Jane, I am straight, but often feel oppressed by patriarchy when practiced by man or woman. I also think that having to spell out man/woman or woman/man is a big bother. Right now, my nemesis on the Weed Board is Jean who is older than I am, who wears shorts and a stetson to meetings and who has been on the board the longest. She is the president of the local chapter of the Farm Bureau and is really a formidable adversary. She will put her face as close to mine as she dares, glare into my eyes and harang me about something that I haven't even done in front of everybody to show her dominance. She pulls strings shamelessly behind the scenes. I am emotionally programmed to respect my female elders and have a hard time dealing with this in an effective way. I don't have any emotional space between complete quietness and angry, stuttering overreaction. It's easy for me to answer a man, but I really respected my mother and I haven't stood up to Jean effectively in public yet. At the moment I'm getting an exaggerated cheery tone in meetings. Things I am angry about are: not being informed about meetings and public weed events, being left out of the Minutes, being lied to.
Everybody on the Weed Board is pro-herbicide except me and I'm considered to the left of all the certified organic growers because I am politically active. I liked your creative approach during the demonstration. I need good humor and good ole common sense and American values to reach these people. On Feb. 11, I have to convince the Weed Supervisor and the Weed Board to turn loose of the money from a cost-share grant to me to buy 15 units of Pfeiffer Field Spray and one of Hugh Lovel's field broadcasters. All these people are in kindergarten as far as organic farming is concerned. Any creative suggestions? jsherry wrote: > interesting choice of words... > > jane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Merla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: FWD: Richard K. Smith: Do you still believe in the tooth fairy? > > RKM's essay is too nihilistic for me, though it is well taken. Even > when I am feeling depressed by woman's inhumanity to woman, I breathe in > through my 7th chakra and (snip)
