MEN of GTI, you should be noted too. You are not boys, perpetual adolescents. You may retain the joy and wonder of youth, but you have stood up beyond mere comfort to stand for something. You have stopped blaming you parents and looked to create a world for yourselves.
Even on the internets, where we all seek to play, we often do so with pride, with a sense of self worth, with fierceness.... We are not children. WE are adults, women and men with a sense of play and fun. This is not the lessening of us, but the greatness of us, our strength and our resilience. We might speak it LoLspeak or CAPS, but we do so among those we know and respect and love.
Mrs. Cakes, are you refusing your place? YOu are not a GIRL. You are not young, weak, defenseless. You are not confused or looking for help. STAND AND BE COUNTED.
-j-, you are a man among men. Your reticence to be counted only serves as a reminder of your humility. Among all of the men I've even known, you, j, are among the most manly. Greatness is not counted by viciousness, but by mercy and compassion, and by that count, you are without equal.
ajt, are you a Man? I don't ask to mock, but to see if you come to be counted or to observe. Have you seen what life has to offer, and not been afraid? Do you love, knowing the potential for pain? Do you fight, knowing the certainty of failure?
Abby Hoffman once wrote about the Thorns of the Flower Children. He believed that if only those who believed in love and freedom and creative expression ever stood and were FIERCE about their beliefs, the world might just change a bit after all. Instead, the hippies wandered around with their beads and their tiedye and laid down when confronted. When all was said and done, they were merely flower children.
@bizzy: and that, THAT, makes all the difference. You may be uncertain at times, but keep persevering for all of that. THAT makes you one of the brave.
Bravery is not being unafraid, but in being afraid, and doing it anyway.
posted on Thursday, Feb 19th by flyingfishstick
I've heard too many women refer to themselves as 'girls' lately.
We have loved.
We have suffered.
We have lived, and fought to be independent. We are not merely 'girls'.
We are Women.
Evangeline, reporting for duty Ma'am!
WE have been afraid, and overcome our fear.
We have made hard choices, and lived with them.
We have taken chances, knowing full well the consequences.
MEN of GTI, you should be noted too. You are not boys, perpetual adolescents. You may retain the joy and wonder of youth, but you have stood up beyond mere comfort to stand for something. You have stopped blaming you parents and looked to create a world for yourselves.
Hello, Ms. Evangeline!
First among women. :D
Sorry, ma'am.
I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR
Even on the internets, where we all seek to play, we often do so with pride, with a sense of self worth, with fierceness.... We are not children. WE are adults, women and men with a sense of play and fun. This is not the lessening of us, but the greatness of us, our strength and our resilience. We might speak it LoLspeak or CAPS, but we do so among those we know and respect and love.
Mrs. Cakes, are you refusing your place? YOu are not a GIRL. You are not young, weak, defenseless. You are not confused or looking for help. STAND AND BE COUNTED.
ALUV: INDEED. RAWR.
RAWWWR YES!
We are NOT children. Let's stop pretending, and take the mantle of WOMAN proudly and without shame.
What about us Faulknerian idiot man-children?
(Approve the sentiment of the thread wholeheartedly, by the way!)
The next manboy who refers to me as a girl is looking for a swollen pair of googlies.
@ffs: hey girl... sup?
:D
-j-, you are a man among men. Your reticence to be counted only serves as a reminder of your humility. Among all of the men I've even known, you, j, are among the most manly. Greatness is not counted by viciousness, but by mercy and compassion, and by that count, you are without equal.
WAHHOOOOO!
Uh, wow. That's a lot more superlative-y than it deserves to be, but thank you for the kind spirit in your words ♥.
ajt, are you a Man? I don't ask to mock, but to see if you come to be counted or to observe. Have you seen what life has to offer, and not been afraid? Do you love, knowing the potential for pain? Do you fight, knowing the certainty of failure?
I strive to be a woman among women but know better than to say I'm there yet.
Abby Hoffman once wrote about the Thorns of the Flower Children. He believed that if only those who believed in love and freedom and creative expression ever stood and were FIERCE about their beliefs, the world might just change a bit after all. Instead, the hippies wandered around with their beads and their tiedye and laid down when confronted. When all was said and done, they were merely flower children.
We are something more.
@bizzy: and that, THAT, makes all the difference. You may be uncertain at times, but keep persevering for all of that. THAT makes you one of the brave.
Bravery is not being unafraid, but in being afraid, and doing it anyway.
I've been thinking of myself as a 'girl' for way too long.
I work at being a strong woman everyday
i am a LADY..dammit.
DAMMIT, Gidget stole my answer.
idk about y'all but I am the very definition of a strong black manz.