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off day. otherwise known as too much work today.

Oh, we're all talking feminism here. And K-Yo, whom I desperately need to call, and Hottie Mama Parker, whom I desperately need to email, both chimed in. I only hope they knew I'd be posting. Then catwoman wrote a poem about a friend of ours who spent his thirtieth birthday in the free clinic getting treated for something very nasty. And so I've posted that, too. Because women come in all shapes and sizes!

So, if you missed it, here is where we started from.

K-Yo says:
You‚re so right about feminism being about choices (ed. note: can you say that again but in a sexy, husky voice?). For me, there's equality mixed in as well, but it's about being able to take advantage of both sides of the equation. I enjoy being a "girly" girl, but I enjoy a lot
of "guy's" stuff, too. I like expensive shoes and expensive scotch. I like knitting a purse while I'm watching James Bond marathon on TV. I like
taking a martial arts class and coming home to make dark chocolate truffles.

I hate that so many young women are afraid to identify themselves as feminists because it's synonymous with bitterness, stupid words like
"herstory" and "womyn", and perpetually unshaved legs and armpits (unless she's foreign, then it‚s "hot").

Don't even get me started on Ann Coulter.

I know it's trite, but why does no one ever talk about a male executive "Having it All"? It's perfectly acceptable for him to stay late and travel a lot and miss his kids‚ soccer games and music recitals, but heaven forbid a woman do the same.

It‚s just as wrong to say a woman has to continue to work (not forgetting to "Have it All") after marriage and kids as it is to say she has to stay at home and nest and nurture. Either way, a woman is locked into a path she may not want to take.

Yes, I took my husband's last name and when we have kids, I'll stay home and take care of them. But, it's my choice. I'm hoping the perks of being a Partner and Family Woman outweigh the perks I lose as an Independent Woman.
I also hope the traits I learned as an Independent Woman serve me well as a
Family Woman when, say, my husband is gone on a business trip and I have to replace a pipe on the kitchen sink.

And I say "Say It, K-Yo!!!!!. Much better stated than I stated it.

Hottie Mama Parker says:
As you point out, we do owe the feminist movement something for the simple fact that
we now have a wider range of more socially-accepted choices, but we've always had choices. And having it all IS pure urban legend. It's the surest way to work yourself into ill health, and without your health, you have nothing.

So why are we so transfixed on more, more, more? The ambitious American spirit can be traced back to our settling of the country. Many of us came here because we wanted religious freedom (another choice) and the opportunities that a free society would bring. (OK, it took us a while to figure out slavery isn't a part of that picture, but that's a topic for another post.) It's this drive for better that still exists today and
has mutated in some people into "having it all"
sydrome. Still, I think all many people want, and what they find gives them the greatest satisfaction, is a safe, warm place to read a good book or raise a family. That's all I care to have.

Because we all know, deep within us, that in the end it's not how much money you have or who you married - or didn't marry - or whether you got that big promotion you were hoping for, it's your attitude about these things. If you're a person of gratitude, you appreciate life so much more, no matter your station.

And I say "Say It, Hottie Mama Parker!!!!!. Much better stated than I stated it.

And Finally, Catwoman writes of our unamed friend and his unfortunately dumb situation:
Y-You had unprotected sex with a bowling alley hoe.
E-Ever knowing that she was full of Yeast
A- And yet this did not stop you from kneading her loaves.
S- Spent your 30th birthday at the free clinic.
T- The infection was cured. Never forget.