So my name isn't gender specific, eh?

[escherichia21]

Hey everyone. So I came home today, and I yet again realized the joys of having a first name whose gender isn't totally obvious [to Americans]. As I checked my mail today, I got a letter from "Nationals, Incorporated," a modeling agency of some kind. I am still quite amused about this, here's an excerpt from the letter I received:

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[cqhottmeyer]

I got that letter too. You should totally show up at that little meeting and demand to be included in the pageant. Everyone would come and watch. Oh, the fun we would have!

[virtualstar]

I was once offered to be in a talent-free beauty contest and I considered entering because I really wanted to be asked what I wished for most in the world.

And then being able to say into a microphone that I did not wish for world peace.

But sadly there was a swimsuit contest which canceled out the chance of saying that I wanted a bloody marxian uprising (which I also do not favor but it would be fun to say that).

[escherichia21]

Hahaha that's hilarious. I really could see you getting up to the mic, and talking about a bloody marxian uprising. :-D Of course, the other "pageant people" would have no idea, nor would the judges who would know how to do anything but conduct the hot-or-not test. I'm still wondering what would happen if I went to the beauty show, and demanded to be in the show, citing my invitation from the mail. :-P

[ayakitsune]

You could throw a big huge snit concerning sex versus gender and the effects of societal constraints/taboos/expectations on these two very different things, and start going around insisting that you don't need to have a womb to be a woman.

[escherichia21]

A womb, among other things, yes.

[km7289]

Ritesh!!!!

http://www.artatkinglycourt.co.uk/Ritesh%20Singh.html

[escherichia21]

O_O