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I am a female power,thrash,black,doom,death metal fan.I'm also a metal guitarist.I wear "battle jackets",band t-shirts,spikes etc and I sometimes get labeled a "dyke".But I also wear red lipstick and nail polish.So the question is does it stupid because I heard "make up contradicts metal that is such a pop girl thing metal chicks should look manly if they want to be genuine instead of a poser." This makes no sense... I look just like a typical badass mosher dude...I look like Dave Ellefson and Euronymous but I wear ruby red lipstick because it makes me feel so womanly and feminine! *smak!*docomo_ne_jp.195softbank_ne_jp.193

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My English is failing me here, what's a dyke? My response is simple: wear what you want to wear and listen to the music you like. Who cares? Even if you'd wear a pink fluffy jumpsuit with the Mayhem logo or whatever the heck seems contradictory, no one but you has the right to choose and judge.

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For future reference Midi dyke is a derogatory term used exclusively as an insult to lesbians. I believe the term also has engineering connections but I'm much too tired to confirm my suspicions.
Dykes are pliers or wire-cutters aren't they, they look a little vaginal when closed and could be used for the purpose of castration. That is my take on the etymology of dyke, and where I live it is not so venomously derogatory, though I'm sure it was originally. It carries the same weight as fag I would say, thought interestingly, to me, fag is a passive objectification as a bundle of twigs used to burn gays in the middle ages whereas dyke suggests the aggressive power to emasculate. My scholarly sounding analysis could be faulty, so buyer beware. At any rate, Brutal Teutonic Thrasher 666, welcome to the forum. I second Midi's suggestion that you wear what you want, but it does matter to me. I like fashion and clothes and hair and I like the idea of crafting a look. That all seems fun to me, but I think it is also an invitation to judge, (or discern better yet) and that is fine. Anyway, where did the experts in metal that you have been talking to learn a big word like "contradicts"? I thought that genuine metal-heads were idiots with no language skills, so I'm confused by that because it makes no sense.
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Landing on metal is usually rough Gorbo ;) Reminds me of one time our singer fell down in an escalator, drunk beyond belief. Having hit the bottom, the escalator had not finished its punishment though, as it kept hitting him in the head with each new stair until someone removed the retard. He tasted metal ;) The morale here is of course this my young padawans; with some self distance you'll get a long way. Being drunk, it will also increase your speed.

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