Thank you so much for your kind words. I was really surprised by how bad some of the comments made me feel - I don’t spend much time anymore thinking about how I fall short and I guess I thought I was past it, but really the avoidance of invitations to do so is key. Lesson learned!
Too, this wasn’t the purpose of the post. Nonetheless it elicited the type of simultaneously smug and self-hating analyses that are the product of a culture in which women are pitted against each other in competition for status based primarily on physical appearance. I don’t blame individuals for this - I engage in similar analyses in my head. It’s a sickness to which we are all susceptible.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I was really surprised by how bad some of the comments made me feel - I don’t spend much time anymore thinking about how I fall short and I guess I thought I was past it, but really the avoidance of invitations to do so is key. Lesson learned!
Too, this wasn’t the purpose of the post. Nonetheless it elicited the type of simultaneously smug and self-hating analyses that are the product of a culture in which women are pitted against each other in competition for status based primarily on physical appearance. I don’t blame individuals for this - I engage in similar analyses in my head. It’s a sickness to which we are all susceptible.