I am a cd i play music oh hold on thats not the cd i'm talking about.
I was wondering why we call men that dress like girls crossdressers why can't we be called divas I like it way better.
Lets live in the future not the past it just ain't cool now days.
what about this we could be called twisted angels we look like girl but we act like men.
Tell me what you think ladies.
Last edited by crusadergirl; 07-15-2006 at 02:27 AM.
Good bye i'm at wacko taco .com now
But I don't relate at all to Cher, Bette Midler the Divine Miss M, Dolly Parton or any of the others. I may not shine like a cd but I do crossdress.
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Hi Crusader Girl, We live wherever we want to, how we want to, and call ourselves what we want to. I am a Crossdresser, and sometimes a tart, verging on a **** avtually. But not really a 'Diva' in the true sense of the word.
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As someone who has worked with Diva's from time to time I can assure you that you don't want to be one. You think CD are disliked, yeesh.
Me a diva ? I'm not sure if that is a compliment considering the image I so vainly have tried to develope.
Crossdressing is just a name for us guys who dress in women's wear. If you want to be a diva you can. I don't want to be a diva, vickirene has an entire section dedicated to divas .It just isn't me. If it is for you wounderful.
Last edited by connie rotten; 07-15-2006 at 08:34 AM.
Hmm.... I think some of you girls need a dictionary
di·va
n., pl. -vas or -ve (-vā).
An operatic prima donna.
A very successful singer of nonoperatic music: a jazz diva.
A diva is a female opera singer, but now the term also refers to a popular female performer of non-operatic works. The term was originally used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent, but many believe the word is currently overused, especially in the media, to describe any female performer who has experienced even a modicum of success. The term derives from an ancient Italian word meaning "goddess", which, in turn derives from the feminine form of a Latin word divus, meaning "divine one".
For further reference - http://www.answers.com/diva&r=67
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Missing my Libra babe Sherlyn, I hope she's rocking up there with the angels
Missing our Rianna, doesn't seem right, gone to early, hope she's partying with Sherlyn
"a woman of rare, outstanding talent". Surely being able to pee while standing up qualifies us as talented? :-)
I am only a cross dresser when I don't crossdress!
About Me: http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...595#post306595
"I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am" - Goo Goo Dolls
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Me? A diva? Don't think so! Don't like the conatation that word evokes. Me, I'm just a girl trying to get by in the world with all the attendent problems we face being who we are. If you want to cultivate that imagr for yourself, great. You go for it. We goota be who we are, and no two people are alike. Love and xxxx, Lily
Just call me a Tomboy, 'cause that's what I am. Ericka
Actually, I try to avoid "labels", or specific terms used to describe myself.
If I were to have to choose one, I would prefer, 'cutie'.
I learned the laws of physics by watching Road Runner cartoons.
Do you have that, in a tall?
In the transgender universe that we live in, I have always thought that a diva was the female impersonator actress. This universe is a rainbow of different types of people which is constantly growing and changing that it is hard to define who each of us is.
I would define diva as someone who wears lavish costumes has a outrageous, and a party girl personality (and I use these terms in a most positive way). I know diva it is an overused word.
For myself if I need a label it would be that I am a transvestite. It means the same as cross dresser but much more I think. It took me a long time to come to accept that “label” as who I am categorized as, and I am fine with that. If I were to be a performer than I guess I would be know as Diva Lynn the transvestite. I am in no way a performer and my personality (and skill) doesn’t put me in the diva class as I define it.
Crusadergirl looking at your picture on you profile, and without meeting you, I would definitely classify you as a Diva!! I think that is really great. Huggs Lynn
I can't sing even as a guy, so diva is not in the cards for me...
For photos on flickr, my user name is cd_erica_f
[SIZE="3"]I would rather have some one else call me a Diva than myself call me one. Girls get real I would rather be a Diva than a ****.[/SIZE]Originally Posted by Tamara GG
Hmm.... I think some of you girls need a dictionary
di·va
n., pl. -vas or -ve (-vā).
A prima donna.
The term was originally used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent.The term derives from an ancient Italian word meaning "goddess", which, in turn derives from the feminine form of a Latin word divus, meaning "divine one".
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That's okay Erica, you can pose with the best of them. Looking at your new pics, you are a "cutie". Take care, Ericka
Not me.I'm okay with being a ****.
Hey crusadergirl,
Good on you for stirring the pot and getting us to think about our labels. Seems from the replys to this thread that Divas we are not. But, good idea. I must admit that I find the term cross dresser to be a very shallow name for what I am about. It suggets that all I do is put on female clothes and as such is a very concrete and shallow perspective of who I am. [My inner bitch notes it does not even take into account my lipstick (which I have to admit is one of my favourite parts!!)]. I am more then just a bunch of smooth silky lingerie, stunning dresses, stiletos and accessories. When I move from my male self to my female self I make a deeper transition, I embrace my feminine side and become my inner woman. This is cross gendering, not just cross dressing.
I appreciate your attempt to find a more appropriate way to describe who we are. I hope that we can explore this in more detail. While I would love to live my life beyond the label, naming is an essential component of communication. If I must have a label, I want the label to express who I am and how I feel.
Gurrl power to you and to us all.
If you don't like the label crossdresser or transvestite, then, if you need a label, try "weekend princess". Sounds better than "diva", IMO.
DonnaT
Stepanie I agree - as a label - cross dresser does not come close to who I am when I am dressed - something inside comeout - that is why I prefer Transvestite - Lynn
I think I'll go with "Fashionly enhanced"
I must admit I like the term PoMoSexual, originally coined to mean PostModernSexual. Now has a hip definition:
pomosexual (poh.moh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A person who shuns labels such as heterosexual and homosexual that define individuals by their sexual preferences.
Do not define me .... I am who I am!!
Last edited by Stephanie Spice; 07-15-2006 at 09:23 AM.
From my understanding of the pop music view, diva is over-the-top pampered narcissism melodrama - Streisand (post '68), Mariah Carey, and so on. This seems a misogynist tag - Streisand & Carey are no more histrionic, self-absorbed and 'controlling' than, say, John Lennon or Roger Waters.
Last edited by Calliope; 07-15-2006 at 09:18 AM.
I like that!
You leave Pink Floyd out of this!! (lol)
I was just wondering what you liked being called b/c be called a crossdresser isn't to cool. I like that name weekend princess but i like Dragon Goddess i think its a cool name.
I don't look at my self as a diva but its better then crossdresser i feel fake whwn some says i'm one. But thats just me.
Good bye i'm at wacko taco .com now
I agree crusadergirl ...... Dragon Godess is way more chick then cross dresser. While I may not be using the term the way many do I think of myself as a Transexual. This is the only term that actual makes sense to me as when I'm en feme I completely identify with my female sexuality and I therefore make a compete sexual transition. While this is captured in the concept of Transgender, I find the term Transgenderist to be very clumsy. I don't like the social conotation that I grew up with about Transvestites. I can understand some gurrls liking this label, but its not for me.
I'd be interested in finding out what other gurrls label themselves.
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