I think I should get this explanation out of the way so that readers understand where I'm coming from and why I tend to compare Black women to Asian women. Actually, this blog is about my endeavor to become more feminine, well-mannered, desirable, and a better woman in general so this also helps me to understand my own reasoning. I compare Black women to Asian women a lot because the the things said about both women are often the complete opposite! These are the things I have heard about both types of women. Yes most are stereotypes but those stereotypes will have benefits for them and negative consequences for us.
BLACK WOMEN/ASIAN WOMENloud/quietaggressive/submissiveoverweight/petitecurvy body/slim bodydark/light (some are dark too)kinky hair or fake hair/straight real hairoverly masculine/overly femininecalled undesirable/called most desirabledisrespectful to men/live to serve mennot wife material/wife materialnegative portrayals in the media/positive portrayals in the media
So you see, to me it makes sense that if I want to become a desirable, feminine woman that I would look to the group who's women are considered to be "the standard" for desirable, feminine women even if that is a stereotype. I also compare to Asian women because of the things we have in common:
* We are visible minorities in Western countries so we are subject to racism and stereotypes. Our beauty is not the Eurocentric ideal. Some men will reject both groups just because we are not White.
* When men of other races prefer us it is called a fetish.
* We are both rarely seen in the media so the few representations people see are taken to be accurate depictions of the typical Black or Asian woman.
* We naturally have dark hair and dark eyes and a yellow skin undertone (of course there are exceptions).
* We have some similar facial features (e.g., full lips, rounded and sometimes wide noses). We look youthful longer too.
* We have our own culture that is different from the "mainstream Western culture".
One might ask, why not compare to White women. I don't make that comparison often because:
* I think it's more useful to look at our extreme opposites. There are many White women who are criticized for the same things as Black women (e.g, being loud, masculine, overweight, too feminist, etc). Many Black and White women dress in similar ways. When I compare White women to Black women sometimes I don't see much difference. We also share Western pop culture and are exposed to the same beauty standards, music, media, events etc. But comparing to Asians on another continent removes some of the shared cultural aspects. I do look to White women about etiquette, manners, homemaking, and dating though because they write the books and those things are accepted by most Western women.
* There are unique similarities between Black and Asian women. In terms of appearance, there is more variety in White women's hair colour and texture and eye colour. Their skin tone also has less range and has a pink undertone or an orange tone when tanned that is different from my yellow undertone. There are some Asians who are actually as dark as I am (especially if we include West Asians) and they have a yellow undertone, but that is not the case for White women. So makeup that looks good with dark eyes and dark hair is applicable to both Black and Asian women. I think many Black women like me don't even bother to compare ourselves to White women. They just look too different in terms of colour and facial features.
* White women are too over-represented in the media and in the population. I think because I'm so used to their look and standard of beauty that I don't see the point of comparing myself to them. It's like White women are your regular maple trees, Black women are palm trees, and Asian women are those pink cherry blossom trees. The maple trees don't stand out to me anymore for some reason. When I look at makeup tutorials for White women they just wouldn't look good on Black women (because of eye colour and skin undertones). The White women I find attractive tend to have Black or Asian features like dark hair and skin, dark eyes, full lips, rounded noses, and rounded non-angular faces. I guess there just isn't a White celebrity who I think of as a beauty or fashion icon. Lady Gaga seriously?
* When I look up cute Western clothes they are nowhere near as cute as the Asian clothes. I can wear anything Lucy Liu can wear but I just can't compare myself to Blake Lively or Giselle at all. I am not a fan of the stick-thin models and would never look good in the clothes they wear. On the other hand, as long as you are not overweight, I think some of the Asian fashions would look fine on me (not the super short skirts or teenager looks of course). The Asian girls are thin but the are also short so they are in proportion. I'm just bored with the Western look I guess. I'm going to start doing more comparisons to good examples of EBWs now because I think that would be even more helpful.
* Oh, and I forgot one of the most important reasons! Comparing White and Black women would infuriate a lot of people! Due to the history of relations between Black and White people, comparisons between those groups always leads to controversy, discussions of slavery, racism, etc. to the point that any attempt to do anything White people do or look like them is practically a crime. This blog is not about that sort of thing and I am trying to stay away from those discussions. This blog is about trying to be the best woman I can be and that has nothing to do with trying to be White or Asian. Good qualities are good qualities, no matter who possesses them.
Source: pualib.blogspot.com
Text from the Scientific American "expose" of Keely February 4, 1899.
Made available through KEELYNET by Vanguard Sciences, PO BOX 1031,
Mesquite, TX 75150 on August 30, 1989. (214) 324-8741
Investigations at the Keely Laboratory - 09/09/89
In our last issue we noted the fact that the Keely Laboratory, at
1420 North Twentieth Street, Philadelphia, Pa., had been examined by
experts, and that the discoveries seemed to confirm the views held by
the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN in 1884, that the phenomena were produced
through the medium of compressed air. A representative of the
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN was at once sent to Philadelphia, and through the
courtesy of Mr. Clarence B. Moore, who has the lease of the premises,
unique photographs and diagrams were obtained.
The laboratory is an unconspicuous brick building two stories in
height. After Mr. Keely's death the laboratory was given up, and all
the apparatus, wires, tubing, etc. in fact, everything which could be
used as a clew to the discovery of the principles underlying the
alleged motor, but it is shown by the result that Keely had not taken
anyone into his confidence, and accounts for even his supporters being
ignorant of the existence of the remarkable things which we are to
describe.
The investigations were carried out under the auspices of the
Philadelphia Press.
Every bit of flooring was ripped up and every nook and cranny
explored in the floors, walls, and ceilings, and it was found that the
building was honeycombed with traps, holes for piping, etc., for
carryiing on the bogus experiments. Everything was conducted with such
secrecy and ceremony, and the laboratory lent itself so admirably to
the purposes of deception, that is is little wonder that this
nineteenth century thaumaturgist should have been successful, for the
border line between science and quackery is always attractive.
The ground floor has no cellar under it and at places the joists
were sawn away and the flooring had been removed and replaced in
sections, forming what is known in stage parlance as "traps." Most of
the spaces between the sawed joists were filled with ashes, and here
valuable finds of tubing and connections were made. The center room
contains four traps and a pit. Back of this room to which no one was
ever admitted, and here a remarkable discovery was made. A steel
sphere forty inches in diameter, weighing 6,625 pounds, was found
embedded in a it underneath a trap. The sphere had two projections or
trunnions: both had a hole through them; one of these holes had been
filled up and then faced off, and the other, near the iron pipe shown
in our illustration, was open and was of the proper size for charging
the reservoir. Midway between the two trunnions a small hole drilled
into the side of the sphere was found to be the proper size for
connecting with one of the small brass tubes connecting with the second
story. These tubes, while of small diameter and having a small bore,
have very thick walls, showing that they could resist enormous
pressure. Of course, the sphere possessed great strength and must have
been an ideal storage reservoir for air or gas at a great pressure.
William Rickert, who was formerly employed in Keely's laboratory, has
come forward with valuable evidence. He say he helped to test the
steel sphere with a hydraulic pump which was specially made for the
purpose. It was tested p to 28,000 pounds, or only one tone less than
the powder chamber pressure required in tests of United States
ordnance. Steel tubes were also tested with this powerful hydraulic
pump. The tubes were 9 inches in diameter and the bore was only 3
inches. These were split with enormous pressure and the stockholders
and the general public believed that the tubes were burst by the
"etheric vapor." Mr. Rickert states that they ran tubes to the lever
machine which indicated pressure, and one of the tubes recently
discovered Mr. Rickert believes to be a tube running to that machine.
He also states that Keely never allowed the men to entirely compete any
connection the machinery; he assumed that part of the business himself.
A very heavy iron pipe with the high pressure joints, 13 1/2 feet long,
ran diagonally under the floor to a point in a trap in the front room.
This was undoubtedly used in distributing the compressed air. The room
where the sphere was discovered had a wooden ceiling nailed on to the
joists, while in the front room the joists were exposed. This ceiling
gave 16 inches of space, which, of course, gave an excellent
opportunity for running tubes or concealing apparatus. The private
room in the rear was used by Mr. Keely when resting from his arduous
labors and was handsomely fitted up.
The second floor was divided into an office and two exhibition
rooms, where progress was reported at intervals. Sometimes the front
exhibition room was used, but generally the rear exhibition room was
utilized. A small window connected the exhibition rooms and also the
office. Keely would station himself behind the small window, C,
connecting the exhibition rooms, and after asking the favored few who
were allowed to see the manifestations what pressure they desired or
what speed they wished, depending upon the nature of the apparatus
which he was then exhibiting, he would then play a violin, a zither, or
a harmonica to set in motion the harmonic vibrations upon which he
depended for obtaining his remarkable manifestations. The first
exhibition room has many auger holes, which have been indicated by our
artist. These holes were, of course, hidden by the oilcloth which
covered the floor, and one ot the holes was covered with a piece of tin
with a hole, as shown in the diagram at D. It is surmised that these
holes, and specially the last one to which we have referred, permitted
the "etheric flow" of compressed air from the receiver in the cellar to
the apparatus on exhibition to be controlled by a spring valve operated
by the foot. Other holes seemed to have been located under the
apparatus and doubtless aided in the experiments.
The upper floor of the main exhibition room was torn away during the
investigation, and showed that tubing of the same kind as the alleged
"wires" of Keely's lever machine passed under the joists, through the
brick partition, under the threshold of the door at the point, A,
connecting the two exhibition rooms. This is in a way the most
remarkable of the find, as it was so carefully hidden in the brickwork,
which had been removed and reset. The tubing ran through the brick
partition under the steps, where it apparently descended into the room
below, but this end was broken off. At the point, B, another piece of
tubing was found running out into the front room from the rear room
below. Those who assisted at the investigation were Prof. A. W.
Goodspeed, Prof. Carl Hering, Dr. M. G. Miller, Mr. Moore and Mr.
Sellers, and the investigations were so thorough and the results
obtained were so satisfactory that it is to be hoped that, once for
all, the Keely motor may be considered to be exposed, though we have no
doubt that, like the scotched snake, the tail may still continue to
wiggle.
We of Vanguard Sciences realize that there is always a possibility of
fraud, even in the works of Keely. Many times psychics and mediums
cannot produce their normal range of phenomena if conditions are not
conducive. Many synergistic events must correlate to allow the
manifestation of certain effects.
However, the wide range of phenomena Keely produced under controlled
conditions and in the presence of many famous and respectable
scientists and researchers of his day indicate that his work was
definitely productive though not always on command.
A study of his writings will indicate an incredible understanding of
the art of vibration and its application to matter and energy.
For this reason, we have chosen to focus a majority of our research
efforts on correlative efforts which might serve to verify Keely's
work, yet stands in its own light.
Thank you for your open-mindedness and patience in studying these many
documents. Once the light of Vibrational Science is ignited in the
minds eye, it becomes easier to follow some of Keely's statements. We
must however, not allow ourselve to be blinded to blatant fraud from
whatever the source.
