Stuff 57: Living Vicariously

By J.J. Atwell

Vicariously?

Webster defines vicariously as: "experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another.” I wonder if Webster was a CD? Probably not because this sounds a bit scholastic.

The way I, a CD, would explain vicariously follows. First, understand that I don’t get out often in girl mode. Typically once a month and even then there are months that I miss. So what is a CD to do when she can’t actually get dressed? Peruse the Internet for stories or pictures of other CDs out enjoying themselves, of course! 

For Example

Our local CD group meeting this month conflicted with a long planned vacation, so I had to miss the event. What to do? I corresponded with some of the rest of the group and they were happy to send pictures of themselves that night. Not as good as being able to dress up, but still fun to see my friends and dissect what they wore. FWIW, they both looked great that night. That, of course, led me to pondering how I might have dressed, which is always fun. 

The Bigger World

There are lots more websites that help us when we want to live vicariously through others. As I mentioned above, Femulate is a great place for us to live vicariously. Each day there are stories about the CD world by several contributors. Often there is a story about a recent outing that we can follow and imagine ourselves being there. Here again, I’d suggest looking at the sidebar over on the right of Femulate and check out some of those blogs. 

And then there are the big, generic sites like Pinterest and Flickr, where you can search for pictures of other crossdressers. Generally these are pretty good but you don’t get the story behind the picture, so it’s not a great way to live vicariously. 

I’ll Be Back

I’ll be finding more Stuff to write about so you too can live vicariously. I welcome comments and suggestions here on Stana’s page or by email at Jenn6nov at-sign gmail dot com.

Wearing Shein

Christina d'Yvon at the Top of the Rock during her visit to New York City. As well as visiting the city en femme, Christina also flew from Germany en femme wearing her pinstripe skirt-suit.