two quickie sundries

[rm]

Haven't read either of these yet:

Caster Semenya keeps medal: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/19/world/AP-ATH-Semenya-Medal.html

Androgynous style: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/fashion/19ANDROGYNY.html

Comments

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I kind of LOL at these fashion articles in the NYT lately. Are they written by 23-year-olds who don't remember the grunge era, when even the chicas wore plaid shirts and scullcaps and boy jeans, FOR YEARS? And boys were wearing eyeliner in the 80s like Duran Duran.

OMG it's so groundbreaking! :D

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

don't know if you saw this one:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427354.000-crohns-blamed-on-lazy-immune-cells.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

Re the ambiguous style, basically this:

“To carry it off, you need the physique of an adolescent boy.”

Which esentially means that young men and slender women (of a wider age range) can do it, but no one else. Adult men with sholders and bulk cannot, (see all the 'slim' look pants they're talking about?) and women with curves/weight cannot do it easily. It isnt' really ambiguous, it's another ieteration of the youth focused style/culture we have going on in this country; it's about looking like that adolsecent boy - an image that has been persued for decades.

[rm.livejournal.com]

And one I have to say I don't find very interesting. The contortions I go through with my tailor so I don't look twelve are sort of endless.

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know several women who want to be seen as adults who go through a slew of shennanigans to avoid the pre-pubescent boy look.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Then again, if I can manage bodysuits and suchlike, it's not like many other guys my age can't.

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

You weigh barely 100 pounds. You have a very unusual body type for a man.

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

You've got a flat belly ad.

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http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=l&ai=BiVgtKW4FS-PfHcy4nAf41OSzCJOZlKMB27SxjRCBwb-3AfCiBBABGAEgtMXpFTgAUPLCjon4_____wFgyf79irik3BigAdGa4e4DsgEScm0ubGl2ZWpvdXJuYWwuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAED2gExaHR0cDovL3JtLmxpdmVqb3VybmFsLmNvbS8xNzU2MzY4Lmh0bWw_c3R5bGU9bWluZagDAbAD96vjFMgDBfUDAACAhA&num=1&sig=AGiWqtx_oAxDjYO-NkyRsE1fq7wjDYpNzg&client=ca-pub-5281115882477436&adurl=http://mctoko.com/furnace/furnacecong.aspx%3Fpid%3D6&nm=5

[rm.livejournal.com]

Aware. Endless ongoing problem that I can go back to fighting with Google about when I'm not on a business trip (can't wait to be home).

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

I knew you were aware, wasn't sure if you were still collecting samples. (I usually don't see them at all because I primarily browse on an all text browser.)

Safe travels.

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

This bit is pretty WTF What Dr. Ehrensaft has dubbed “gender fluidity” remains in her view a form of rebellion.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

The one bit I liked from the gender fluidity piece was:

Ms. Reynolds, 25, who wore a slouchy biker jacket and beat-up clog boots, insisted: “Every line should be unisex. A good piece of clothing is a good piece of clothing no matter who was meant to wear it in the first place.”

I completely agree. Finding jeweltone silk shirts that actually fit me is always a challenge.

[natf.livejournal.com]

Okay. Feeling my age now. Those fashions that are so new and ground breaking in their androgyny? That is how we dressed, both men and women, at uni in the late 80s. Identically to the outfits in the audio slideshow.