Derek
Derek has lived most of his life along Utah’s Wasatch Front in a conventional LDS family. He is that family’s greatest disappointment. He is an obsessive bibliophile with an insatiable curiosity. He currently lives with his wife, an architect and crafter extraordinaire, in Utah, where he earns his living as a librarian and pretends to do freelance graphic design on the side. When not reading, blogging, or drawing, he models for major magazines.
Links
- Derek’s FMH Posts.
- ALiberalMormon, Derek’s political blog.
- Derek’sFacebook page
- Derek’s Delicious page (social bookmarking)
- Derek’s GoodReads account
Contact Derek at derekstaff at gmail.com
best.picture.ever!
Comment by mfranti — December 22, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Oh dear. Is there a story here? Wait, do we want to know?
Comment by Enna — December 22, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
Whatever are you talking about, Enna?
Comment by Derek — December 22, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
Oh, is this standard dress code for SLC libraries? Perhaps I should visit that part of the country more often!
Comment by Enna — December 22, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
A (almost) garment friendly tutu. Just a teensy bit immodest, showing all that leg there, Mr. Derek. Er, I mean Brother Derek.
Comment by Lawyer Lady — December 22, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
Awesome.
Comment by Alliegator — December 22, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
I’m going to have to agree with Jack and say that the Snarkernacle is going to revoke your “Guy Card” for sure.
Comment by Stephanie — December 22, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
One of my favorite photos ever. You would also look great in a Japanese kimono with all the trimmings. Come and dance with us next year!
Comment by numi — December 22, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
Enna, we have a very liberal dress code…
LL, if Steve Young didn’t have to wear his garments to work, neither do I!
Stephanie (and Jack), I’m not sure I ever had the card to begin with.
Numi, you hook me up with a kimono, and I’ll wear it. Sounds fun!
Comment by Derek — December 23, 2009 @ 12:24 am
Derek, it’s irresponsible to post arousing photographs on a Mormon website.
Comment by Chandelle — December 23, 2009 @ 2:07 am
hilarious!
Comment by Enna — December 23, 2009 @ 8:48 am
Oh Derek, I can so do that! It might be a bathrobe with a large bow in the back! The men’s kimonos are totally wimpy compared to the complexity of the women’s.
Chandelle, your comment put the icing on the tutu cake!
Comment by numi — December 23, 2009 @ 9:34 am
My parents have a kimono, might be a little short, but that’s okay. (they have the little uncomfortable shoes too)
Comment by Alliegator — December 23, 2009 @ 11:32 am
‘Gator, does it look like I have a problem with short? I was in a tutu!
(though I suspect I’d best find plan on a completely different sort of costume next Halloween. I’m beginning to fear I’m going to be typecast as a cross-dresser…)
Comment by Derek — December 23, 2009 @ 10:18 pm
Maybe I should go for a Roman Soldier, a la Stephen Fry…Then again, I don’t want to be written off as an exhibitionist any more than a transvestite…)
Comment by Derek — December 23, 2009 @ 10:20 pm
Men in tights! Or at least, man in tights. Love the plie!
Comment by moksha — December 24, 2009 @ 1:54 am
Yikes, I may have shipped Derek one of those outfits when I was working as a temp at a dance equipment warehouse back in ‘84!!
Derek, I must warn you, I had a field day when my daughter mentioned her first boyfriend would cross dress occasionally.
Comment by Mike H. — December 24, 2009 @ 6:43 am
Derek!!! You said you’d only wear that outfit for me and the other wives!!!!
Oh, what am I saying? Pretty much everyone here is your wife by now, right? :snicker:
Comment by Lorian — December 24, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
So Derek, here’s a question for you.
It’s pretty rare that I run into male feminists. The most common reaction I get from men is, “It doesn’t seem to bother my wife, so it doesn’t bother me”–and there are plenty of men who don’t let it bother them even when it does bother their wives. If I get really lucky they might show sympathy to feminist issues while not committing to the cause themselves, but male feminists? Doesn’t happen often.
So what got you (as a man) into feminism? Was it the wife?
Forgive me if you’ve answered this elsewhere. And if you need an idea on something to blog about, this might make for a good post.
Comment by Ms. Jack Meyers — December 24, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
Utterly brilliant.
Comment by a man Zed — December 25, 2009 @ 3:25 am
It’s not clear what “it” is.
Let’s be clear that a lot of us who are *not* feminists do not tolerate mindless discrimination based on gender, either. I filed a lawsuit to keep my job when I got pregnant, and my husband has a reputation in his field for encouraging and nurturing female scientists. Indeed, people were shocked when they find out that I was a fulltime mom, as if that would somehow be inconsistent.
And that is why we are not feminists. We do what is best for our family (under the guidance of the spirit), not what is best for “the movement.”
I don’t think you can tell whether someone is a feminist merely by their actions. It’s an internal commitment.
Comment by Naismith — December 25, 2009 @ 8:20 am
“It” is feminist concerns and issues, Naismith. I intended it to be broad and not just limited to LDS church gender issues, but I probably could have worded that better.
Comment by Ms. Jack Meyers — December 25, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
Naismith, doing what’s best for you, personally, and your family IS a feminist ideal. It’s all about having choices, and NOT being forced into a particular “role” simply because of your gender. Your choice is as valid as mine (also a SAHP) and as valid as Jack’s.
Comment by Lorian — December 25, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
Jack, that’s a really good question. Too be honest, I’m not really sure how to answer it. I haven’t always been what I would consider feminist, and I can’t readily identify any specific turning point in my thinking. I’ll have to give it some thought and see if I can come up with anything worth making a post of.
Comment by Derek — December 26, 2009 @ 3:16 pm