OT A favor (Should be: Not so Newbie Introduction LOOOOONG)

i ACTUALLY made it into a pair of pants today that haven't fit me in FIVE
YEARS!

WOW, Vicki - congratulations!!!

Carol in SLC
My jewelry: http://members.aol.com/carolinslc/

At this point, I have to disagree. The term "real", in this context, carries
with it a *heavy* value judgement. It's similar to the way some people talk
about adoptees' "REAL parents" -- as though all the work the adoptive parents
have done in raising the child doesn't matter, only genetics. I can't blame
the
adoptive parents for being resentful about that, and I can't blame *any*
woman
for being upset when someone else says she isn't a "REAL woman", whether it's
because of her size, because of what she does for a living, because she
doesn't
have children, or for any other reason.

True -- I agree that the term "real" carries a heavy value judgment. But (to
use a broad comparison, and an obviously silly one) it's also a lot like being
told you're not "real" because you're so beautiful (something I have, indeed,
been told, BTW). You have to take the term with a grain of sour grapes salt.

When you have something that everyone wants, and you take exception to people's
descriptions of it, you're reaching. Any woman who's thin -- the societal
ideal -- and can't see that others are going to be possibly envious of one's
svelte, desirable shape -- and complains about the way others complain about
them....well, this woman really needs to get a grip and move on to something
that's worth being upset about. IMO. (Respectfully in disagreement with the
fabulous Celine)
~~
Sooz
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Thanks for adding a new name for size range.. or is that better as a genre
of clothing?

Raucous Ruebenesque is also a great name for a character. She'd be a hoot, and
her friends would call her "Raucci" for short.
Sarajane

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Voluptuous Vixen.
~~
Sooz
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Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi
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Voluptuous Vixen.

That's me, LOL!

Carol in SLC
New jewelry: http://members.aol.com/carolinslc/hillrose.jpg

You have just summed up Buddhism...

well, in that the Buddha you can call by name is NOT the budhha, then yes and
no!!
Sarajane

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If you meet the buddha on the internet, what should you do?

Killfile it?
Sarajane

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enigmatic smile

Deirdre

On 22 Aug 2003 17:46:03 GMT, atspam (Sjpolyclay)
wrote:

You have just summed up Buddhism...

well, in that the Buddha you can call by name is NOT the budhha, then yes and
no!!
Sarajane

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http://www.polyclay.com

view my auctions at:
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"Sjpolyclay" wrote in message
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If you meet the buddha on the internet, what should you do?

Killfile it?

LOL!

Laura

CAROL. You and will have to MEET! It's getting too weird for belief! We can
wear our jewelry and some cleavage-baring dresses, old-hippie-bohemian-style.

Voluptuous Vixen.

That's me, LOL!

Carol in SLC


~~
Sooz
-------
Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html
~ Bead Notes: Beading information A through Z
http://www.lampwork.net/beadnotes.html