tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post7541840748104736599..comments2024-02-01T01:56:07.639-08:00Comments on What makes you think I have cats?: Horoscopes and the Art of WomanlinessBetsy MacWhinneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-35149036972449371502014-05-01T19:50:58.383-07:002014-05-01T19:50:58.383-07:00PS-putting Pisces first makes us fishes so happy!PS-putting Pisces first makes us fishes so happy!beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-39585934541370589822014-05-01T19:50:09.874-07:002014-05-01T19:50:09.874-07:00Womanly men are all over the place at my work: hou...Womanly men are all over the place at my work: house-husbands, guys changing diapers, feeding toddlers, lying on the floor so the kiddies can crawl all over them. And admiring their women with their bursting bellies and wide asses. <br /><br />BTW-men who care for babies have lower testoserone levels. True story. beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-47484867229976186872014-04-26T09:50:02.884-07:002014-04-26T09:50:02.884-07:00Hmm, newness and driving, I haven't given that...Hmm, newness and driving, I haven't given that much thought. Maybe what we need, Jennio, is a driver! Wouldn't that be sweet.<br /><br />I know, I'm still floored about the skyscraper tale. GRRR.Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-69889773226599017362014-04-26T09:48:36.791-07:002014-04-26T09:48:36.791-07:00Hmm, Invasion of the bee girls looks kind of black...Hmm, Invasion of the bee girls looks kind of black widowish....<br /><br />I think the asymmetry itself is the crux of the matter, though.Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-41272790206771347062014-04-26T09:46:38.281-07:002014-04-26T09:46:38.281-07:00Nice use of the womanly ass, Sylvia!
Nice use of the womanly ass, Sylvia!<br />Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-15974512480973310332014-04-26T09:46:13.660-07:002014-04-26T09:46:13.660-07:00Oh, yes! Field trip to Missoula, J?
Oh, yes! Field trip to Missoula, J?<br />Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-5327130891580922142014-04-26T09:45:39.060-07:002014-04-26T09:45:39.060-07:00Thank you Shannon! That is a lovely definition. ...Thank you Shannon! That is a lovely definition. Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-10613771475267124742014-04-25T10:29:19.140-07:002014-04-25T10:29:19.140-07:00I can't listen to new ideas or new music or ne...I can't listen to new ideas or new music or new anything on my car radio because it makes me forget what I'm doing. I get so involved processing the "new" that I'm afraid I will drive the car off the road. How do you do it?<br /><br />The story about the New York skyscraper is absolutely a head-shaking experience. I am so glad that former student got to have her part of the story fleshed out. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-35032604399278940582014-04-22T16:12:12.631-07:002014-04-22T16:12:12.631-07:00OK, I admit your post made me think of http://en.w...OK, I admit your post made me think of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Bee_Girls.<br /><br />Maybe not the best embodiment of womanliness (note the title has "Girls" not "Women"), but still.<br /><br />I wouldn't take the asymmetry between a woman being called manly and a man being called womanly as a mark against the word "womanliness" itself. It's a pretty general thing that it's fine for women and girls to be associated with masculine things (clothes, toys, jobs), but problematic in various ways for it to go the other way around.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921455760226887564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-91379417724332599862014-04-22T13:51:17.643-07:002014-04-22T13:51:17.643-07:00i think bee priestessing is womanly. duh. and i ...i think bee priestessing is womanly. duh. and i love you. Jennettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923392233978130924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-10133707815229050492014-04-22T13:31:23.616-07:002014-04-22T13:31:23.616-07:00Cancer here says: I don't know about embroider...Cancer here says: I don't know about embroidered bees, but my womanly ass held open elevator doors today while moving my first-born into her new apartment. Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053711512380328100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-51226083225322198992014-04-22T10:35:13.039-07:002014-04-22T10:35:13.039-07:00Dear Betsy, Thank you for inviting me to think on ...Dear Betsy, Thank you for inviting me to think on something so wonderful this morning. Here are some musings: <br /><br />Womanly is powerful and wise, as Artemis, Minerva, or Athena were said to be. We could make war, but we opt not to. There are many other strategies for the advancement of our purposes. <br /><br />We bring forth life, We nurture it; We cultivate the future. <br /><br />We know of life, and death. <br /><br />A Wo-MAN knows how to embody the virtues of manliness and never lose the knowledge that she is that extra bit more, that WO of essence left for each of us to manifest in our own beautiful way.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937504248791587475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041543090358360187.post-55245051125684641892014-04-22T08:14:14.919-07:002014-04-22T08:14:14.919-07:00When I think of The Truly Womanly I think of an im...When I think of The Truly Womanly I think of an image I have of a woman I met forty years ago. She was tall, with long, strong, brown arms and was pregnant with a large belly. Her third child. Her hands, as befits a woman of such height, were large as well, and as she stood, she held her belly in those large womanly hands, made strong by the work of building her own house, and she massaged her baby from the outside, deeply and powerfully.<br />Like that. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com