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Addie went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II at midnight last night. New Hampshire has a law that sixteen-year-old drivers can't drive between one and five in the morning, so I had to pick her up after the movie ended. It was kind of a long, lonely night in the movie theater parking lot, especially since I would have loved to have been at the premiere myself, being the Potthead that I am ;-).
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After much distress over not being able to figure out how to get my finished novel published, I took a deep breath and started rereading it with a fresh eye. I've made some significant cuts already. The surgery began on the lobby floor at my work ;-)
If you're interested in reading excerpts, thoughts, ideas, or what have you and weighing in, you can check out stuff about this mammoth (but completed ;-)) WIP here, here, and here.
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Belle is having a great summer, but I miss her. She is going to day camp full-time (her choice, not mine), and she's loving every minute of it ... but it's so strange not having her around all the time, especially since she's growing up so quickly.
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I wrote a piece over at Zelda Lily about a Ukrainian feminist group using topless protests to make political points. It got me thinking a lot about the point of this approach. I mean, you get attention, sure, but is it really the kind of attention you want?
I got talking to one of my girlfriends, and we decided we'd definitely participate in a topless protest if the opportunity arose, just because it would be such an interesting experience.
I mean, posting this pic (and yes, that's really me)
would get far more attention than this pic (which is also really me, and far more true to what I look like at the end of a given day ... like most people, I have a tendency to only post flattering pics of myself, so I'm breaking the mold here ;-))
It reminded me of how sad the world is in a lot of ways.
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You don't want me posting pics of my chest. Or my feet. I suffer from Hobbit syndrome.
ReplyDeleteHobbit syndrome? I have GOT to see this :-) E-mail pic to kloud1026(at)yahoo and it will totally make my day ;-)
ReplyDeleteI agree. That sort of protest would surely attract attention, but sort of feeds into the kind of attention women have tried to overcome in the past.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of uncertain about where feminism stands nowadays, with all the other social problems that still need solution. Guess I need my consciousness raised----yet again. LOL
salaried jobs and overtime pay - seldom go together.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about the protesting.
Way way back 2008 I posted about protesting style
http://afcsoac.blogspot.com/2008/10/protesting-style.html
I just checked the post and the link in the post does go to the same info anymore. It's a short post before I had many followers.
Women protest better than men.
Did you see the article by the woman who decided to test the women are allowed to go topless in public rule in New York? (http://thegloss.com/beauty/sunday-in-the-park-with-boobs/)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the novel editing!
@Ann--Feminism is pretty much undefinable in 2011. Worse, there's a lot of bickering over what the word means. Takes the focus off the important stuff :(
ReplyDelete@Lisleman--Loved the post!
@Mimbles--i hadn't seen it. If I was in a different profession (and 20 pounds lighter), I would totally give that a try. It would be a very interesting experiment in sociology ;-)
Not's so keen on topless protests as the message tends to get lost in the lust.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have boobs, I'm not so sure that a picture of me topless would help in any way, shape or form.