corpus week 4: the mall is the real world
By Marie
Created 17 Oct 2007 - 11:21am
Some of my fellow class mates and I went to the mall dressed as a person of a gender other than the one we identify as. I think I was pretty successful. I used the men's restroom and didn't get a comment or a second look from the man coming in as I was leaving. When I was deciding what to wear this morning, I just thought about what I would like to wear if I were a boy. Elizabeth asked me what kind of man I was trying to be, I was just trying to be myself but as a boy. I think it's easier to pass while not with a group. I didn't get a look coming out of the men's restroom, but I was by myself. Theodora, Elizabeth and I did get some strange looks, and a "bye ladies!" from a sales clerk while walking around together. The best part was that being in drag/androgynous meant not getting accosted by the cell phone sales people! I think I'll dress this way every time I go to the mall, just to avoid those annoying cell phone sales people.