Thank goodness I’m not the only one. So much of these “hate-isms” intersect with one another, and the media is so ready to jump on whatever sells the most ad space.
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Agreed! Who remembers Zig Zigler? John Bradshaw?
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Ohhh…read “The Hellfire Club” by Peter Straub, if you haven’t already. The hero is a female Army nurse who served in Vietnam. And it’s just a great book.
In fact, for someone who didn’t serve, Mr. Straub has written some amazing works where that war was secondary theme and/or the mcguffin.
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I had an RA who was super into Girl Scouts. I feel like they had always been belittled and seen as just this organization that was for “girl play” stuff like making bracelets and learning crafts. I don’t know if some of their own promotion plays a part in it, or inherent sexism. They don’t seem to have nearly the same presence in our lives other than the whole cookie thing. But maybe that’s been an effective marketing strategy for them.
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I was a part of this organization, which was more girl- than boy-oriented. I didn’t make it past Bluebird, though, because, LOL, the mom who was the leader favored her one daughter over her other (and they were half-sibs). My mother didn’t like that. SIGH.
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I wasn’t part of the organization, but I did go to their camp. It cost my family $75 for a week, and I had to save half of that to be able to go.
I had a great time all three years I went, when I was 8, 9 and 10, if I recall correctly. Camp Yallani it was called, and there was a big (I think redwood) tree that smelled like flowers. I’d never seen a tree that big. That was my favorite part, but I also liked the swimming and archery. And, not having to watch my younger siblings, I could just worry about myself, that was pretty great also.
Maybe there wasn’t a chapter in our town, or maybe it cost too much to join, because I probably would have joined if it had been a possibility.
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When men ask what they can do to be allies, well, sometimes the situation needs a big muscular guy who stops the crime as it’s occurring.
If you listen to him talk, he really doesn’t understand how common – and commonly ignored – the situation he came upon was, but still his instinct to protect the woman yelling ‘help’ was crucial. He says he thinks someone else would have stopped it if he weren’t there. Yeah, right. /eyeroll But despite his naivete, his instincts were spot-on.
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Women are still going through the same crisis which Maude is experiencing in this episode. ARGH!
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I’d love to read the bios this article discusses:
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