I loved Barbies when I was a kid. I played with them until I was 10 or 11, when other girls in my school had given up on dolls already and gone on to dating. I was in no way, shape, or form ready to handle real relations with boys, so I retreated into my little Barbie world. They put on pretty clothes and dated and had sex with Ken. In retrospect, it was sort of a proto-Bachelor situation, since there was only one guy and lots of ladies clamoring for him. I personally continued being a nerd. Life was good.
Ironically, although I loved gussying Barbie up and pimping her out, when it came to my life, I realized quickly that I hated heels, tight clothes, and makeup. I also was one of those no-sex-until-marriage types (shocking, I know) until I was 16 or 17. I left high school still a virgin. And I'm a hairy legged feminist to this day. In fact, as I leave for Florida for my writing retreat, I am gleeful that Minnie long ago suggested that I wear board shorts over my bathing suit so that I needn't worry about shaving the old bikini line. (I am not into shaving snatch, but I am also not into pubes hanging out of bathing suits. It's the worst damned if you do, damned if you don't situation a curmudgeonly vacationer faces...)
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Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteYeah! To shave or not to shave is making a statement either way.
I am not making a statement by not wearing a toupe, it is just that goes things cost money.
Enjoy your retreat.
Hehe.
ReplyDeleteI may shave sometime prior to BlogHer. Or not. I always hide behind the excuse that I'm blonde, when really I just cannot summon up the motivation.
Have fun in Florida!
ReplyDeleteahhhh....living on the beach affords us lots of time to spend in bathing suits.
ReplyDeleteI REFUSE to shave *down there* so I always wear the board shorts. even my bathing suit bottoms are boy shorts. just in case.
Ha, funny I wrote about Barbies yesterday too. Must be something in the air? Something plastic?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the nice comment at my place - and funny enough, I started stalking all your comments at blogher as well. Smart lady!
Er...what I mean is, I found you by googling Jewish Pussy. Your name came up right after Paul Wolfowitz.
Just as a funny aside to the whole "shaving the snatch" thing...did you know they actually make sand paper so you can sand it off?
ReplyDeleteTotally not kidding.....You think I am, but go on, look for it, you'll find it. It's so sad it's funny.
Maybe you didn't want to be Barbie, maybe you wanted to date Barbie.
ReplyDeleteDo you find yourself curiously drawn to 7 foot tall women with 42 inch chests and 20 inch waists?
wow ....so happy to have found you! I've been ranting to my partner and my friends (anyone who'd listen)about how absurdly SICK it is to expect women to be as hair-free as a ten year old, for ages.
ReplyDeleteI need to get a whole lot of those t-shirts to give out to friends.