Comments on: Southern Women http://broadrecognition.com/politics/southern-women/ A Feminist Magazine at Yale Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Liza http://broadrecognition.com/politics/southern-women/#comment-6495 Liza Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:50:05 +0000 http://www.broadrecognition.com/?p=71#comment-6495 I grew up in the rural Midwestern plains and married a Yale man. We've lived in Charlotte, NC for about 10 years now and I would move away in a New York minute. Our first neighborhood was full of redneck women whose hound dogs barked all night and if you dared complain, they were waiting in your driveway to "knock sum cince intuh yuh." Our second neighborhood is full of Housewives of Atlanta wannabees. I stupidly attended a neighborhood Women's Association thinking we'd be visiting nearby museums, gardens, etc. Nope --- they dress up at every opportunity (Halloween in our neighborhood is full of mothers dressed up more than their sugared up children), booze up excessively, and their gossip-mongering is trumped only by their endless fighting. Living in the south with these suthun' women is hell..... I grew up in the rural Midwestern plains and married a Yale man. We’ve lived in Charlotte, NC for about 10 years now and I would move away in a New York minute.

Our first neighborhood was full of redneck women whose hound dogs barked all night and if you dared complain, they were waiting in your driveway to “knock sum cince intuh yuh.”

Our second neighborhood is full of Housewives of Atlanta wannabees. I stupidly attended a neighborhood Women’s Association thinking we’d be visiting nearby museums, gardens, etc. Nope — they dress up at every opportunity (Halloween in our neighborhood is full of mothers dressed up more than their sugared up children), booze up excessively, and their gossip-mongering is trumped only by their endless fighting.

Living in the south with these suthun’ women is hell…..

]]> By: Louise http://broadrecognition.com/politics/southern-women/#comment-23 Louise Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:34:15 +0000 http://www.broadrecognition.com/?p=71#comment-23 I'm 'Googling' ideas to create a 'Princess' themed board game for my 5 yr old daughter, who seems obsessed with Disney Princess 'stuff' (thanks to relatives who send such 'stuff'). I want to create a challenging board game that allows her to strategically trepse across the game board (that will be decorated with castles and dragons and princesses and all that stuff she adores).........but I want the strategy and obstacles to reflect what a 'True Modern Princess' is in my mind. I grew up in the South and lived on both East and West coast (and now in England)......I could never stomach to adopt a true 'Feminist' position in life, because it always meant I had to compete with men. To be equal to them. I think Southern women (the ones I know!) step outside all that and are extremely strong willed and self-sufficient in many ways, yet they expect their men to step-up-to-the-plate so as partners they share equal duties. But I never knew a Southern Woman who wouldn't just step in to 'do-it-herself' when needed. I never knew that word 'subservient', if anything, I learned the opposite, yet at the same time, I learned a respect for the opposite sex. Just the same I expect the opposite sex to respect me. What is lovely about Southern Women, in my mind, is they can be strong, yet have no issues to wanna 'glam' up with lipstick and sexy dress. There is NOTHING wrong with being a woman and adorning makeup and glitz for occasion. Burning Your Bra seems so silly, when there are so many frilly fun lacy bras to wear! Your article was refreshing. I ran across it in my attempt to create a 'Princess' themed board game for my daughter.....that steps away from Disney princess but not into Feminist Non-Princess. Trying to create a nice 'middle ground' board game that celebrates a 'Southern' style of woman. I’m ‘Googling’ ideas to create a ‘Princess’ themed board game for my 5 yr old daughter, who seems obsessed with Disney Princess ‘stuff’ (thanks to relatives who send such ‘stuff’).
I want to create a challenging board game that allows her to strategically trepse across the game board (that will be decorated with castles and dragons and princesses and all that stuff she adores)………but I want the strategy and obstacles to reflect what a ‘True Modern Princess’ is in my mind. I grew up in the South and lived on both East and West coast (and now in England)……I could never stomach to adopt a true ‘Feminist’ position in life, because it always meant I had to compete with men. To be equal to them.
I think Southern women (the ones I know!) step outside all that and are extremely strong willed and self-sufficient in many ways, yet they expect their men to step-up-to-the-plate so as partners they share equal duties. But I never knew a Southern Woman who wouldn’t just step in to ‘do-it-herself’ when needed. I never knew that word ‘subservient’, if anything, I learned the opposite, yet at the same time, I learned a respect for the opposite sex. Just the same I expect the opposite sex to respect me.
What is lovely about Southern Women, in my mind, is they can be strong, yet have no issues to wanna ‘glam’ up with lipstick and sexy dress. There is NOTHING wrong with being a woman and adorning makeup and glitz for occasion. Burning Your Bra seems so silly, when there are so many frilly fun lacy bras to wear!

Your article was refreshing. I ran across it in my attempt to create a ‘Princess’ themed board game for my daughter…..that steps away from Disney princess but not into Feminist Non-Princess. Trying to create a nice ‘middle ground’ board game that celebrates a ‘Southern’ style of woman.

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