Winter Warming- Costume dance party.

Hello bunnies!

Last night Aberdeen Cultural Center and the TBA Collective hosted their 2nd Annual Winter Warming- a gathering of sounds, lights, and people in one of our city's historic buildings. It was a wonderful dance party with a killer light show, and the twist? It was a costume party, too!

Conveniently, Aberdeen is directly across the street from my home, so it was very convenient for us to mix up some drinks, and scoot over for some dancing and socializing! Kaycie and I threw some costumes together, and away we went!

I decided to be Hathor- the Egyptian goddess of music, dance and drunkenness. She was sometimes portrayed as a cow- so appropriate! A vintage velvet gown paired with various thrifted jewelry pieces, a coin belt, and a 1960s gold hat...voila!

Kaycie went as vaudevillian/ circus performer.

We had some drinks and took lots of silly photos...

The TBA Collective really delivered on their promise of a great light show. Psychedelics were projected on the walls, lasers, bubbles of light....fantastic! It was beautiful to see everyone dancing... so many different kinds of people, bodies, lifestyles- together.

I'm really pleased with how Moncton is shaping up these days. More events, more community involvement... I'm very proud to call this place my home.

If you'd like to see more photos of the event, you can check out my Flick page -http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenoralenoire/sets/72157629458873459

XOXO

Lenora

Fatshion February- outfits so far!

Hello bunnies!

So, this is the 2nd year that folks in the body-acceptance and fat-positive online communities have participated in a lil thing called Fatshion February! To beat the winter blahs, and to get some hot, fat, bodies out in the media- we try to wear our best outfits and document them every day and share them with the world. Mostly, this is taking place on Tumblr, but it can also be seen and tracked on blogger, Flickr, facebook, twitter, etc.

As you all know, I'm already an avid outfit-blogger, so I couldn't resist participating! I have to say, I love the sense of community that is going on right now. Radical self-love and support of each other is so damn fantastic, don't you think? This year there is a big push to see more gender-variance, people of color, and differently-abled folks as well! I love the diversity going on!

Here are some of my outfits so far this month

As you can see, one day I was dressed up as a cigarette girl- that was for a fundraising night at the bar for River of Pride. I passed out free candy, condoms and pride flag stickers!

You can see more of my outfits over on my Flickr page and as always, follow my daily musings on Tumblr and Twitter.

Are any of your participating in Fatshion February?

XOX

Lenora