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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
- Dec 18, 2022
- 22 min
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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Bella Dancer
- Dec 1, 2022
- 17 min
BELLY DANCE IS *NOT* SEXUAL! - It’s Sensual.
Continued from: --BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses. --NEVER BELLY DANCE TO THIS SONG! - It's About A...
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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
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY - Fusion of All 5 Elements
Alchemy of Elements In East-West Fusion EARTH AIR FIRE WATER METAL THE SYSTEM Domain of Being BODY SPIRIT HEART MIND PERSONA Realm of the...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
ELEMENTAL METAL - Domain of the Persona; Realm of Martial Movement & Mindset
The Element of Metal And Things Made From It Tools & Treasures. Weapons & Armor. Both Hammer & Anvil to make them. Locks on a box. Keys,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
ELEMENTAL WATER: Domain of the Mind; Realm of Story
The Element of Water And That Which Contains It One droplet. A lily-pad pond. The glassy lake--or 10,000. The jagged-smooth...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
ELEMENTAL FIRE: Domain of the Heart; Realm of Passion & Emotion
The Element of Fire Along With Its Fuel Fire is raw. It can be rude. Biting. Searing. Blazing! It flicks and licks and whips. It is...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
ELEMENTAL EARTH: Domain of the Body; Realm of Dance
The Element of Earth And all that grows out of it Nourish and flourish. Grow dormant and flourish again! Decline. Decay. Demise. Death....
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 13, 2022
- 20 min
WHEN THE UNIVERSE GIVES ME "NO" - I Hunt For "YES"
I drove all the way out there for nothing. Twice. It's almost a half-hour drive to my dentist's office, which is annoying in itself, but...
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Bella Dancer
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
INJURED. Again.
Annnnd I'm down again. Out of commission. Back on my ass. One of my old trusty, musty injuries has flared up to the point where there is...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 12, 2022
- 12 min
THE HUMAN HAND CAN ACTUALLY BLOOM - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance 4
Continued from: MAYA: DANCE, DRUMS, DREAMS - My First Time Dancing Around the Fire And from: Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance Part 1 -...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 8, 2022
- 16 min
MOVING ON: A Crucifix, Sandalwood & Lemon Lysol
We've finally made it to the last chapter of this series about #MeToo, rape and death threats, violence, psychological abuse,...
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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
- Jan 17, 2022
- 20 min
MAYA: DANCE, DRUMS, DREAMS - My First Time Dancing Around the Fire
Continued from - My First SCA Event: THE FIRST NIGHT - Halfdan Was There THE FIGHTERS - Gawking at My First Heavy Weapons Tournament...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 29, 2021
- 26 min
FAERIE LIGHTS IN THE FOREST - How I Spent My Midwinter RebirthDay
It might not happen this year. The big PTSD anniversary reaction when somebody hacks me off by getting drunk and then getting behind the...
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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
- Dec 14, 2021
- 8 min
THE SCA BY DAY: My Corners of Make-Believe
Continued from: STAMINA - How I Became A History Major THE TREBUCHET - How I Got Into Medieval Reenactment THE SHIRE - Making Garb,...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 28, 2021
- 7 min
THE TREBUCHET - A Siege Engine Knocks My Life 163 Degrees Sideways
Continued From: ENTERING THE ARENA - Gladiators Hijack My Life GLADIATRIX: "Gladia-what?!" - Female Gladiator STAMINA - Spectacled...
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