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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Bella Dancer
- Jul 6, 2021
- 10 min
SECRETS THAT LIE HIDDEN - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance 2
Continued from: AN EXPRESSION...A SPEAKING OUT - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance ...Expressionism was part of the broad Modernist...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 26, 2021
- 8 min
AN EXPRESSION...A SPEAKING OUT - Mary Wigman & Expressionist Dance
"A dancer must do two things always: play and dream." ~Mary Wigman When I awoke this morning, I realized why I can't yet tell you about...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 7, 2021
- 14 min
YOUR RESTAURANT IS STALKING YOU - So Are Your Costumes
We interrupt this program with a word (or twelve-hundred) from our sponsor, Vomitrix Maxima. We are crude today. We are crass and...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 6, 2021
- 12 min
SALOME 2 - Villains & Sidechicks Part 4
CONTINUED FROM: SHE-ROS, VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS - The Characters That Made Me SALOME 1 - Strippers & Satins & Silks, Oh My! ...When I...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 5, 2021
- 9 min
SALOME 1 - Strippers & Satins & Silks, Oh My!
CONTINUED FROM: SHE-ROS, VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS - The Characters That Made Me Image by Beth Shell If you've followed my adventures in the...
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Bella Dancer
- May 21, 2021
- 14 min
PASSION *IS* PRAYER - Villains & Sidechicks 3: Veronica Franco, Ishmael, and the Roots of Eve-il
CONTINUED FROM SHE-ROS, VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS: SHE-ROS & VILLAINS - The Characters That Made Me VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS 1: Kitty-Cats,...
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Bella Dancer
- May 15, 2021
- 12 min
MATA HARI - Villains & Sidechicks Pt. 2
CONTINUED FROM: SHE-ROS & VILLAINS - The Characters That Made Me VILLAINS & SIDECHICKS 1: Kitty-Cats, Dommes & Dinner ...countless other...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 29, 2021
- 15 min
SHE-ROES & VILLAINS: The Characters That Made Me
If you don't know the tales or characters I'm about to reference, I've put links at the end. Otherwise half this post would be links....
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
JOY AS A WEED - It's Everywhere!
On the subject of JOY today: One of my friends: ...definitely worth cultivating. And it takes a lotta freakin' work. Our other friend:...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 30, 2021
- 8 min
FROM SHIM-SHAM TO SHIMMY - The Threads of Tap & Swing in My (and others') Belly Dancing
Continued from: MAKING OF AN 8-WEEK WONDER: How I Lost My 1st Belly Dance Teachers *ALSO* A BELLY DANCER - The Making of BellaDancer &...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 17, 2021
- 6 min
CHAIN BREAKER, TREND MAKER, MIND WAKER: Falling in Love with La Baker
Continued from: MAKING OF AN 8-WEEK WONDER: How I Lost My 1st Belly Dance Teachers BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, SILLY, SAVVY - Unearthing Missing...
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Bella Dancer
- Feb 18, 2021
- 14 min
THE MAKING OF AN 8-WEEK WONDER: My Transition to Kismet
Did you know that the movie Iron Will was supposed to have belly dancers in it? Yup, in that big Musher's Banquet scene where Will comes...
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