(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it"). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful
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it's true! someone here posted about queer fashion a while back and the idea was that we have the ability to create fashion by transgressing boundaries and disregarding trends. That's what I got from it anyway, it's stuck with me :)
Trends are just that, they are also there to sell products but they are usually on a loose cyclical rotation in so far as it will come back in another trend at some point. But those styles are always around, very few things that disappear completely. The amount of people that follow the trends are also few in comparison to those who don't. Social media and such makes it feel more than it is also. I don't follow trends and wear anything I feel like regardless. And that post you mention is correct subverting trends is fun. I always ask why would I want to look like everyone else? lol
Yeah, especially around here you never really see "trend" things, everyone has such unique style and I like it. But for a time I wanted to learn to dress better and that's where I came down with the worms since I went on
Subverting is fun! I want to keep pushing a bit :3 hair down, dyed, those are big things for me (even though i used to do both)
Yeah it wasn't common for people to chase trends from where I'm from. I think a lot is aimed at other classes of people. Astroturfed for the richer basically, and
is rife for that
I like to thrift and see what I can find mix into my wardrobe, nice to grab anything off any shelf c: