Orycon stuff

[kengr]

I made myself a promise about the con this year, and I think I kept it.

From the time I left for the hotel until I got home from Orycon the only male clothing I wore was my shoes and socks.

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I wore a pair of women's stretch pants Thursday night and Friday morning/afternoon. So I looked "boy".

Friday evening, Saturday morning & afternoon was a nice skirt and a con T-shirt that went well with it. "Gender-fuck mode" as the only other attempt at being feminine was my ponytail being "high" on my head. mistresscayenne took some pictures. Hopefully I can post them.

I did change back to the stretch pants when we left the hotel for dinner. I won't inflict "gender fuck" on the general public. Also, in that "mode" I'm not able to use most bathrooms without risking trouble.

When we got back to the hotel I changed into the same outfit I'd worn for Halloween. A former SO commented that it was the best I've ever looked. as Brooke.

I think I need to taker back a few of the nasty things I've said over the years about large people wearing spandex. The dress certainly helped with my tuimmy.

Sunday morning it was a skirt and T-shirt (I don't have many tops that go with my *comfortable* skirts, alas) Even went out to breakfast at Denny's in it.

While I was running around before checking out, I ran into someone I hadn't seen in years. Difdn't occur to me until several minutes iunto the conversation that she's never met Brooke before. I wonder if she figured out who I was? :-)

After we checked out, we ate out again at Outback.

One odd thing, even Thursday nighyt and friday morning I caught myself *unconciously* exhibiting "feminine" mannerisms. Things like having my hand on my hip in a certain way (I think it was triggered by the "med pouch" I was carrying which hung like a small purse. :-)

After I changed back this evening I was still doing it sometimers. At one point I caught myself swinging my shoulders *and* my hips. Which is painful if your back has been bothering you!

Comments

What kind of Girl do You Think I AM?

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

Gender Fuck and all, I don't think you did bad at all this weekend. Transgenderism is acceptable to many more people here in Oregon than most other communities. And many men and women have been mixing gender signals for 1000's of years. Get used to it and enjoy yourself!

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Actually, plain feminine-cut T-shirts go very well with most skirts. You want a round or V neckline rather than a crewneck, and no logo of any sort. Then it becomes a "short-sleeved shell" rather than a "T-shirt". Go figure.

[kengr]

Alas, my T-shirt collection is 95% "art" shirts & slogan/logo shirts.

Almost all the remaining ones have that pocket on the left breast (literally when I'm Brooke :-)

It doesn't help that much of Brooke's wardrobe is "hand-me-downs" from Lin.

mistresscayenne is going to be taking me shopping one of these days. Then maybe I'll have more stuff that matches...

[mjchevalier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did the "kilt" for a couple days at Ad Astra (SF literary con in Toronto) and very few people commented at all, except once obliquely (perhaps) at the filk circle with the old "Scotsman" song, and again at the dead dog but more inspired by my bare feet, which I'd also been doing since getting to the hotel. Come to think of it, with a little work and a nicer kilt, I could have passed for Lazarus Long, sans red hair. :D

And I can attest to having noticed even just after a night, without trying to actually pass, I was taking on characteristics that I would normally be embarrassed about if I were in male clothing. And that afterwards, I seemed to still be occasionally stopping myself from following those impulses, which came more frequently than usual.

At the same time, I've noticed a lot of "female" things are actually simply natural actions based on what you're wearing. When you've got some bag slung like a purse, you tend to rest a hand on it. It's only considered a female action because men don't generally carry purses. Same with hair, I've got hair down to my shoulder blades/past my collarbone, and just to keep the darn stuff out of my face, I find myself flipping my head or brushing it behind an ear just like women do. It's just a natural reaction for people with long hair, we only associate it with women because women generally wear their hair longer than men.

Granted, I may have simply been a lesbian tomboy trapped in a man's body, but I suspect the vast majority of these "girly" actions (my word choice) are just human actions. Actually, I flat know the bag thing is just a human thing from watching people on my old college campus. Very few people ever wore backpack-style bookbags like a backpack, they wore it like a purse with a really short strap. And those single strap bookbag briefcase deals, everyone carried those like a purse and did the same "resting your hand on it" thing.

Now if I can just figure out what the difference is between men and women walking when just about everyone nowadays is wearing jeans and sneakers. There's supposed to be a difference, but I don't think my eyes are seeing it. Everyone just seems to tromp along in the same fashion. All I can think of is maybe it has something to do with heels. Heh, my wife claims she was taught in drama class that to walk like man, you had to walk like there was something important between your legs. Which oddly, is no help at all in trying to reverse engineer walking like a woman. Especially as while I know what her drama teacher was referring to, I don't know what quality he was actually pointing out. :D

Anyway, most importantly, I'm glad you had a good time and that things went well. I figured they would. :)

[kengr]

Well, some of the walk is the way you swing your hips rasther than shoulders. But I can't do that for long because my hips object.