tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post6074728864298827163..comments2023-11-10T02:18:23.772-08:00Comments on Minnesota Matron: The Matron is on a Philosophical RollMinnesota Matronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-30345723735839258072008-01-30T07:50:00.000-08:002008-01-30T07:50:00.000-08:00Can you imagine how different the world might be i...Can you imagine how different the world might be if women devoted as much time/thought/energy to cultivating their minds as they do to their bodies?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182248478422009913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-12528250486245511202008-01-29T10:14:00.000-08:002008-01-29T10:14:00.000-08:00It is so hard to be liberated. Really.It is so hard to be liberated. Really.Karen Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540617923517042598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-5548510503656875992008-01-29T08:43:00.000-08:002008-01-29T08:43:00.000-08:00So hard to love your own body, isn't it? Why can'...So hard to love your own body, isn't it? Why can't we be as forgiving of 30+ year old women's bodies as we are of toddler's bodies or young children's bodies, or even babies' bodies (which, when one thinks about it, are kind of the weirdest looking of the bunch...)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-31605942190873721552008-01-29T06:48:00.000-08:002008-01-29T06:48:00.000-08:00Well, well, Tootsie. Now that would be a sight! ...Well, well, Tootsie. Now that would be a sight! I'd love to see us, depanting by the thousands. !Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-1078347665972737922008-01-28T21:50:00.000-08:002008-01-28T21:50:00.000-08:00Perhaps a march on Washington is in order? You kn...Perhaps a march on Washington is in order? You know, all the women? Setting their jeans on fire? I would totally do that.Tootsie Farklepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-58784781560990331482008-01-28T20:10:00.000-08:002008-01-28T20:10:00.000-08:00I know these jeans. I have them and I hate their s...I know these jeans. I have them and I hate their stinking patriarchal guts.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-11961872598089810092008-01-28T19:56:00.000-08:002008-01-28T19:56:00.000-08:00Bring on your feminism. We can take it!Bring on your feminism. We can take it!Lisa Wheeler Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386193798727387546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-84804423310418956582008-01-28T15:32:00.000-08:002008-01-28T15:32:00.000-08:00"Well. . . . now I have a pair of jeans that I mus..."Well. . . . now I have a pair of jeans that I must try on every single morning to insure they fit exactly like they did the day before."<BR/><BR/>Thank you for saying that because it made me laugh and I REALLY needed to laugh. :)Jodi Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841000126109119742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-85000767337142316252008-01-28T15:27:00.000-08:002008-01-28T15:27:00.000-08:00See how much good info I get when I come here? I'...See how much good info I get when I come here? I'd not read that poem before. It sums up (in this "post-feminist" world) how much power and energy we body haters hand over so easily.<BR/><BR/>I have had several frenzied weeks, to the point that I said to my husband, "I'm so stressed out and generally whacked that I haven't even thought about my damn weight and how much I hate it for two weeks." His response was, "That's kind of healthy. Maybe you need to work more and stay stressed."Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.com