Comments on: I Blame The Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:43:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erin http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3801 Erin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3801 Ow, ow, ow! Oh, Twisty, it's good to have you back! Ow, ow, ow! Oh, Twisty, it’s good to have you back!

]]> By: Josef K http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3802 Josef K Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3802 You have to be one of the bravest people I've ever known. You're an inspiration. I wish I had your guts. (Currently working on it.) You have to be one of the bravest people I’ve ever known. You’re an inspiration. I wish I had your guts. (Currently working on it.)

]]> By: thingfish23 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3803 thingfish23 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3803 I shall chime in with appropriate empathy and good vibes (right to ya, Twisty), even though you shoot with Canon instead of Nikon. Health, good vibes, strength. tf23 I shall chime in with appropriate empathy and good vibes (right to ya, Twisty), even though you shoot with Canon instead of Nikon.

Health, good vibes, strength.

tf23

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3804 Twisty Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3804 My EOS 10D has a bumpersticker with a picture of Calvin pissing on a Nikon. My EOS 10D has a bumpersticker with a picture of Calvin pissing on a Nikon.

]]> By: MsKate http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3805 MsKate Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3805 Twisty, you rock! I remember the first time that I ever saw what a mastectomy looked like (healed, of course). It was in a book of pictures of women cancer survivors. I was shocked to see that it wasn't all that bad! I mean, I fully expected it to be vastly more mutilating and horrific. Not to belittle the fact that what you show here probably still hurts like bloody fucking hell, but posting these things takes out the mystery and fear because, well, it doesn't look quite so very bad as we can imagine. It just looks a little medical and neatly arranged. One of the most patriarchy busting experiences I ever had was the women's locker room after day 1 of the Pan Mass Challenge. Instead of the usual "dainty women hide out in little fungus infested stalls" that is the typical New England locker room set up, women were walking around buck naked, yakking, dressing, and freely associating. Middle aged women. Women with one breast or no breasts. Women with all sorts of cancer surgery scars. Naked. Fat. Thin. Old. Young. Every combination therof. We all had good bodies and we KNEW we all had good bodies ... because every single body had biked either 65 or 110 miles that day! Liberating. Your pics are also liberating. I'm going to cache this for the next time somebody I know and love freaks out over treatment ... what you see is what you get. Keep whacking at the patriarchy Twisty, stitch by stitch! Twisty, you rock!

I remember the first time that I ever saw what a mastectomy looked like (healed, of course). It was in a book of pictures of women cancer survivors.

I was shocked to see that it wasn’t all that bad! I mean, I fully expected it to be vastly more mutilating and horrific.

Not to belittle the fact that what you show here probably still hurts like bloody fucking hell, but posting these things takes out the mystery and fear because, well, it doesn’t look quite so very bad as we can imagine. It just looks a little medical and neatly arranged.

One of the most patriarchy busting experiences I ever had was the women’s locker room after day 1 of the Pan Mass Challenge. Instead of the usual “dainty women hide out in little fungus infested stalls” that is the typical New England locker room set up, women were walking around buck naked, yakking, dressing, and freely associating.

Middle aged women. Women with one breast or no breasts. Women with all sorts of cancer surgery scars. Naked. Fat. Thin. Old. Young. Every combination therof.

We all had good bodies and we KNEW we all had good bodies … because every single body had biked either 65 or 110 miles that day!

Liberating.

Your pics are also liberating. I’m going to cache this for the next time somebody I know and love freaks out over treatment … what you see is what you get.

Keep whacking at the patriarchy Twisty, stitch by stitch!

]]> By: Sylvanite http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3806 Sylvanite Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3806 Yowch! Hope they gave you good pain pills... Yowch! Hope they gave you good pain pills…

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3807 Twisty Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3807 Just to be clear, the procedure I underwent to secure this alluring photo was a mere biopsy, and it sucked hard. They removed 3 lymph nodes from my pit and a small wad of cancery tissue from my infinitely pendulous gazonga. Immediately prior to which I enjoyed eight bracing injections of radioactive dye directly into the aureola and the opportunity to lie motionless in one of those metal detecto-tubes for 2 hours. There was a problem with the airconditioning in pre-op and I froze my ass off waiting for my surgeon to saunter in from her bridge game. In the recovery room I puked for 3 hours and the nurse was a bitch. The mastectomy is next week. I am confident that it will be quite a bit more hideous. Just to be clear, the procedure I underwent to secure this alluring photo was a mere biopsy, and it sucked hard. They removed 3 lymph nodes from my pit and a small wad of cancery tissue from my infinitely pendulous gazonga. Immediately prior to which I enjoyed eight bracing injections of radioactive dye directly into the aureola and the opportunity to lie motionless in one of those metal detecto-tubes for 2 hours. There was a problem with the airconditioning in pre-op and I froze my ass off waiting for my surgeon to saunter in from her bridge game. In the recovery room I puked for 3 hours and the nurse was a bitch.

The mastectomy is next week. I am confident that it will be quite a bit more hideous.

]]> By: MsKate http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3808 MsKate Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3808 You are still so very brave and baring here Twisty. I'd say you have a lot of balls ... but evidence is to the contrary. Fear is high on the patriarchy's control panel. I find it amazing how many women I know will accept less than human treatment because of fear. By posting this stuff, awful though it is, you are naming the beast. Very very important. Best to you in the Trials of Twisty! You are still so very brave and baring here Twisty. I’d say you have a lot of balls … but evidence is to the contrary.

Fear is high on the patriarchy’s control panel. I find it amazing how many women I know will accept less than human treatment because of fear.

By posting this stuff, awful though it is, you are naming the beast. Very very important.

Best to you in the Trials of Twisty!

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3809 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3809 My profound sympathies. I've had a bitch for a recovery nurse, and a wonderful one (on the next occassion). It makes an unbelievable difference. Best of luck with next week - sending all the good health vibes I can muster! My profound sympathies. I’ve had a bitch for a recovery nurse, and a wonderful one (on the next occassion). It makes an unbelievable difference.

Best of luck with next week – sending all the good health vibes I can muster!

]]> By: Sam http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/10/05/i-blame-the-patriarchy/#comment-3810 Sam Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/?p=269#comment-3810 I've read some theory about the different way the brain processes images and words, and seeing your photo hammered in the notion that images are perceived more emotionally, more directly to our sensing facilities than words. The brilliant wordsmithery you regularly accomplish here is very emotionally affecting, but the raw sincerity of that photo pierces fast and deep. Sending healthy thoughts your way, Twisty. I’ve read some theory about the different way the brain processes images and words, and seeing your photo hammered in the notion that images are perceived more emotionally, more directly to our sensing facilities than words.

The brilliant wordsmithery you regularly accomplish here is very emotionally affecting, but the raw sincerity of that photo pierces fast and deep.

Sending healthy thoughts your way, Twisty.

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