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more about #annieoakley more comments → icingsugar: I don't know from her perspective why she loves fashion the way she does, but I can tell you from mine. I grew up poor. We shopped in thrift stores ... more » biancajames: Does anyone else have an issue about the fashion industry's tokenism of Beth Ditto as the pet fat girl? And why is she glorifying wearing fur? I think... more » harpy: Punk has always been partially about fashion. Vivienne Westwood founded the "Sex" shop with Malcom Mclaren, and now she is high dollar designer. I do... more » tiredfairy: This reflects a lot about how I feel about "high" fashion, which is similar to how I feel about "fine" art. A lot of it is self-important, but a lot o... more » angelheadedhipster: Even if I can't read it, just the fact that "a queer theory reading of the Annual Taxidermy Convention, Competition, And Trade Show" exists makes me u... more » lilbobbytables: 1. I really like her point about fashion as art - I could never afford Rodarte, or Alexander McQueen, but damned if I don't love looking at them.2. Ok... more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: I am proud to live during a time when Beth Ditto can recieve the credit she deserves. more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: The true import of this paradox — the idea that fashion relies on a vast underclass whose belief in the value of products they could never afford ac... more » meritxell: an erotic life: Annie Oakley and I have the same birthday! ...different year, obvs. more » Maulleigh: I hate stuff like that because it tars my image of someone I would have admired. Queen Victoria wasn't that into suffrage--or I could be making that u... more » rednrowdy: as much as i don't like guns, i wouldn't mind going to a shooting range to practice. i look at like skating; i don't own rollerskates anymore, but i k... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Can I just say that I really enjoy these threads about the PBS documentaries? I'm a dork and usually watch these things, so it's nice to have a place ... more » Lulupasternak: That's the worst PBS doc. It would have been so much better had they gotten a contemporary woman to recreate Oakley's feats, but instead we're treated... more » tinydundie42: I had a Annie Oakley biography for children that I used to read over and over when I was little, and I thought she was *so awesome*. I'd love to see ... more » Bunsen Honeydew: Impressive, maybe. But could she make a quilt of herself with Jesus's head imposed over her face? Then I'll care. more » -
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Beth In The Believer Or, When Queer Feminist Punk Bands Meet Paris
Writer Michelle Tea followed Beth Ditto through the whirl of Paris fashion week, and lived to tell The Believer. What's interesting about Tea's account is that it places front-and-center one of the fashion industry's biggest unstated issues: Social class.
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Annie Get Your Gun
As PBS' documentary Annie Oakley showed last night, the famed "Little Sure Shot" sharpshooter was a walking, heat-packing contradiction: an advocate of women's self-defense and equal pay, she also didn't believe in female suffrage. [PBS]
