Posted by Shar on September 11, 2001, at 12:00:07
In reply to bitch, posted by sar on September 10, 2001, at 1:39:06
somewhere, someone will Always call any woman with a backbone a bitch! Don't worry about.
There is a quote, and I've forgotten the sayer, but it is: I don't know what a feminist is, I just know that they call me that when I differentiate myself from a doormat or a prostitute.
Being strong/assertive and female has always been uncomfortable for some people to experience. Enjoy being HERE, in the now!
Shar
> dear all,
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> i feel i've been going through a glorious horrible metamorphosis. a summer + 2 hospitalizations + 2 meds have given me some verve, some kick, some sarcasm, some outgoingness, more petulance than i've ever had.
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> my old friends and family are alienated and shocked. they are used to a sluggish, submissive, secretive (name here)...and i'm just not like that anymore. i seem to amuse my new friends quite a bit and make them easily, but these old friends and my parents seem to not like me too much anymore.
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> i'm happier with my new self, and i suppose that is the important thing.
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> i'm curious, though, if anyone else has experienced anything similar. they accuse me of being a "bitch" when i feel i've finally gotten a *backbone.* (previously very shy and submissive before--always strong-willed, but now it shows alot more).
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> reconciliation of 2 selves...it was such a qucik evolution that i suppose it set some heads spinning.
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> i never want to be my old self again.
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> but how the hell do i know if i'm really the bitch they accuse me of being?!!
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> sar
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