11 May
2013
11 May
'13
1:06 p.m.
On Sat, May 11, 2013, Maia McCormick wrote:
That's exactly it, though! The variations of expressions of self-identity
and sexuality within different subsets of contra. Like, I'm really
interested to look at intersections of gender, sexuality, flirtiness,
role-swapping, skirt wearing, age, use of contra network as a social base,
use of contra network to find romantic/sexual partners... oh my god,
there's so much to explore!
One thing to be careful of, by way of personal example: primarily because
of my hearing impairment but also because I have a lot of trouble staying
up late, I tend to think of myself as "of" but not "in" the contra
dance
community. So you likely will need to put in extra effort if you want to
find people who are not part of the core communities (i.e on the fringes,
however you measure that).
Alternate title: How Contradance Can Help Maia Pick Up
Chicks. xP
Before queer contra dance camp, I would have said that a quarter-century
of contra (and IFD and square) had produced zero romantic effect. Now
I'm not sure. ;->
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