Bella Dancer
C'MON, YOU'RE A BELLY DANCER! - Of Course You Want Me To Grope You.
..This anti-sex conservatism was so staunchly indoctrinated into me that I eventually started wearing my SCA costumes at the Greek...
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Memoir Table of Contents
Welcome Aboard!
--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"
--"What got you into martial arts?"
--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?
--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and
C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"
--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"
--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"
This Is My Story
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 23, 2022
- 19 min
NEVER BELLY DANCE TO THIS SONG! - It’s About A Prostitute.
Continued from: BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses If you aren't familiar with Orientalism and belly dance...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 14, 2022
- 15 min
BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses
If you've been around here for awhile, then you know how much my world is divided up into five natural Elements that culminate into...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 1, 2022
- 19 min
SAVAGE DAUGHTER: Heraldry, Heartland, Home & Horns
Okay, we're back at it. I needed a bit of a break after the monstrous website overhaul. I also needed a break after I started telling you...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 26, 2022
- 5 min
WOOT! Website Organization: Achieved
It is done. Whufffff. Remember last year when I obliterated my old website? I got really frustrated with the worlds of Advertising,...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 16, 2022
- 14 min
VIOLENT FEMMES - The Warrior/Princess Binary
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 2, 2022
- 19 min
FANTASY, ACTION, ROMANCE & SEX: Not Mortal Combatants
Continued from: --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this sex, language & violence content warning with its (non)binary...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 19, 2022
- 18 min
"WRITE WHAT YOU WANT TO READ" THEY SAID - So I Do
Continued from: --GLADIATORS HIJACK MY LIFE - How I Started Writing My Gladiatrix --A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - If you haven't read this...
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Bella Dancer
- May 7, 2022
- 19 min
A YIN-YANG RABBIT HOLE - Straddling the Feminine-Masculine Spectrum
Eartly 20s Tomboy Glitter-Grrl My friends and foes, we’re about to tumble down a rabbit hole, and some of it is a bit volcanic. “Nooooo,”...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 13, 2022
- 22 min
ART(IST) MUST BE BEAUTIFUL - The Agony, the Bliss, the Transformational Healing Power of Art
We've got some VERY adult art going on today. And not only because there are (gasp!) boobies in it. Board this ship at your own risk. We...
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Bella Dancer
- Feb 26, 2022
- 15 min
BANNED FROM IG - I Must Be Doing Something Right
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Krishna Morti Said to me by my gamer friends while...
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Bella Dancer
- Feb 16, 2022
- 26 min
THE DAMSEL: Predators, Instincts, "Nice Girls" & Neurodivergence
If you missed all the trigger warnings and the subject matter from the last post, I suggest you go back and read it. Continued from:...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 29, 2022
- 8 min
JERRY-RIGGING - Building My First Set of Armor
Continued from: THE FIGHTERS - Gawking at My First Heavy Weapons Tournament DAMSEL OUT OF DIS-DRESS: My First Time in Heavy Armor June...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 25, 2021
- 15 min
THE UNCONQUERABLE LIGHT - Christmastime with Lindsey Stirling
My Lindsey Stirling Tribute series would not be complete without odes to her Christmas album, Warmer in the Winter. My musical Muse IS a...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 22, 2021
- 6 min
20 YEARS AGO TODAY - The One Year Anniversary of My RebirthDay
It's the Winter Solstice, so y'all know what that means around here. I keep wanting to write another 20 Years Ago Today post about how...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 17, 2021
- 7 min
THE SCA BY NIGHT - No Sleep At Pennsic!
Continued from: STAMINA - How I Became A History Major THE TREBUCHET - A Siege Engine Leads Me to Medieval Reenactment THE SHIRE - Making...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 24, 2021
- 22 min
THE GOOD PUMPKINS, THE BAD & THE UGLY: Stalking Death & Sunbeams - Again.
When I go through the grocery aisle in the fall, these glorious pumpkins and squashes always make me so happy. The colors, the textures,...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 21, 2021
- 16 min
WANDERING THROUGH WONDERLAND - Come Closer (No. Closer.)
I’d like to take you to Wonderland today. But in order to come with me--to truly walk with me, you have to slow down for a moment. You...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 16, 2021
- 6 min
MASTER OF TIDES, MISTRESS OF PLAY: How Lindsey Stirling Holds My Heart - Part 7
MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena &...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 13, 2021
- 12 min
BEYOND THE VEIL: Dancing With Shadows & Light - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 6
Continued from MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight...
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