Comments on: Burlesque http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/ A magazine of cultural commentary and creative writing Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:13:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: annonomys http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 annonomys Tue, 03 May 2011 00:54:10 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-1245 YES!!! HAHA YES!!! HAHA

]]> By: lady http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 lady Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:59:31 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-1136 Came across this article-Im glad someone has finally taken the words right out of my mouth. Everytime I go to a show of some sort there is ALWAYS some flat chested skinny girl that hasn't even grown into the body of a woman yet or it's the complete opposite of that-an overgrown woman with lopsided breasts and tacky tattoos all over herself, pushing 30 or already over it, doing some crap burlesque. I get it. You want everyone to look at you and your photos. You think you're spectacular and you want everyone else to feel that way too. You also bomb our social networks with your retarded "fan" pages. Sooner than later the new "fetish" or taboo thing will be for ladies that keep their clothes on and have not a speck of ink. Then what will you do? By the way, I am from America and I am a female, who is tired of this bullshit. Came across this article-Im glad someone has finally taken the words right out of my mouth.
Everytime I go to a show of some sort there is ALWAYS some flat chested skinny girl that hasn’t even grown into the body of a woman yet or it’s the complete opposite of that-an overgrown woman with lopsided breasts and tacky tattoos all over herself, pushing 30 or already over it, doing some crap burlesque. I get it. You want everyone to look at you and your photos. You think you’re spectacular and you want everyone else to feel that way too. You also bomb our social networks with your retarded “fan” pages. Sooner than later the new “fetish” or taboo thing will be for ladies that keep their clothes on and have not a speck of ink. Then what will you do? By the way, I am from America and I am a female, who is tired of this bullshit.

]]> By: The Nozzle http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-65 The Nozzle Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:42:47 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-65 Fucking Americans. Fucking Americans.

]]> By: sherry http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-67 sherry Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:57:21 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-67 Fanstor, you'll have to excuse me for i am a yank (live across the pond). i get what your saying that the girls are passing off burlesque as still trying to get guys to gaze at them, attention etc. but gee bro tell us how you really feel! I love it, and yes it does have a very racy and raunchy past, but why knock somebody or persons that want go that route or yes, shake it down on stage. there ARE some--fans and performers alike--who see beyong the asthetic and bring more thought and intellect to it. i would give your web addresses, but you'll probably go into a rampage out in the street--and your head will explode. Fanstor, you’ll have to excuse me for i am a yank (live across the pond). i get what your saying that the girls are passing off burlesque as still trying to get guys to gaze at them, attention etc. but gee bro tell us how you really feel!

I love it, and yes it does have a very racy and raunchy past, but why knock somebody or persons that want go that route or yes, shake it down on stage.

there ARE some–fans and performers alike–who see beyong the asthetic and bring more thought and intellect to it.

i would give your web addresses, but you’ll probably go into a rampage out in the street–and your head will explode.

]]> By: sian http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-63 sian Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:53:35 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-63 "raunch" - not "ranch" sorry “raunch” – not “ranch” sorry

]]> By: sian http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-64 sian Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:53:15 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-64 i agree. burlesque is symptomatic of the rise in ranch culture. ive talked to a burlesque dancer about it, and she said it was empowering, and i can see how you could get a kick out of feeling confident enough with your body to flaunt it on stage. but we have so sublimated the male gaze in to our own female psyches that burlesque suggests that the only way to express sexuality is through the male gaze. that sounds a bit confused sorry! hungover on friday morning at work... empowerment cannot come through performing in the confines of the male gaze, in short! i agree. burlesque is symptomatic of the rise in ranch culture. ive talked to a burlesque dancer about it, and she said it was empowering, and i can see how you could get a kick out of feeling confident enough with your body to flaunt it on stage. but we have so sublimated the male gaze in to our own female psyches that burlesque suggests that the only way to express sexuality is through the male gaze.
that sounds a bit confused sorry! hungover on friday morning at work…
empowerment cannot come through performing in the confines of the male gaze, in short!

]]> By: JJ http://thethingis.co.uk/2008/02/03/burlesque/comment-page-1/#comment-66 JJ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:39:29 +0000 http://www.thethingis.co.uk/index.php/2008/02/03/burlesque/#comment-66 This is funny. But not as funny as the fact women are getting their Bristols out in the name of feminism. I, like most men, am laughing all the way to the wank bank. Don't spoil it for the rest of us, Fanstor. This is funny. But not as funny as the fact women are getting their Bristols out in the name of feminism. I, like most men, am laughing all the way to the wank bank.

Don’t spoil it for the rest of us, Fanstor.

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