You can't imagine how many times I am actually asked this in a chat room or by IM ...I want to roll my eyes right out of my head each time.
CluelessDweeb: "so Kim? are you a real women?"
Can someone please tell me what does this mean exactly?
are they asking if I am..... Female...womenlike...womenish...womanly...ladylike...the sex that bares young...femine...feminist...girl.....WHAT??
Ok, In all honesty, I know exactly what these lil dweebers are asking me...and I am feeling the need to plunge deeply into this subject....
There are a lot of things in this world that I just can't stand. The general stupidity of the masses is one. Overpriced designer clothing is another. But I must say that media which believes every woman is a 5'8", size 5 beautiful waif of a woman who struts around her Fortune-500 corner office in a power suit, stilletto heels and sexy lingerie is on the top of my list. aka "REAL WOMEN"
Let me tell you what I am. I am a not too tall, 10lb overweight woman who doesn't always feel like doing her hair. A friendly smile, green inquisitive eyes share space with a nose that is a little too round and a forehead with what I believe to be a permanant zit.
I do my best to hide my slightly large breasts, and find myself wishing for smaller and perkyier ones. My thighs jiggle when I walk, and just about the only time they don't rub together is during a papsmear.
I cry at sappy movies, laugh at cheesy ones and scream at the scary ones. Music can move me through unexplicable emotions, and pictures speak immeasurably.
I find it empowering, not weak, to place my faith in a God who is intangible. I sing in the shower. I love to mow grass, even when the sun is blazing.
The tears, the tantrums, the love, the hate, the fat, the pimples, the smile, the eyes. The good and the bad. That's what makes me a woman. a "REAL WOMEN"
but of course my friends, this is just one real women's opinion.
although, in these days it is easy to let our guards down and allow others attempt to dismantle our selfesteem and selfworth......
just this morning I was looking in the mirror......
"Look at me! Bright green eyes and shiny blonde hair. My full lips and white teeth join to form a pretty smile. I look good!!!"
But then I turn and see that girl on the cover of Rolling Stone. "A teen sensation!" "Brat". Half-naked at 17, and there are more like her. 24-inch waists, shapely legs and plastic boobs surround me. My head spins at the 12-year old with porn queen eyes. The eyes that stare at me in laughing contempt. "You'll never be as pretty as me," she says. I want to throw up!
I was beautiful this morning until she looked at me. Maybe I'll just cancel my subscription. *smile*
real flesh and blood and all natural women signing off............
until next time
-Kim Gallagher-
