tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post371230710653728448..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: the lost feminine, & duty & responsibilityrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-85761390871633056082017-12-05T09:45:42.427+00:002017-12-05T09:45:42.427+00:00From Miri again:
That's really well put, Rosel...From Miri again:<br />That's really well put, Roselle. I can think of a few women I've known personally who'd be ideal but not in the running because they're not interesting in ambition in that context, I suspect. So having that 'mass-and-fem balance' is going to be very rare. There are a few in the public eye who'd fit if they were prepared to modify their style. <br />As you say, all we can do is hope. Fascinating subject. Maybe a novel? (Not mine though!)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-91972406647978773332017-12-04T14:48:08.604+00:002017-12-04T14:48:08.604+00:00Thank you, Miri.
One of the things we were discus...Thank you, Miri.<br /><br />One of the things we were discussing is how hard it is to identify and live FEMALE power, rather than emulate men-in-power. So eg Margaret Thatcher was, Theresa May is, in a position of power, but the way they have both presented it is the 'masculine' way: sharp, judgemental, ambitious, competitive, no-nonsense.<br /><br />We have few role models in contemporary Western society for empowered women in positions of power who aren't simply putting forward 'masculine' modes. What I'm interested in is how we can overturn this and manifest, support, recognise, passionate compassionate power-to that manifests from a woman who holds the balance of the masc-and-fem, who knows 'sovereignty' (as the old stories name it) in her inner and outer life as a WOMAN, rather than from the stance of the masculine-in-women's-clothes.<br /><br />Here's hoping.<br /><br />here's to many of themrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-90267611170795870142017-12-04T14:41:39.053+00:002017-12-04T14:41:39.053+00:00A comment from Miri:
'Roselle, thank you so m...A comment from Miri:<br /><br />'Roselle, thank you so much for this really important piece; I was nodding all the way through. It should be part of the national curriculum. It's interesting that I'm close to the end of Naomi Alderman's recent novel – The Power – winner of what used to be (memory fails again!) the Orange Prize. I wonder if you've read it? I can't wait to finish it because it's brutally, horrifically true, compelling and very important. <br />It's science fiction, revenge tragedy and, I think, an example of our habit of not learning from horrific past events. It's about what happens when women become empowered, overturn the world, then abuse this power, prompting us to think that women are no better than men. But I'm yet to finish and I trust her (I enjoyed her novel Disobedience) to end with some sense of hope. Or maybe I’ve misread it all!'<br /><br />rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.com