Please, please, please watch the following video. This woman, Eve Ensler, is certainly on the same page as myself when it comes to viewing women. I have never thought of myself as lesser; I'm fascinated with the 'magical' balance men and women can have together. I'd go so far as to say that all of my art work/craft work whatever-you-call-it is all about being a woman. Being an emotional creature is all I think about sometimes, that is when I'm not being emotional. I've never herard ANYBODY say that we should be proud to be vulnerable and emotional. I feel conflicted so often because I train myself to think rationally when I don't want to (not that it works). If more people had the perspective of this woman I really do think the world would be a better place. This woman needs to come down to the unitarian congregation with me. She would be fabulous.
I hope that more people discover her teachings. I hate that even in this day and age IN AMERICA girls my age still think they are being oppressed or something and that they have to burn their bras. Women can be whomever they wish to be. Women should embrace being themselves, and being women. Denying that you like to wear a bra is ridiculous. If you don't like one, then don't wear one, no one cares.
I'm totally ranting here, (but I'm an emotional creature) but I feel really moved by what this woman said. It's like all the fights I've had about proving women as equal, I couldn't think of all the wonderful ways she worded herself. I would really love to meet her. *swoon*
http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_embrace_your_inner_girl.html
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- amyable
- My favorite holidays are groundhog day and valentines day. I like that they are close together and that one is silly and one is romantic. Romantic/beautiful things and silly things are my favorite kinds of things along with all things American, particularly things of the south and of appalachia. I live with my best friend/love of my life along with my two beautiful doggies in the famously hot south. My favorite food is a bean burrito with rice, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, pico, verde, guac, and hot sauce. I love to make art about the simple, cute, funny things in life, because I think they are the most important in being happy (and being happy is most important I think).
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