re: #205 JordanRules

*sigh*

Isn’t that kind of the definition of first world problems?

I can complain about this:

Lolita anime kilted miniskirts!

So we are going to do a Japanese take on traditional Scottish competition dance clothing and commercialize it into ridiculous Lolita sexytimes nonsense.

Yes, I find it kinda offensive. I also realize that I have a relative position of cultural power that means it cannot easily be used as a slur against me and I get that. More to the point though, it simply does not affect my day to day problems of money, back pain and worries of trans discrimination. I can look at that, see that it is stupid and offensive and still have to worry about actual, concrete issues.

In the end, if somebody wants to wear that crap…it’s their money and not mine and I see no point in trying to shame them if they are already silly enough to buy this stuff. It won’t work for starters, since I have no power in their lives and do not desire any. Moreover, I do not want others to have power to tell me what I should or should not wear in return.

And that is seriously all I want to say on this. I’m hurting from sitting here so I will see you guys after the news.