Hellooooooooooooooooooo!

[thedivinegoat]

*Waves* at all the new people from liv's Friending Meme!

I'm afraid I'm not a prolific poster, but at least I won't spam your reading page. ;-)

I live in the Brecon Beacons with my four kids and my husband of twelve years and am a SAHM, and struggle with how society wants to define me by those facts.

I'm a feminist, and in the last few years have started to educate myself in social justice and the intersecctions of oppression, many via the many discussions in Fandom, and viarious blogs the discussions have lead me to.

I've been in on-line Fandom since 1999 and on LJ since 2002, and joined Dreamwidth during closed beta. I volunteer on the anti-spam team, and can be found hanging out in IRC.

I'm passionate about feminist parenting, and parental rights, and one of these days I'm going to work out the issues surrounding childcare and train as a Doula. (This will also involve sorting our my issues with education, but one step at a time. ;-) )

I love Photography (see my previous post) and am crafty in various ways, but am jealous of people who can knit. (I used to be able to knit when I was child, I've lost the ability to since then). I produce a fanwork roughly once every 1.37 years, and have a couple of fanvids and some fanfiction to my name.

I'm dyslexic, and get self concious of my spelling, grammar and word choice, which is small reason why I'm so bad at replying to comments, but is more to do with the fact I'm the queen of procrastination. ;-)

I'm passionate about Dreamwidth and the community here, and am always happy to expand my reading list.

Comments

[indeliblesasha]

Is it weird I feel like I should be jumping up and down, hysterically flapping my arms, going "OMGOMGOMG I'M CONSIDERING BEING A DOULA. Tellmeeverything!!!1"

:D

[thedivinegoat]

Hee. There's not much to tell, I'm fairly passionate about educated choices in pregnancy and birth, and I feel that unfortunately a lot woman aren't allowed to make the informed choices about their care that they have a right too.

Being a Doula seems one of the ways in which I can help empower women to have the birth that works for them and their circumstances. My long term plan is to train and a Doula, do that for a couple of years and then train as an antenatal teacher and then do the two jobs in tandem. That's the plan, anyway.

It's just a case of working out the childcare aspects, something which will be slightly easier once the twins start school in September.

[doccy]

*reads even though he's not exactly a new friend* *s*

*spots an unfamiliar acronym* ...you're a "Special Access Hubbing Model"? Wow. I'm impressed. :P

*Hadn't seen the 'Stay-At-Home-Mum' acronym before. Unless you mean 'Sexy And Hot Mamma', apparently*

[thedivinegoat]

Special Access Hubbing Model sounds far dirtier than Sexy and Hot Mamma.

*Wonders what would be involved*

[auroraprimavera]

I just saw that you subscribed - Hello! :D

[thedivinegoat]

Hello! o/

[shanaqui]

The Welsh Dreamwidth sheep icon is adorable.

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you, although obviously most of the work was done by helens78. ;-)

[snowsurrounded]

*waves!*

I love your username, and you sound pretty interesting, so I'm adding you back. Hi!

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you. o/

(And I like my username too, and it has the added advantage of being completely unique)

[st_aurafina]

*waves* I love your Welsh DW sheep! So awesome.

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you. I'm kicking myself that I didn't take the opportunity to post with it on St Davids Day.

[everchangingmuse]

*Waves Back* Hello from across the Atlantic! I got to visit Wales for the first time this past summer, taking some of my students on a trip to Ireland the UK. Didn't get through Brecon Beacons (although I have heard of it!), sadly. We came in on the ferry from Dublin, drove across the north (stopped in that amazing half-finished castle across from Snowdonia for a bit), saw the town with the longest name, and stayed overnight in a lovely inn just inside the country before the border with England. Then, I went down to Cardiff for two days after my students and fellow teachers had flown home from London. Everything I've seen in the country is gorgeous.

Looking forward to reading more from you!

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you.

I love living in Wales, and if you ever get the chance to come back, you really should visit the Brecon Beacons.

[lilacsigil]

Hi! I have also lost the ability to knit, but plan to try again this coming winter.

I love the way your Welsh dragon is nibbling on the dreamsheep's ear!

[thedivinegoat]

I tried again a couple of years ago, but it kept going wrong in a way that I couldn't work out where I was going wrong.

And the Dragon chewing the sheep's ear was a happy accident!

[feuille]

Hi there! I have to say I LOVE your username :D

Don't ever worry about spelling or grammar or anything if/when you reply to anything of mine. It's never an issue!

I've only started educating myself in feminism in the last couple of years too. Yay personal growth!

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you. It's quite a memorable username. ;-)

Nearly every thing I've learnt about anti-oppression I've learnt, if not directly from fandom, then at least via fandom. Fandom rocks in my world. :D

[kerravonsen]

Nearly every thing I've learnt about anti-oppression I've learnt, if not directly from fandom, then at least via fandom.
For me, most of what I've learned about feminism and Male Privilege has been through LinuxChix, but that doesn't mean I haven't learned stuff through fandom too. It's all the connections of people who know random bits of interestingness.

[lexicalcrow]

*waves* Hallo there! :D Another comment on how adorable your icon is. Also, I have family from Wales, though I've never been there.

[thedivinegoat]

Thank you!. You'll really have to visit Wales someday. It's an amazing place, and some bits are stunningly beautiful.

[lexicalcrow]

Oh yeah, I definitely intend to go there one day. It's high on my list of 'Places to visit when I win a million dollars'. XD The woes of being unemployed, or I'd be saving already. :(

[sohotrightnow]

I'm not new, but HIIIIIII. ♥

[thedivinegoat]

♥ Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

(I thought of you the other day. The kids were watching CBBC, and a show came on called Dead Gorgeous, and I thought it seemed right up your alley. I watched the second episode, and I already want fanfic of it.

[miss_haitch]

Hello from the friending meme! It's awesome finding more people to read. I have been learning more about social justice recently, mostly through fandom - it's a tricky path to negotiate, but I really like the process of getting more aware. :D

[inkedheart]

And hellooo to you! :)

[3darkmaterials]

Hello there :D

[killing_rose]

As I tend to be curious, might I ask when you subscribed and where we crossed paths?

(I have notifications wrt subscribing disabled, which makes figuring these things out difficult.)