Robin’s Nest

икониПодаръцивик услугиI’ve mentioned (humorously!) a couple other products that promise to expand one’s bosom (e.g. cookiesмебели стара загора and even teacomposite triple beat).

Now, for those who want yet another alternative, there’s Bust-up gum (if you follow the link, scroll about two-thirds down the page). It promises “extracts from the Pueraria mirifica (Kwao Krua) plant, makes a woman’s breasts grow as well as improving their shape and tone”. No word on whether it really only works on a woman’s breasts…

If anyone can read and translate the Japanese in this picture, let me know and I’ll update the post.

There’s a cool video on YouTube about a ball girl who makes an incredible catch of a fly ball, and then casually tosses it to the player who she outshone.

For better or worse, though, it’s not real… A viral video for Gatorade. But a nice affirmation of a gal’s participation in what’s pretty exclusively a male sport.

There’s been a happy wire story going around about an American hiker who got lost in the Alps. After falling down a crevasse, she got stuck and — rather enterprisingly! — managed to hook her sports bra onto a cable used for transporting logs. When it got back to the base, they connected the dots and realized she must be stuck along somewhere along the path of the cable.

She got rescued and is doing fine. Moral of the story? Always wear a bra when you go hiking in the mountains!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028211/Wonderbra-Mountain-girl-rescued-throwing-underwear-cable-car.html

Hi all. I just got back from a week at the Esprit conference (www.espritconf.com). The Seattle Times newspaper sent a reporter and photographer to cover a couple days, and they ended up with a nice article. It was on the (get this!) front page of Saturday’s paper.

The digital version is available here.

So there’s been a lot of discussion about the Oregon fellow (transman) who is currently with child.  Thankfully (and I’m so proud of 2008!) most of is has been quite positive, whether it’s in the blogosphere or on Oprah.  But it turns out that he isn’t the first!

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/41909/World-Exclusive-The-man-who-%20gave-birth

Wow!  Good for them both!

Reuters today has a story titled “Cafe with cross-dressing difference”. I once was able to visit the Akihabara neighborhood in Tokyo to gawk at electronics. I hadn’t heard about the maid cafes, in which the waitresses dress as French maids (or a uniquely Japanese interpretation thereof ).

Apr. 14 – Tokyo’s new cross-dressing maid cafe attracts both the young and old.

Long known as a hub for electronic and comic geeks, Tokyo’s Akihabara district is now a battleground for role-play based maid cafes. In the latest twist to popular maid cafes, Japanese men cross-dress and fill in for women to serve the patrons.

It’s apparently a good place to go en femme just to eat or hang out as well.

Here’s a link to the Reuters video.

The local “Just Out” newspaper has a brief blurb about NWGA’s board members and group awards for 2007.  Click on the newpaper name above and go to page 8.  {Note: this link may not work forever — I have no idea how long they keep issues on their website).  Congrats to the new Board of Directors and the ladies who received awards!!

No, it isn’t “On the next episode of Maury…”  It seems that right here in Oregon, a couple consisting of a natal woman and a transman decided they wanted to have a child.  Since the GG was unable to conceive, the husband underwent artificial insemination.

This article (from the Advocate via ABC news) doesn’t include much detail, but it’s a relatively compassionate portrayal.

Good for them!

Nothing to do with crossdressing, but for those who read this, have a blessed Resurrection Sunday.  (I realize not everyone celebrates it, but still…

I have a few thoughts in the queue, but haven’t had time to write them down.   I’m working on it, though!

Robin

The Times had a very interesting article this weekend titled “When girls will be boys.”  In the context of F2M t-folk at women’s colleges, they explore quite a few issues for transmen and transgender people in general.  I recommend it!

I believe this link will work without registration.  If not, and if you don’t want to register with NYT, you can go to Google News and search on the title of the article.