulate as I'd like so any feedback would be awesome. :)Andrea @ strangelyincoherentlovelettershttp://strangelyincoherentloveletters.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-87860331949954968002010-11-19T02:58:59.965-08:002010-11-19T02:58:59.965-08:00Aw, thank you dear! Yeah, I was thinking about hai...Aw, thank you dear! Yeah, I was thinking about hair removal as being one of the most obvious examples of 'buying femininity'. I might do a post on all of that later. I agree with you that I kind of like the overly gendered costume aspect, I have issues with how hyper femininity doesn't seem to fit under the 'genderfuck' umbrella and all of that business (probably something else to write about).<br /><br />Go right ahead, I'd love to read your post! love love :)Nicolalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050549150663410699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-21773714309680718232010-11-18T22:30:20.141-08:002010-11-18T22:30:20.141-08:00Yay! What a wonderful post. I sort of understand w...Yay! What a wonderful post. I sort of understand what you mean about dressing ironically — I don't, as such, but I consider my style 'hyperfeminine': amazingly, self-consciously, OTT femininity. I like doing it because it is a gendered costume, and sometimes it makes people think.<br /><br />People will appropriate what they like from Alannah Hill. Everyone is buying into constructed femininity at some point (whether it's hair removal from legs/armpits/upper lip), makeup, or the explicitly feminine Alannah Hill.<br /><br />Think you've inspired me to do a blog post -- if you don't mind? Would like to link it to this post, too. :)<br /><br />(Quintessence from Vogue)Andrea @ strangelyincoherentlovelettershttp://strangelyincoherentloveletters.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-29415223983798884982010-11-18T16:08:52.104-08:002010-11-18T16:08:52.104-08:00I guess I feel like I personally dress ironically,...I guess I feel like I personally dress ironically, because how I dress on the outside is the opposite of who I feel I am on the inside. I'll probably do a post on that later. <br /><br />As for buying identity - I do agree with you, but I think it depends on what extent to which you feel your clothes are an extension/part of your identity. For me, it's quite a bit.Nicolalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050549150663410699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-15999435340711941892010-11-18T15:28:07.646-08:002010-11-18T15:28:07.646-08:00and to answer your question: i shop at AH and i bu...and to answer your question: i shop at AH and i buy *clothes* from you, but not my identity or my fememninity, or whatever. that's something that i can't buy.hollypophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656191724487926538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985322338055826895.post-81159820959318703872010-11-18T15:25:33.936-08:002010-11-18T15:25:33.936-08:00What does ironic dressing even mean? i would real...What does ironic dressing even mean? i would really like to know. i know hipsters wear ugly clothes to be "ironic". but this whole issue is confusing to me.hollypophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656191724487926538noreply@blogger.com