This is a random rant about the acceptance of 'self' please bite down on something hard, but only if what I say seems to leave a bad taste in your mouth.So todays rant, my first baby here on Progressive U, is like previously stated the acceptance of 'self,' while sitting in my office and listening to Jefferson Airplanes, (which I think is an awesome band from the peace and love era) I realize that they just don't make womyn like they once did...Look at our icons the ones that many young impressionable womyn look up to, try so hard to immulate come Halloween. The Madonnas, Lindsey Lohans, Britney Spears (well maybe she doesn't count anymore...does she?), Avril Laveignes, Jessica Simpsons the box colored bombsells who ofcourse always make the top choices in the PEOPLE TOP BEAUTIFUL section. How did we get to this place? Now its not my place to constitute what is beautiful and I am all for these womyn being who it is that they are trying to be but it does get quite frustrating when the summer comes a long and I can see all the Midwest Hollywood clones circulating around the city with their orange tans and there locks just a flowing, platinum blonde of course, the color of a ghosts ass, and they giggle and they talk about possibly getting something on them fixed as if they are some old ford sitting out in the pasture. WTF? I of course am always in back or in front of them on the EL, putting me in close range to hear all of the stomach turning details of how "Josh stood Becky up! OMG! The horrer of it all" Me being who I am just anxiously waits for my stop to come or for them to finally realize that there stop was like two stops ago. Now not to seem like a cynical and judgmental biotch but I just feel like we as womyn settle, we stopped wanting more and although I hate to generalize so many individuals born into $$$ tend to forget the value of pretty much everything, all accept a fendi bag. We have to realize that although we have come a long way from the womyn suffrage days there is still so much work to be done, there is still more battles to fight and most importantly young girls need to see that not all womyn are walking, talking, people pleasing carrot eating twigs, when young girls see the balance of womyn who are not a size 0 or are not making a complete ass of themselves, or womyn who are trying to send a positive message that tells womyn to be themselves to accept and love 'yourself and that there are so many choces and people out here that for for every Avril there is a Joan Jett, Karen O, or Hell the lead singer of Otep, for every Beyonce, there is an Erykah Badu, a Joss Stone, Jill Scott, For every Madona, their is a you name it <- no offense to the Pop Queen, I am just anti-pop. I am a lover, a child of and a diversity needed addict. Think about it! Long live the CUNT...mUAH
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Hmm... You might want to do a grammar/spell check before posting future blogs ("women," "there" v. "their," etc).
Oh, and hitting your enter/return button at some point(s) will make your blog much easier to read
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