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Handstand hold for 2:05 for the record! Not much in terms of improvement, but it's tough... everything after 90 seconds is just pain pain pain. My pattern is forming up: looks like I'll be doing the long holds weekly. I introduced my gym-friend Kat to them yesterday, and she made it 75 seconds on her first try (as well as teaching me a whole new way to kill my glutes). She is so hardcore.
Speaking of strong women: I'm reading Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy, a third-wave feminist, and when I get done with that I'm going to read The Pleasure's all Mine by Joan Kelly, a professional submissive who also identifies as feminist. So far I'm pretty sure I'm one of the women Ariel Levy complains about. This is not the post in which I intend to actually discuss the book, and yes, my tongue is firmly in my cheek, but -- she misses the very vital point that we FCPs can objectify men too. ;) If everyone were held to the same "have to perform well and have to look good" standard that women are, well, the world would be a better-looking place. And yes, witness the rise of the metrosexuals.
Edit: oops, I am not actually a FCP. For that I would not only have to not be a "girly-girl" but also be obsessed with such as entertainment. Sigh... I would have been such a great first-wave feminist. Equal pay for equal work! Rahr! But everything that comes out now is this confusing "third wave" stuff.
Speaking of strong women: I'm reading Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy, a third-wave feminist, and when I get done with that I'm going to read The Pleasure's all Mine by Joan Kelly, a professional submissive who also identifies as feminist. So far I'm pretty sure I'm one of the women Ariel Levy complains about. This is not the post in which I intend to actually discuss the book, and yes, my tongue is firmly in my cheek, but -- she misses the very vital point that we FCPs can objectify men too. ;) If everyone were held to the same "have to perform well and have to look good" standard that women are, well, the world would be a better-looking place. And yes, witness the rise of the metrosexuals.
Edit: oops, I am not actually a FCP. For that I would not only have to not be a "girly-girl" but also be obsessed with such as entertainment. Sigh... I would have been such a great first-wave feminist. Equal pay for equal work! Rahr! But everything that comes out now is this confusing "third wave" stuff.
