rare, not fat... well mostly

fixed gear girls has turned out to be the most difficult task that i've so far attempted to accomplish as a web presence. finding articles that relate to fixed gears or interesting cycling topics and girls has given me, comment se diton? a "run for my money," and therefore i have decided to shut down this blog.

just kidding. absolutely not, fixed gear girls are the white elephants of the cycling community and i am only more driven to create more articles and search even harder to unleash their presence in the world. so, thus being said i will do my best over the next week to locate several of these women and interview them in regards to cycling and being a woman.

i hope above all that there are a few of you out there checking this blog, perhaps even a little pissed at the chauvinistic title. i probably could have (should have?) named it fixed gear women, but then, that doesn't exactly have the same ring to it. besides, plenty of women are proud to consider themselves females in a more childish and silly manners just as "boys will be boys" mentality goes from 6 to 106. if something pisses you off, please let me know, as it will only further the feminist movement through the eyes of a unknowledgeable male and hopefully a few males followers as well.

vanderkitten

a clothing company specifically for and by women cyclists boast, "uncompromising quality, personality and style. a new brand in action sports. a new look for women's cycling."






they appear to have a ton of clothing from street riding to cylcocross



the prices are fair considering design specific gear that's also fashionable. anyone who cycles know that apparel for this sport can be rather wearing on the wallet or purse.

they even sell cd's, which i find mildly peculiar, especially the Rachel Pearl album (singer of the "top emerging artists of american idol").

faux fixed: the internal 3 speed fixie conversion of the political realm

"Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories, because she is a feminist not in the Yale Gender Studies sense but the How Do I Reload This Thang way, because she is a woman who in style, history, moxie and femininity is exactly like a normal American feminist and not an Abstract Theory feminist; because she wears makeup and heels and eats mooseburgers and is Alaska Tough," ~ Peggy Noonan

this statement was made shortly after Noonan was caught on a live mic foul-mouthing the conservative campaign.

my question is, is Sarah Palin really a feminist?: a "gun toting, bible thumping, failed beauty queen with a knocked up baby, momma," sure, but insofaras actually pushing for women's rights, is an emphatic, no.

McCain's answer to the minority issue and a back handed attempt at picking up Clinton votes is weak at best. Palin isn't a proponent of pro-choice. she's been well documented, debated & derided for her pro-life (albeit in instances of rape) stance.

the conservative duo, although "mavericks," who are widely considered as "not playing by the rules," their right-wing beliefs are predictable; almost to the point at having become clichéd. of course all of this is merely an echo for what many people already know and have come to consider as par for the republican agenda.

what scares the shit out of me is the likelihood of McCain getting elected as president and that that broken-down, pale, lifeless body of his giving out to a woman who acts as if she personally knows what "god" wants. Palin was quoted in reference to the soldiers in Iraq at the Assembly of God Church in Wasilla, as having said, "Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure we're praying for. That there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan. So, bless them with your prayers."

if we have political leaders speaking religiously on foreign policy, suicide bombings and war called upon from a middle eastern jihad is only fortified moreso. this puts americans dangerously in the path of a war that could easily make vietnam look like a casual game of risk, possibly even charging other countries to take a stand against "our beliefs," resulting in wwiii?

the hasids vs. le chic

apparently in new york, or somewhere where things going on in the world are supposed to affect the rest of us, some orthodox religiosians are complaing about the scant clothing adorned by their neighboring cyclists. i'm not going to bore you here with facts because this situation has been loud enough in the internet-news community and if you don't know about it yet, i'm not the one who needs to feed you this info update.

what my piece is, is that women should be able to adorn themselves w/ what they please. all people should. regardless of one (or several) persons beliefs, america... and i'm pretty sure new york is included in that, is a free place. a place where celebration of individuality and expression is upheld boldly and proudly. i realize that that's a lot of "ly," but, thats the best part: ladies need alternatives to riding their bicycles in outfits other than such:


this sort of costuming can cause overheating & exhaustion, which could result in dehydration, unconsciousness and eventually death. this is not regarding the fact that flailing black vestements don't fair well with wheels and spinning gears, regardless of how many gears a ladies spinning.

ultimately, if an hasid or any other religion has a problem with women affixing themselves to bicycles and dressing in airy clothing that allows them to vogue as well as leave a small carbon footprint, then perhaps, instead of throwing on extra clothes to keep a strict doctrine for a few minor outlying citizens, perhaps these citizens can learn to accept that a large part of society doesn't give a single god-fearing fuck about their epic biblical beliefs. in comparison to the iliad or the odyssey, their books are filled with just as much mythology & mischief as anyone can handle, and there is no particular reason that the rest of society should adhere to such fictional fundamentalism.

in essence

recently i had a conversation with a coworker about the contradicting possibility of a man, a male, a phalus bearing carbon-based life form that is also a feminist. after a few minutes of deliberation and contradictory thoughts, the irony of the situation rings a solid and truthful bell: it is entirely possible; and this blog will attempt to be the essence of such. i'm a huge fan of george sand and carson mccullers, and as many feminists must agree, were hugely feminist themselves, so in turn i too must be pro-women's rights... right? i guess we'll find out.

this blog is an amalgam of the two things i love most: fixed gears... & girls, though perhaps not necessarily in that order... maybe. i realize that in itself this sounds chauvinistic and perhaps a little fixed-gear obsessed, but, i implore you, the reader(s) to help me expand my mind and expound your own fixed-gear-girl philosophy here on this blog. comment, berate, belittle and above all bring out your fixed gear girliness and let me and everyone else who reads here know why you love your fixed gear (or any bike really!!)... or simply being a girl.