tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post5694799675753064310..comments2022-04-02T15:34:11.543-06:00Comments on Dot&Line Day 2 Day: See Kate Conquer: Making an Impact (First Official Give-Away!)Annie Biermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11426735864574667028noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post-63324423117493282772010-01-08T09:39:44.703-07:002010-01-08T09:39:44.703-07:00Hi Kate!
As a contributor to this blog I am offic...Hi Kate!<br /><br />As a contributor to this blog I am officially disqualified from your give-away, but i wanted to answer your query anyway.<br /><br />The reason it's taken me so long to do so is something Bethany's comment indicated, which is that I've been trying to rethink the <a href="http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/24/an-introduction-to-gender-terminology" rel="nofollow">gender binary</a>, but I will have a go at citing a label assigned to women by cissexism which we have recast and turned into a pillar of strength, and that is that women “talk too much and are gossipy.” It’s a common cliché - women going to the bathroom in groups, women talking on the phone for hours, women giggling with their girlfriends over cosmos (and these are just Western examples, of course) – but in trying to stuff us into this limiting box, sexists have unwittingly given us our greatest source of power, which is each other. Women are allowed to have close friendships and share emotions with each other in a way that heterosexism prevents most men from enjoying. We laugh and cry together, we encourage each other, and the intimacy of our bonds with other women gives us the strength and power to lead courageous lives in a world set against us.<br /><br />So I posit that the most empowering thing about being a woman is my ability to empower other women.Valnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post-55465370169272013692010-01-06T14:41:54.156-07:002010-01-06T14:41:54.156-07:00Woman as a sex or as a gender?
As a gender... St...Woman as a sex or as a gender? <br /><br />As a gender... Strength. Resilience. A woman's ability to keep going when the world is against her. This is something that I think that women have much more than men, but whether it's due to nature or nurture, I don't know. The women who have paved the way for me. <br /><br />As a sex... Higher pain tolerance. The protective powers of estrogen. The blessing and curse of the maternal fat layer. Greater flexibility. Breastfeeding. <br /><br />-Bethany<br /><br />(If I win, I'll send you my email)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post-48541304697579019832010-01-06T03:30:39.387-07:002010-01-06T03:30:39.387-07:00Great comments so far! I'm glad to have provo...Great comments so far! I'm glad to have provoked some thought... keep the comments coming!kateisfunhttp://kateisfun.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post-25586276949768887542010-01-05T12:00:54.915-07:002010-01-05T12:00:54.915-07:00Annie, I've been dying to purchase and read th...Annie, I've been dying to purchase and read this... I love that you've read it and are giving it away. <br /><br />What I love about being a woman... freedom to show our "soft side" openly, the gift of mothering and loving that seems innate, and the beauty that is women -- all ages, ethnicities, shapes and sizes. I'm just a huge fan of women, I guess. Doesn't hurt that I have three daughters and amazing girlfriends.Faga-Meyer Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756485971445279411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029865437908140719.post-31745797212829200692010-01-04T20:22:25.995-07:002010-01-04T20:22:25.995-07:00WOW! Just WOW! Awesome post! I'd love to win. ...WOW! Just WOW! Awesome post! I'd love to win. Here's my email: fsdsgonzalez@gmail.com - I can email you my address, if I win. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this. Makes me appreciate my freedoms.<br /><br />What I find empowering about women: giving birth, carrying new life in the womb, mothering, nurturing, feeling... how God breathes life through us, women! Girl, you're gonna make cry - it's nice to sit & think about this topic for a change. I'm humbled. <br /><br />Again, thanks for sharing :)Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097983653120184773noreply@blogger.com