In Which Sian Defines the Term "Parthenoid"

Gynoid, n. A robot or a cyborg with feminine characteristics and anatomy, often with erotic or sexual overtones. Greek, gyne, woman.

Parthenoid, n. A robot or cyborg with feminine characteristics explicitly defined as something other than a sex object. Greek, parthenos, virgin.

We are perfect. We are beautiful. We are artificial. We have the right to make ourselves transhuman.

We are not your sex toys. We are not your porn stars. We exist for ourselves and each other.

We are something new.



Sian came across the word "parthenoid" a few years back, and was sad that it never caught on. She loves being a cyborg, and she loves wearing beautiful clothes and looking gorgeous (and these outfits by Monica Outlander's Miamai label are gorgeous), but she always feels in tension with the idea of the gynoid because no matter how you spin it, female androids and cyborgs are almost always sex objects, and even if they're supposedly emancipated, they are still basically pervy blow-up dolls. Sian doesn't want to be anyone's pervy blow-up doll.

So Sian started a group. Do you feel the same way? Search for the word "parthenoid" or find the group on Sian's profile and join.

Both Pictures
Jewellery: Sian's own

First Picture
Eye Makeup: [a.e.meth] Egyptian Glam L$100
Boots: [Miamai] Kyrie Boots L$500
Outfit: [Miamai] Grix Jacket and Hine Leggings L$600

Second Picture
Outfit: [Miamai] Eve Legacy White (includes Kyrie Boots and makeup as part of package) L$700

In Which Sian Imagines the Last of Earth

I don't remember being taken.
It's all a blur, They wiped my mind.
I don't even know what I've forsaken.
Humanity I left behind.



They came and took us unawares.
They razed the world. They burnt the sky.
They told us we were always Theirs:
Always, for eternity.



They kept us few and they enslaved us.
They programmed us, They sent us out
To the stars with the skills they gave us:
Ambassador, herald, courtesan, scout.



From time to time my memory flashes:
A house, a lover, giving birth.
These things are gone; they're only ashes.
We are alone. The last of earth.



Eye Makeup: [a.e.meth] Egyptian Glam L$100
Lashes: [Miamai] NoAlpha Lashes 2 L$100
Jacket, Collar, Armour, Gloves: [Miamai] Black Label Anisotropic Jacket L$550
Trousers: [Elixir] Latex Ripster Pants White L$250
Nipple Stripes: from [Graves] G206 Defence
Boots: [Miamai] Kyrie Boots L$500

In Which Sian Is Spiky

a.e.meth's new spiked leather jacket, out this week, is cheap and low-fi. Sian is already very fond of it.

[a.e.meth] Spiked Jacket L$230

Shades: [sYs] Evangelia Sunglasses L$240
Trousers: [Elixir] Latex Ripsters White L$200
Collar: [RI] White Rubber Collar (modded)
Nails, piercings, jewels: Sian's own