Destiny Marques
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32 minutes ago, janetosilio said:
You know...this is the third time I heard a guy say women don’t know how to make a shape since I’ve been on SL. Every time it’s like someone slapped me.
I guess they never heard of Siddean Munro? Probably wearing her hands and feet right now...
LOL, apparently not! She is only one of the many female mesh body /shape designers in SL. In fact, the vast majority of shapes (besides the ones that we make ourselves) and bodies for women are created by guess what? Other women, including the very type that he seems so fond of praising.
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13 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:
When I see this, the very first thing I see are her eyes. Then out slightly to see the brows and her nose and again back to her eyes. Then wider to see the lips and her whole face and how they draw the focus back to her eyes. Next is the flow of her hair down to the gentle curve of the lower breast. My eyes follow that curve and I notice how the flower on the wall looks like wings. All of this leads my eyes to complete the circle back to her eyes.
It is her open and inquisitive look that I find the most beautiful.
The body is nice and her clothes are comfortable and stylish but those are not the selling points to me.What do you see, Yasojith? What makes you feel she could be long term?
Wow, Thanks Rhonda! That was so eloquent and beautifully written.
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3 hours ago, Nostoll said:
Play that funky music!
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4 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Maybe, until he has to deal with my attitude towards that thinking
It's a clear reflection of the sexist attitudes towards women, that persist in SL - that men supposedly know what's best for us and how we should look. As if we are unable to make that discernment and choice for ourselves. *smh*
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Just now, janetosilio said:
I think he missed that point on purpose.
LOL, I believe you are right.
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Just now, Yasojith said:
Kristen Beornssen, well thats the shape me and my most friends like.
That may be so, but I make my shapes/looks for myself, as do most women in RL and SL. If men find it attractive, that's just an arbitrary by-product. Not to attract men specifically.
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4 minutes ago, Yasojith said:
Oh dear, I concur.
Yep, that's me! This is me also.
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19 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
Meh, at least IMO
Oh dear, I concur.
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I think a lot of girls are attempting to copy this look (not saying you are, just speaking in general). I'm pear shaped, so I tend to be a bit bottom heavy; I suspect a lot of women in SL are, but get a bit heavy handed with the sliders when trying to achieve the "curvy" look.
I keep my shoulder width slightly smaller than my thigh width. If I go any larger, my shape tends to look a bit uneven. SL shapes are kind of weird in that the shoulders can look normal from the front, but too small or too big from the back, so I adjust them according to my outfit.
As for the breasts issue - I've had better luck with the Hourglass body and setting the breast size to a nice mid range that isn't too large or small and adjusting the buoyancy to reflect the size and weight. It seems a lot of the mesh bodies have plus and minuses about each of them, so the key is finding one that you can get the most benefit from and be happy with.
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I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!
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1 hour ago, CarolinaSchoen said:
Looking adorable ???❤️
Thank you very much!
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My how times have changed.
I remember when modeling schools would charge upwards to 2500 for a "degree". Modeling jobs aren't as plentiful as they used to be in SL and runway work is difficult to come by. I remember when the high-end models could make anywhere from 5000 to 10,000L per week, but that was rare. I'm not sure how much they make now, because I've been out of the fashion loop for a while now.
15,000 is a steep price to pay, unless you are going to provide your students with a steady source of employment upon graduation. That way, they can recoop the cost of their course fees.
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It's been basically the same situation for me. Add me if you like.
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22 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said:
Every time I read things like this,it always feels like we are test subject matter.. Not that I'm complaining or anything,I'm just glad we are not talking about vampires..hehehehe
But when I read this article it just sounded like this to me..
African Americans and European Americans and Latino Americans have this much Indigenous in them.
I'm just waking up and on my first cup of the day and just feeling goofy..
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Hey, what's wrong with talking about vampires?
I posted the article in relation to the discussion Pussycat and I were having about people of color "passing" and claiming to be part Indigenous American. So, I thought it would be an interesting read for her.
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16 hours ago, Pussycat Catnap said:
One side of my family has been here and been backwoods long enough to not know when they got here. This is the side who's family story almost completely fails to match our DNA. Given what part of the US these folks lived in before the 1930s - I would not be surprised if some generations back somebody 'hid' and married out... These folks were deeply racist, and the ones still 'back in Appalachia' that we found not long back, still are... If I ran down the list of the people they hate, and then the list of what DNA says they are - there's a very strong correlation, not just with the African parts too... And yes, they claim to be Irish/Cherokee...
Some few years back I even got into a months long argument on the SL forums with someone over why a Cherokee might not be 'listed' on the native registry but still be Cherokee. The DNA results of 2 years ago for me, sadly tell me the reason was not the one I had been told...
The other side is one generation removed from South America (Quechua are mountain Amazons related to the Inca) and one more from China. This side of my family also hides lineage because being listed as a Quechua Indian can STILL get you targeted by the government down there. But now that I see my grandmother - the story of her being Quechua itself seems fuzzy. I suspect she is the one thing that would have been worse here, but better there: black and Indian together. Parts of South America explain ALL of their social problems with 3 words: too many Indians. Social programs often up with one plan: get rid of some indians.
Mysteries could be in store on both ends.
I grew up in Chicano inner city hoods - and I look more or less latina / mulatto. So I tended to get grouped with them by outsiders and police. By my teens a lot of Central and South Americans were moving in - people I should be 'connected to', but to whom I was culturally cut off from.
I really hope that you can find some answers. I suppose we all have a few unsolved mysteries in our families, and not all of them will be resolved. Here is an article that you may be interested in reading:
The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States
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9 hours ago, ChinRey said:
... and 64 great-great-great-great grandparents. Genes come bundled in 46 chromosones plus some mithocondrial dna that is always passed on from the mother. So although it's possible, it is very unlikely that you have genes from all you ancestors six generations away.
Of course those chromosomes and genes show up in some degree when dealing with hereditary disorders that are passed down through multiple generations. This is where medical genetic testing comes into play.
Some few years back I even got into a months long argument on the SL forums with someone over why a Cherokee might not be 'listed' on the native registry but still be Cherokee. The DNA results of 2 years ago for me, sadly tell me the reason was not the one I had been told...
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I'm endlessly frustraited with my shape.
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Posted · Edited by Kristen Beornssen
Your shape looks good and perfectly portioned. Now how would a woman who is more curvy take that same shape and adjust it to fit their body type? Because as with all things - body type and shapes vary.
As with my RL self - I'm more on the curvy, athletic, pear-shaped side, which means my waist is smaller and my hip width is naturally wider than my shoulder width, so my avie reflects that. But say you have a woman who is plus sized in RL who may be a pear-shape, hourglass, or apple shape - trying to adjust for their body type may prove more difficult, but not impossible. I think this is where many run into difficulty with trying to make their virtual shape match their RL shape, and things go rather askew from there.
Below are examples of smaller and larger pear shapes. As you can see, they do not fit the average straight up and down body type or rectangular, as shown in your picture. I think many of the larger girls want their avies to match the body type in the second pic, but as janetosilio stated, mesh bodies do have their limitations and they often reflect that.