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i consider myself a feminist, but i don't think i have the desire to be above men, just equal. there are different types of feminists - gender feminists, moderate feminists, material feminists, libertarian feminists, ecofeminists, and radical feminists (who are pretty extreme in their views). the one universal belief, though, is that women and men ought to be equal socially and economically (for example, women still earn $0.75 for every $1.00 that a man earns). i think a lot of people link radical feminism to a person when they hear "feminist" - it seems to be viewed as a negative thing. i think it's mostly radical feminists that believe women should be above men, etc. what class was this in?

DEFINITELY the honda element and scion AKA boxes. yuck. also, not a fan of pt cruisers. =)

Yes, dont forget that. If you lost 15-30 pounds in the last year or so, you will fly very differently then before. We dont know what kind of flying you want to do in the future, but at 30 jumps, some RW basics are always a great base, and unless you are 4 foot tall, at 100 lbs, you'll need lead. How tall are you? Finnaly, your wing load, without any lead, is gonna be about 1:1. Its not very high, but its much higher then the 0.75:1 you had on your last jumps. Add 10 lbs or lead, and you're almost at 1.1:1. Again, its not very high, but its getting higher and higher. Its not something you will used at. Talk to your instructors and Sonic if you are at the Ranch, see if you can borrow some intermediatly sized canopies to step down, and practice life saving maneauvers up high like flat turns. i am 100 pounds at 5'5. i didn't think about the lead factor - thank you for bringing that up! i might be going down to crosskeys tomorrow since i am not sure if anyone is jumping at the ranch...and i am going to use their student gear, most likely. hopefully i can do some jumps on a 190, then a 170, then 150, and finally my 135. thank you!

i did add the weight of my gear and the wing loading is under 1:1. thank you all for the advice, though. i will talk to instructors and the S&TA at my DZ. i appreciate all your suggestions!

i weigh 100 pounds now... i meant that i was 115 when i bought my 135 canopy. however, i've lost 15 pounds so now my wing loading would only be 0.89:1.

Hey everyone, I am new here, although I've been registered on dropzone.com since september. My name is Rebecca - I just started jumping this past august and I absolutely love it. I do have a question, though... I recently bought my own gear - a Javelin TJN with a Sabre 135 and Micro Raven 135 reserve. I haven't used it yet, because I've been insanely busy. My question is that because I did my first 32 jumps on a 200 square foot canopy at 115 pounds, is it a bad idea to go straight to a 135 square foot canopy at the 100 pounds I weigh now? I know that it wouldn't hurt to downsize more slowly, but I'm not sure if it's even worth it since my wingloading is a ratio of 0.89:1. Thank you for any insight! ~Rebecca