By Jen
So who comes to Grease Rag? You’ve put your fear in your pocket for the night–who should you expect to meet the first time you come to Grease Rag?
We are an eclectic group of women/trans/femme (WTF) bicycle enthusiasts. We don’t go in for boxes or labels, but maybe a list of descriptive words, in alphabetical and reverse alphabetical order, will show you who we are, and that there is space for you to join us. These came from an informal survey of some of the Grease Rag’ers I’ve seen recently. Think of them as removable, changeable, interchangeable, erasable, self-edited labels. Please mix and match and add some words so we can describe you too.
We have so many things in common and so many differences. We believe in the inherent strength of WTFs and our ability to learn new things, celebrate our bike-powering bodies, and build an awesome community of empowered cycling friends.
On to the lists!
Pastimes and professions (nouns and gerunds)
art
autism education
being badass
bike advocacy
cooking
coop worker
crafting
drumming
gardening
Grease Rag
grease monkey
hiking
interpreter
languages
parent
partner
photography
poetry
professor
RAD! (adjective)
reading
retail
sewing
spouse
student
Music we like
rock
punk
politically-themed
metal
hip hop
folk punk
folk
doomtree
classical
bluegrass
alt rap
The Grease Rag Menagerie
cats
dogs
fish
fruit flies
rats
spiders
turtles
(do houseplants count?)
Places we ride and types of riding we do
work
touring
school
road
racing traffic
racing
library
ice cream
group rides
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exploring for fun
errands
dirt
cross country
commuting
cargo
bike polo
ally cats
I see a lot of words that are missing. Any firefighters? Lizard owners? Who like jazz? Does anyone out there ride a handcycle or a tandem?
It’s Grease Rag. We’re an awesome, queer-friendly, safer space and we’re waiting for you to join us. We don’t actually need the labels. We just are who we are.