[lit-ideas] Re: Girlie Writing
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:14:22 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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From: Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Oct 11, 2004 6:38 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Girlie Writing
A.A:
> What'd I say? You say someone has girlie writing, I ask what is girlie=
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> writing, and you get all exercised over it. Geez, babe, get a grip.
I don't presume to answer for Erin, Andy, but I suspect she might have=20
gotten a bit pissed at the tenor of your reply which was somewhat=20
confrontational when all this was meant as lighthearted play. I'm answerin=
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before she does in hopes of short circuiting her capacity for brutality (cf=
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"girlie penmanship"). I hope Erin will not resent my stepping in here, but=
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I like to think of myself as the resistor between the terminals of a=20
capicitor, slowly draining down the microfarads of charge so that no one=20
gets hurt by the stored voltage. Some might think that's a rather esoteric=
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metaphor, but I don't care. I am esoteric. And I have girlie penmanship.=
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So what? I'm esoteric.
A.A. Oh, pshaw. I like exercised women anyway. Besides, I was really bro=
aching a larger issue. Everybody (okay, "everybody") talks about women bei=
ng brainwashed into this and that. My point, brought up the first time in =
the post about the Nobel prize winner, is that women can't be brainwashed u=
nless men are too. After all these years of women's lib, we are still maki=
ng judgments - by 22 year olds no less - even as to male/female handwriting=
. What, then, has changed? I believe the statistic is that 1/3 of women e=
arn more than men, and women are marrying men for their nurturing skills so=
they themselves can pursue careers. Why, then are we still hearing accusa=
tions of "girlie men" and remarks about girlie handwriting? Why not just c=
lear handwriting, or flourishy, or some other thing? More to the point, wh=
y "girlie"? Girlie is pejorative. Why not feminine, which is nice. Every=
one (sorry, "everyone") is instructed to get in touch with their "feminine =
side". Fair question, yes?
Andy Amago
Mike Geary
Memphis=20
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