An August 2012 post for Re-Blog-A-Thog Monday….don’t worry – more content coming soon… just not as soon as I thought…
I feel for my mother. She desperately wanted a girl. She got me instead. Not to say I’m not feminine; I wear skirts, I wore makeup, I procreated. But I suspect I wasn’t the kind of girl she really wanted.
She wanted this girl:
She got this one instead:
During high school, I remember her asking me why I didn’t want to be a cheerleader; why didn’t I want to wear Guess jeans instead of black skirts from Goodwill? Why didn’t I wear ‘nice make-up’? Why didn’t I wear lipstick? Why didn’t I paint my nails? How did I expect to get a husband with tattoos and a nose ring? Why? Why? Why?
I don’t know. But I did manage to snag a husband who hates cheerleading, makeup, designer clothing, painted nails and girly shoes.
However, I think I’m missing some basic “girl” genetics. I hate most clothes and most…
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The Mercenary Researcher 
There’s just too many kinds of girls to be saying sorry for being any one kind of them. Princesses have their place, but oh so do we too 🙂
Good point! There’s enough room for plenty of variety.
I have to agree: this was one of your best and brightest posts. Ever!
Aw Thank you!
Now I know why you like my ugly man shoes and my wild cat boots. 😉
So nice to hear about another woman who doesn’t fall head over feet for the latest fashions. Then again, it sounds like you still have your own unique style; mine is whatever’s at The Gap or Banana Republic and easiest to get to. And I’m also thrilled to learn I was not the only junior or high school girl who never wanted to be a cheerleader. People always thought it odd that I didn’t want to ‘try out.’
I shudder at the thought of me and cheerleading. Luckily there’s enough people in this world to populate all the various weird things that need to be populated.
I can’t even make it into a Gap or Banana Republic b/c it’s in a Maul… I get it from the thrift store or Target.
I do have my own style – it’s called “Tee-shirts, hippie skirts and big boots” – it is totally me 🙂 like your style is probably totally you.
I don’t go into the stores. I’m an online shopper. So lazy, so ‘maul’ averse.
You are a smart cookie ~ we should be related.
🙂
This is one of my favorite posts of yours! You told me something this weekend that really made me feel good. When I said I must not be a good feminist because I don’t mind that my daughter wants to be a princess you said, “A real feminist lets their daughter be whatever she wants to be.”
Aww *blushes* – You are a wonderful mother, feminist, humanist, person ~
I always think of the line: How many liberators really want to be dictators? – far too many…