May I Have Your Attention Please
Jan. 20th, 2010 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drewkittyThis post is directed to everyone I know, and everyone I don't for that matter, but with a particular emphasis and great respect towards the opposite gender.
From Now On And Henceforth,
It is OK for you to set solid and distinct boundaries and reinforce them immediately and dramatically when crossed (“mean”)
It is OK for you to appear distraught or emotional (“crazy”)
It is OK for you to make personal decisions that the adults or other peers in your life do not agree with, and It is also OK to refuse to explain those decisions to others (“stuck-up”)
It is OK for you to refuse to agree with somebody, over and over and over again (“angry”)
It is OK for you to have (or express) conflicted, fluid, or experimental feelings about yourself, your body, your sexuality, your desires, and your needs (“got daddy issues”)
It is OK for you to use your physical strength (if you have it) to set physical boundaries (“dyke”)
It is OK for you to raise your voice (“shrill”)
It is OK for you to completely and utterly shut down somebody who obviously likes you (“mean dyke/frigid”)
If it helps, think of Lady Sally of the infamous Lady Sally's Place saying the above in a faux-British accent. Of course, she says it better than even this, in a single sweeping quote, but you'll have to read that in one of the books where she appears as a character.
I have done several "reversal rewrites" of Other People's Stuff. The above was originally expressed as negatives by Fugitivus in her blog here.
This post brought to you by posts and comments here and especially here.
Of course I must also credit Spider Robinson and his book Callahan's Lady.
Thanks for your time.
From Now On And Henceforth,
It is OK for you to set solid and distinct boundaries and reinforce them immediately and dramatically when crossed (“mean”)
It is OK for you to appear distraught or emotional (“crazy”)
It is OK for you to make personal decisions that the adults or other peers in your life do not agree with, and It is also OK to refuse to explain those decisions to others (“stuck-up”)
It is OK for you to refuse to agree with somebody, over and over and over again (“angry”)
It is OK for you to have (or express) conflicted, fluid, or experimental feelings about yourself, your body, your sexuality, your desires, and your needs (“got daddy issues”)
It is OK for you to use your physical strength (if you have it) to set physical boundaries (“dyke”)
It is OK for you to raise your voice (“shrill”)
It is OK for you to completely and utterly shut down somebody who obviously likes you (“mean dyke/frigid”)
If it helps, think of Lady Sally of the infamous Lady Sally's Place saying the above in a faux-British accent. Of course, she says it better than even this, in a single sweeping quote, but you'll have to read that in one of the books where she appears as a character.
I have done several "reversal rewrites" of Other People's Stuff. The above was originally expressed as negatives by Fugitivus in her blog here.
This post brought to you by posts and comments here and especially here.
Of course I must also credit Spider Robinson and his book Callahan's Lady.
Thanks for your time.
