> i agree, but i thought i was in the minority. most of the females i
> recommended it to were turned off by the whole idea of getting in touch
> with their 'virtuous' side. sad, huh? anyway, i'm glad to know that
> somebody else out there enjoyed it.
i don't understand how women don't love that book. does it seem sexist?
to me it doesn't, to me it's blatantly honest and says something that girls
don't wanna hear: WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN GUYS. it doesn't mean we can't be
equal and get paid the same, it's just saying..hey mang, we're different
than you. i've kinda decided something in my head actually. i don't think
any of the feminism that goes on in the world is *true* feminism because to
me, true feminism is what they do in iceland and poland when a child is
born. here if a child is born but the father doesn't claim it, it's
illegitamite, but there when a child is born it's legitamite by default
because the mother is like the "true guardian" so to speak. we live in a
world where if the child doesn't have a father, there's something wrong
with the situation..most countries are like that and have been like that
since... uhmm a long time ago ;) but in iceland, rather than the child's
last name be helgesen, it'd be helgedotter. nice, huh? i love that. to
me that's true feminism.
and i used to get mad - because i was one of them, or so i thought - when i
heard riotgrrrls being talked about on tv (i thought tv was cramping my
revolution's style ;)), and now i think.."why on earth would anyone wanna
be a riotgrrrl?" so i can dye my hair weird colors, wear wallet chains,
dyke it out with other girls, write slut on my arm, and do other things
that make no sense? getting back to the book and what i got from it, i see
nothing wrong with being a girl and doing girly things because THAT'S WHAT
WE ARE. if you like a dress, wear it. if you don't wanna share a bathroom
with a guy, don't. and of course, don't feel guilty for these things that
make you a girl.
i think one of her most brilliant points in the book was about how girls
get embarrassed about the things they do, and they wonder why..and the
thing is..they wouldn't be embarrassed if they didn't somehow
subconsciously realize that these things that they do are stupid, and in my
experience that's been so very true.
c'mon all..read a book written by a cute 25 year old orthodox jew ;) you
know you want to!
- amy
