January 2011
19 posts
diversity or what?? an observation
Dana writes…
I am over 50, hardly mistakable for slim, a Mom, “able bodied” but a survivor of knee [both] & shoulder[both] shattering hate crime & breast cancer with a botched TRAM reconstruction [that means both my breasts & belly are not “standard”] flaming queer diva. Well, duh…with all THAT drama I better be a diva.
I love flamboyant fashion...
Survey Regarding Androgynous Male Models
wonderdave writes…
http://www.sodahead.com/living/are-you-ready-for-androgynous-male-models/question-1437713/
I thought you all might find this interesting. It’s an article mostly about Serbian model Andrej Pejic.
Survey Regarding Androgynous Male Models
wonderdave writes…
http://www.sodahead.com/living/are-you-ready-for-androgynous-male-models/question-1437713/
I thought you all might find this interesting. It’s an article mostly about Serbian model Andrej Pejic.
hidden-agender asked: Hey, any chance that there could be little DIY lessons given on the site as well as clothes to buy or sell? As nice as it is to get pre-customized clothes, I still really love working with them myself. I'd be glad to help out with instructions regarding anything related to sewing or embroidery.
Submitterate the Genderplayful Marketplace
haleyaustin writes…
BoingBoing is a massive blog about cool stuff with a prominent transgender blogger Andrea James. They have a ‘Submitterator’ where you can suggest stories and vote them up. Why not see if we can get Andrea to pick up this story?
I submitterated this site, but need others to go and vote it up. I can’t link to it specifically so you’ll need to...
The Genderplayful Marketplace is ON!!!
It’s gonna happen!!
From Dec 15, 2010 - January 15, 2011, we held a community fundraiser to make this dream possible. Our goal was to raise $5,000. We hit our goal in 2 weeks, and then kept going to raise a total of:
$7,055 from 269 people through our main fundraiser, and $1,435 from 24 people through our “paypal haters fund” (earmarked to get the marketplace alternate...
Submitterate the Genderplayful Marketplace
BoingBoing is a massive blog about cool stuff with a prominent transgender blogger Andrea James. They have a ‘Submitterator’ where you can suggest stories and vote them up. Why not see if we can get Andrea to pick up this story?
I submitterated this site, but need others to go and vote it up. I can’t link to it specifically so you’ll need to search for Online Transgender...
Vendors, it's time to sign up!
Calling all designers, retailers, craftsfolk, tailors, thift store diggers, and people with too many things in their closets! It’s time to tell the Genderplayful Marketplace who you are.
» Vendors: Sign Up Here! «
Please pass this on to anyone you know who’s interested.
Thanks so much!
~Sarah
p.s. Expectations check: it will probably be at least a few months...
hidden-agender asked: Hey, any chance that there could be little DIY lessons given on the site as well as clothes to buy or sell? As nice as it is to get pre-customized clothes, I still really love working with them myself. I'd be glad to help out with instructions regarding anything related to sewing or embroidery.
What's the plan here for diversity?
This conversation just happened over email. The person who wrote me gave me permission to share it publicly.
Q: If this “online marketplace” is about “diverse bodies,” why are the vast majority of the people in your photos and your promo video slender, young, white, able-bodied hipsters?
A: Hi, thank you so much for getting in touch. You’re absolutely right ...
I am also a dandy!
Jo Moreau writes…
I think this is a wonderful idea!
I am a big barely butch androgyne with large breasts, wide shoulders, no waist to speak of and hips less than my waist measurement. I would love a business suit or two that fitS like a glove. 3 button jacket, grouses, vest, masculine style, unusually pretty suiting fabric! By producing the same items for both conventionally male and...
Community!
isimsiz writes…
I love the promise of not just buy-and-sell but of community, like in the open-air markets that now are less commonly a regular place of exchange. I love Niennis’s suggestion of setting up a service to buy feminine clothing for folks who might not be able to easily do so in physical stores. I love the love!
Community!
isimsiz writes…
I love the promise of not just buy-and-sell but of community, like in the open-air markets that now are less commonly a regular place of exchange. I love Niennis’s suggestion of setting up a service to buy feminine clothing for folks who might not be able to easily do so in physical stores. I love the love!
Exploding with vitality, creativity, uniqueness!
Rose Wood writes…
I’ve never seen such a group of people just exploding with vitality, creativity, uniqueness! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into a retail store and been completely ignored by salessheep, or just plain asked to leave, because I didn’t seem like I would “find what I was looking for” at their store. Ack. I want to wear, design, make, sell, FIND things...
“This is an exciting initiative for anyone interested in their own gender...”
– A Marketplace for Free Gender Expression — Social Work p.r.n.
Clothes that fit like I want them to fit.
Liz writes…
As a kid for Halloween I was Aladdin, the Red Ranger and Luke Skywalker (the last one was repeated when I got my shiny new lightsaber). When I watched movies I never identified with the princess, always the prince. And then I hit puberty. All of a sudden I had hips and boobs and my clothes didn’t fit right. When I tried to where the clothes I wanted to, it looked like...
We Surpassed our Fundraising Goal (and are still...
Hey Everyone! Thank you SO MUCH for all your contributions to the Genderplayful Marketplace — a plan for an open community clothing marketplace that will support diversity in gender presentations and body types. Last week we hit our minimum fundraising goal THREE WEEKS EARLY! But to really make this the amazing resource everyone is asking for, we still need more funds for staffing and...