Do something scandalous

Okay, I’ve finally done something of which I am proud enough to consider scandalous (on top of the other, slightly scandalous things I’ve accumulated). My school has this tradition known as the Naked Donut Run, wherein a select, secretive group of students goes throughout the libraries naked handing out donuts during reading period. So I finally participated. And it was absolutely amazing. Some of the looks on students’ faces were priceless. The best part? I felt so comfortable the whole time. Seriously, why doesn’t everyone run around naked in the libraries all the time? I saw a lot of people I knew, which was hilarious. The night ended with streaking (sans donuts) through the biggest freshman dorm. I’m still totally euphoric – who knew naked running released so many endorphins?

So I attended my first ever naked party. While it’s not that scandalous by the standards of my school, it might be considered as such by…others. It was a ton of fun – I felt shockingly non-awkward. Everyone was nakedly chatting, drinking, and dancing, and it was all very non-sexual. Strict eye contact and no touching. There was even a (naked) band. I had a great time dancing and met some new people, along with seeing people I hadn’t in a while. I would definitely do it again, given the chance.

I can’t decide if this is scandalous enough, so…I’m waiting for naked donuts.

This semester. I might do it. That would be sufficiently scandalous.

I could go home to my quaintly conservative farm town, stand up at a town meeting/church service/high school assembly, and say, “Hey all, remember me? Of course you do, I was the overachieving valedictorian who went off to an Ivy League school. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I’m bisexual, I’m a Gender & Sexuality Studies major, and I haven’t even considered taking a math or science class since senior year!”

Ha. Or not.

Funny how the same things that make me a dime a dozen here at school would be completely shocking back home.

(Well, now that everyone knows where I go to school…H+Y+P are not the only Ivies, gosh darnit!)

So I did #1 recently, and it was amazing. Masumi and I posed together, the pictures game out beautifully, and we felt incredibly empowered afterwards. I can’t wait to see if we make it into the calendar!

However, I was busy the day they shot #2, so I’ll have to try again next year. I don’t think I’ll count this goal as finished because the SuFI photo shoot was very artistic, so even though posing nude was an exciting step for me, I wouldn’t classify it as scandalous. I guess I’ll have to think of something else, or wait till next year to pose for SPG (or just do something scandalous at SPG itself).

1. Pose nude (with local produce!) for the annual calendar that SuFI (Sustainable Food Initiative) publishes.

2. Pose almost-nude, with some sort of sexually deviant theme, for the SexPowerGod advertisements.

I’m feeling really empowered and good about my body lately. (I think that watching “Real Women Have Curves” tonight sort of solidified that feeling…) And I think that both of these things would be sufficiently scandalous – at least by my normally-tame-behavior standards – to count for the goal. Particularly since they will be seen all across campus, by lots and lots of people I know. Including professors and the first-year residents for whom I’m supposed to be a role model.

Let’s just say I won’t be showing my mother the SPG ads.