tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post8981796829807921533..comments2024-01-14T16:08:01.103-08:00Comments on Prim Dolls: Color Challenge: Week Thirty-seven - LemonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619018164909616871noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-29011853149549702352011-07-17T13:43:13.970-07:002011-07-17T13:43:13.970-07:00Thanks, Rhud! this is one of my favorite outfits. ...Thanks, Rhud! this is one of my favorite outfits. Maybe sometime I'll get into the associations i have with it; they're very mixed.<br /><br />Raven: Yeah, it's just that "good" has a lot of unspoken connotations - especially related to women's avatar bodies. I think male avatars run a different gauntlet, both because less is available and because of assumptions that the male body serves the purposes of strength instead of attractiveness. *hides naked pictures of friends' male avatar bodies behind her back and whistles*<br /><br />Anichka - yes, not feminist-friendly on the surface, and yet... and yet... because one oft he struggles within feminism is to acknowledge and include women who are demonized by the patriarchy, which often includes the overtly sexual woman and women who trade sex for money. A lot of the complaints about female avatars on SL ties into their being overtly sexualized - huge breasts, huge hips, very little clothing. Often they're accused of not "really" being female offline (which may or may not be true). I was woken up to the problem with this when I what-the-fugged a pictures of two well-put-together but very sexualized women, thinking their bodies were physically impossible, than saw a woman with that body type less than a week later.<br /><br />SL can also be a very safe place to BE obviously sexual relatively safely; even if you're using RLV you can log out, turn it off, and log back in "free". I've used alts (not my main) to explore more sexual and sexualized ways of presenting myself not because I'm secretly male, but because doing the same offline is fraught with a lot of risks, including the obvious one of not only being raped but being blamed for it. <br /><br />There is a strong tendency for people to simplify things down, though... sexy women "must" be men; attractive men "must" be women... I think it's more complicated than that.Deoridhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235419292633778692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-76345654677676059842011-07-17T09:33:00.447-07:002011-07-17T09:33:00.447-07:00Great post! You look fantastic and I really enjoye...Great post! You look fantastic and I really enjoyed your exploration of gender and identity in world. I think that this is particularly fascinating because next week's color - Patriarch - also ignited similar thoughts from me. <br /><br />Gender dynamics in-world have long been a fascination of mine as I consider myself a feminist but sl is not a feminist friendly environment on it's surface.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04653064285164376921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-75135593164892833922011-07-17T03:28:31.498-07:002011-07-17T03:28:31.498-07:00I really like the colors that you chose in contras...I really like the colors that you chose in contrast, it looks really nice, good photos, nice art. And yeah, people are judged rather harshly on appearance, but second life is more so about looking 'Good' from what I have noticed than most other things. I guess I don't see things the same way, most of the reason my character looks the way he does, is because of how I was instructed when I had first joined, not really myself, not completely what I wanted but I grew into it to suit the needs of others. And I am sure one day that you will be able to discuss the aesthetics of something without falling into a pit of colorful words that please the mind, but wouldnt please the ear. o-oRaven Omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303311719560092135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108779732193340014.post-17838311922260185672011-07-16T23:26:42.429-07:002011-07-16T23:26:42.429-07:00WOW such a gorgeous set of photos, the yellow real...WOW such a gorgeous set of photos, the yellow really pops out from the back ground! I love your little dollyesque outfit too... its so pretty!Rudhmellowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916604618489674949noreply@blogger.com