The Aspie Women Photo Calendar

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I have enough money.

So Juliekitty, don't you have an idea for a page or two of The MrMarkCalenderSpecial?

Maybe we should make it an Aspie Pets Calendar. My dog has no qualms about posing in The Nude.

AaronAgassi: Target market? How shall we engage our audience? And since you are so concerned with procedure, can you offer any guidelines for agenda finding? Because agenda finding will be the crucial first step that must not be simply omitted.

MrMark: Target market. When I walk the mall in November and December, There are vendors in the middle selling calendars.

AaronAgassi: If such is your proposed marketing channel, then indeed there will be every wisdom in considering their needs and preferences. But that's only the terminus of a long supply chain of which we are both clearly woefully ignorant. But you do raise questions of marketing strategy. Because direct sales might be considered, especially if distribution cannot be found.

MrMark: They seem to fall into a few catagories.
People
Animals
Panoramic views
Geeky stuff (Star Trek)
Educational/Conscieness raising (Save the..., Famous black..., Famous firsts.)
These seem to be fundamental images that appeal to people on a fundamental level. Our idea seem to be a hybrid, Geeky People Raising conscieness. So, I think our target market is going to be N. T. and A. S. Public. You know, John Q. Consumer.
That is a passing acquaintance indeed! And you still pass by the real question of appeal, how to engage our audience.

Agenda.
Well it looks like you and I are the committee. I think we need a statement of intent. What do you think of "...representative of the diversity and capablities of aspies, auties, and others with atypical neurology."?

AaronAgassi: That would not represent the priorities of my own intent: that any calendar be interesting, appealing and marketable. Moreover I will not speak of "neurological diversity" until I am convinced of any such thing. I am no shill for the neurophysiological reductionism of Big Pharma.

As for any message of the proposed calendar, I will reiterate my standing position: That everything politically incorrect, lurid, tawdry and vulgar, must be fearlessly put to an irreverent and ironic use, in order to draw in the reader into any deeper message.

Every vice and defect will first be flaunted and then turned into a virtue.

Just give me examples of he worst prejudice you most fear and revile, and I will show you the judo I have in mind. Although I am assuming that we will be showcasing the highly functioning as well as at all attractive.

MrMark: Well I think you've answered your own question of appeal. I like the idea. Why don't you post those last few paragraphs and run it by the membership, see what they throw at you, so to speak. I look forward to seeing their response.

AaronAgassi: Okay. Will do.

What if there was a calendar of the best stick figures ever made? (lol!) Then all someone would have to do is draw a bunch of really good stick figures and put them onto a calendar! No, I'm just joking; although that does sound like a somewhat original idea that may be interesting for the first few months of looking at them. My mom has a Kraft recipes calendar hanging on the wall. What kind of calendars do you guys have hanging up this year?

Mr Mark will you post your photo here please?

I fear that your public has spoken, MrMark!

If you're lucky I'll let you use my avatar. That's it.

what's the point of a calendar Mark. We dont go around with a big 'ASPIE" tatoo across our foreheads. You could just download any picture of someone off the computer and say they were aspie even if they weren't.
As if the nerd in front of the computer screen isn't enough of a stereotype for the boys, why try for the trailer trash one for the girls?

maybe the girls want a calendar of aspie boys nude at their computers? yech!

whatever gets your jelly wobbling.

Jen

jayday, if you are at all serious then I refer you to my previous post to this very topic, a progress report which I believe already addresses your question. So let's start from there.

But while your question comes off the cuff and briefly, at the risk of boring you, I'm afraid that you may find that any answer becomes a little more involved and may call for somewhat greater concentration.

If you actually do find yourself just that interested, then that would be great, your attention will be much appreciated, and any further questions or comments will be answered to the best of my ability.