dumb all over. a little ugly on the side.

[a_blackpanther]

I've just read this wonderful post, and I think I'm not the only one who needs reminding. This is for all of the ladies on my flist:

Originally posted by matociquala at dumb all over. a little ugly on the side.
One thing that becomes more and more evident as I move into my forties, and what feels--really, internally--like adulthood at last... is the way I and

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[brightlady_83]

That is quite profound and so true. :-)

[originalceenote]

This is all so very, very true.

I think we absorb some of that from our mothers and other female relatives. There's something about mainstream culture that takes that self-humility in women and amplifies it. Even dumpy, balding men with hair growing out of every weird place but their heads and badly fitted pants think of themselves as stud muffins. We look in the mirror and we see the Where's the Beef lady. They look in the mirror and they see Brad Pitt.