Print & Video How To Resources

Anne · Post by **Anne** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:56 am

I have been shopping around awhile and www.cdspub.com is a good book/publication/how to video site run by someone in the community.

Anne

PS I'm not affiliated with them in any way

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:57 pm

Oh where Oh where was the web when I was a young girl and all alone?
For me I think it would have changed my life if I had the info and contacts that I now have because of the web. Makes me wonder how it is making a difference for the young girls of now days?

Beauty · Post by **Beauty** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:38 pm

Hi Nancy,

It's kind of interesting you say that. When I was 19 and I found Tri-Ess I imagined how bad it was for those who weren't able to have a group that had already established itself.

The internet trumps snail-mail by a light year.

I think these kinds of resources help them lots!! I know my first Tri-Ess black and white pamphlet helped me to not feel alone.

I love your insights Nancy and how well you express yourself.

(btw, I keep typing Nance

)

Beauty

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:55 pm

What was really hard for me after all of the years I spent alone with my feelings and thoughts was when I first started to get a glimps that there were others out there but did not know how to go search them out or where to look for them. I lead such a sheltered life dont you know. I was always afraid if I did anything to find out more about the others like my self or why I was the way I was I would be some how found out.

My journy to where I am now could be seen at times as a big waste of time and missed oppertunities but now that I am here looking back I just dont care. Its the here and now and where I go, we go, from here that maters.

Alexandra · Post by **Alexandra** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:43 am

You know, prior to the net, CDs and even some TGs didn't have in-common calling cards to let other CD/TGs find each other . . . while on the other hand, gay people did -- clubs, periodicals and organizations catered directly to them -- as a result, they are more organized than we are . . .

Since, as a whole, we've "just come out of the closet" it could only take a short while for us to turn into a political force.

Am I just dreaming here or are we looking at the possibility of Alexandra for Prez in 2012?

Jadeanne · Post by **Jadeanne** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:59 pm

Hi, all

I would like to thank Anne for starting this thread on the book/video site. I need all the help I can get

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I think the internet was the most valuable resource when the crossdressing urge reawakened a year and a half ago. I knew I wasn't alone, which was a big thing. I went from the usenet newsgroups to CDDF, then here. What a great group!

Jadeanne

Allena · Post by **Allena** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:43 am

The main benefit I initially received from the Internet took a while because of all the trash I had to wade through to get here.

What the Internet has done was to help me identify Crossdressing as a seperate way of life from TV, TS and that dark hole known as Porn.

Now that I can see the difference between the various make-ups of males, and now that I can see how Crossdressing is NOT a seedy, drepressing activity to be ashamed of, my life has been elevated to such a wonderful state!

The books and videos just add to the excitement and education.

S. Lisa Smith · Post by **S. Lisa Smith** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:43 pm

One of the newer members wanted help on doing her makeup. As mentioned in the beginning of this thread, CDS publications has a number of excellent books. I can't recommend Art & Illusion: A Guide To Crossdressing Vol. 1 highly enough, Vol. 2 isn't quite as helpful (at least to me, YMMV) and I haven't seen Vol. 3 but I may buy it to take a look. The three volume set at $36 seems to be a good deal.