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@point-a-la-ligne
In a time where things change constantly, never forget to take time to reflect on who you are, what you want, and where you're heading.
inner reflection is hard, but you're the only one who's responsible for your actions, the way you behave and how others see you.
Take the time to breathe, take the time to pause.
Take the time to think about how YOU can make things better and how YOU can accomplish it.
Never forget your true self, and do take the time to discover it.
Breathe..
You may be a mother, a wife or not even close ; this doesn’t define who you are.
You are free of the choices you make, Free of being who you want to be.
Don’t let anyone or society decide in your place. Don’t do anything because that’s how things are supposed to be.
Do what makes you happy, and you only.
Happy international women’s day!
No means no..
Do you tend to analyze Disney movies and the representation of women in it?
I try to do it more and more, realizing so many things have changed since I was a child and how my perspective on life has changed..
If one day I have a daughter and we happen to watch a princess movie, she may expect some major comments on it coming from me (poor kid) ! 😬
Queen !!!
My nerd alert is flickering 🤓
A perfect sunday evening.. ☺️😎
Why ‘The marvelous Mrs Maisel’ is worth a shot in a feminist view
After watching both second seasons of Westworld and The handmaids’s tale (both nominated for a lot of Emmy’s - and well deserved!), I though I could give myself a break with all this drama and watch a more humorous show.. After having taking a deep look at the Emmy nominations, I decided to give ‘The marvelous Mrs Maisel’ from Amazon, a shot.
The show takes place in 1958 Manhattan where the life of Midge Maisel takes a turn when her husband Joel leaves her for his secretary (yes, how original!). In her quest to deal with this situation, she discovers a new talent: stand-up comedy. With the help of her friend and manager, Suzie, they work together into making it something more than a hobby..
All this material of course leads into analyzing the show a little deeper and how we could find some feminist aspects in it.
After reading the following article, I decided to reply to it with a few points:
https://medium.com/colored-lenses/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-and-the-celebration-of-white-feminism-3396a66563c1
Midge criticizes Sophie because she intentionally says to her that she has to become a character to be funny and taken seriously by men. For me, this shows the superficially of society: the thought that if a woman is beautiful, she can't be smart or successful; the thought that men or people in general won't take Midge seriously. So I believe Midge was right to point this out and to be mad that she would have to lie to become successful; isn't that what feminism is also about ? Women being taken seriously without playing a role and pretend to be more fragile or less smart than what they are?
Midge being portrayed 'perfect' along the other women of the show is maybe how others have always treated her and mostly her husband : he says to her that she was so perfect that it was hard to equivalent her or he was afraid to fail and how she would see him. This may also be a symbolism of how women were portrayed in movies during the 50's? Like the perfect housewife you see in television spots etc (pretty, smiling and waiting for her husband after cooking the perfect meal).
The part about not seeing the racism: maybe this is also a way to show how 'ignorant' some women or housewives were at the time and lived in their own bubble with the same group of friends they kept over the years? Like the example of the project of building a road to a park that we see in an episode ; the article writes it: she's from a middle class society, never had problems with money etc ; I believe that maybe, back then, when you didn't bond with a certain group of people (maybe like fervent feminism, or a group against racism etc), you never happened to be in contact with those people so no, you didn't have the same fights, unfortunately. Most of your opinions are forged by the social groups you hang out with, by the kind of information you got to read etc. If you notice, the word 'feminism' is not even mentioned in the show; probably because she didn't even realize that what she was doing would be considered as feminism or progress. Please never forget that we, millennials, like to comment those type of shows (and of course, it's always positive to be able to see the flaws of it) but we watch it with our perspective from the 21st century and with all the information we have now. Of course we know that sexism is not over, that racism is not over. With the raise of internet, everyone can tell their story and we for sure know that those fights are far away from over, but those were the fifties.. You never see Midge with a paper but why would she, like she pointed out during her sketch about Sophie: women should pretend to stay stupid. But at the time, Midge, and her entourage, didn't even know all those changes would come, and they probably didn't even realize what they could do to change it. So like the article points out, 'racism doesn't affect her so it doesn't concern her', because the show is portraying the little pink bubble in which she is living, and she probably don't even realize what other struggles other people or dealing with. And maybe this can be one of the purposes of the show: pointing out that a certain group of people didn't get to deal with racism or other struggles, and therefore, there was no talking about it, but, after all, has this really changed now ? We know that racism and sexism exist, but does this mean that everyone is concerned by it? I believe not.
Bad sex
A few days ago, I listened to a podcast regarding the term of ‘bad sex’, and how it has a different significance to men and to women.
For the most women, having ‘bad sex’ means that it was painful and not enjoyable. Unfortunately, I think this happens more than we think and it reminded me of my first sexual experiences and I wish I would have known what I know now and I wish I wouldn’t have feel ashamed about it..
My first sexual experiences were also painful and so, not enjoyable for my partner. And for quite a time, I really thought it was my fault, that I would never be able to enjoy having sex and give pleasure to my partner.. well no, it isn’t!
What pissed me the more off, is that years later this same partner had the guts to blame me for the fact that his first time had not been physically satisfying because of that! I can’t believe this.. They didn’t have an orgasm so it’s our fault??!
#Noway
Really love this podcast! A real pleasure to listen to when I go for a run! :-)
Do you feel like a gool girl or not? ;-p
#podcast #stuffmomnevertoldyou
“I eat cake because it’s someone’s birthday somewhere!”
And it’s also to celebrate my first post!!
#Miam #Instafood #Veganpie #Applepie #Brussels #CafeVelvet