Re: OT related era
(in Elizabethan Clothing)
Get a book from your local university library called The Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet, and Pingat. The three largest Victorian fashion houses and a few depictions of how Victorians viewed earlier fashions. Specifically Worth figure 1.60 ...
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discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 10:55 PM
Re: whadayah think about heels?
(in Bellydance Movements)
I recently just went out dancing in a pair of non-dance 4" heels. Actually pretty damn fun. The toes don't have a solid sole, but have 1 thickness of 8-10 oz leather. I didn't feel as though the heels altered my movement, because most of my mov...
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discussion post on Fri, November 13, 2009 - 5:29 PM
Re: how to break open the back of a cowrie shell?
(in DIY/ Bellydance on a Budget)
I take a thin knife and push it through the shell from the front, which causes some cracking and a small hole. Then I use the knife to scrape away at the back until it's open enough.
discussion post on Fri, November 6, 2009 - 12:46 PM
Re: Input please
(in Tribal Bellydance)
Ziva,
If you're writing an article about ethics in the bellydance community, maybe you shouldn't make it so obvious that you side with the first troupe. While using the choreography doesn't make them deeply unethical, it is a bit uninventive. W...
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discussion post on Sun, November 1, 2009 - 7:46 AM
Feminism vs. The Human Condition
(blog entry)
On the Burning Woman tribe there has been a rather long debate going on about smoking pot while pregnant. And HunnyDu made a very good point several times, to paraphrase: Even if the pregnant pothead is making a bad choice, we don't know her and w...
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