Hattie's Web

Ladies, get off your butts!

It grinds me that women choose to stay home and retreat from the main stage of life in their vital years. I did that and paid a big price for it. It was a stupid waste of time, for the most part. Luckily, I was able to recoup some of what I lost later on, but I never got as far in my career as I would have liked to.
We need to stop treating women's issues as "lifestyle choices." Look at the ground we're losing now, with Roe v.Wade possibly on the way out. Who would  have thought that could happen? What rights will women lose next?  This is the most obvious manifestation of a crisis that should put all women on deck.
Everywhere I look, pioneering women in education, law,and politics are losing out to male colleagues, because they don't have enough support from female peers. Too many privileged women have retreated into private life, leaving their working sisters to struggle on outnumbered.
I'm glad my daughters have not done this. They figure out how to do what they need to do, and do it! They support other women and are supported themselves. They are young, strong, vital people. They know they are supposed to work very hard and accomplish things, for god's sake! They can rest up when they get old.
It's really true that elite women are veering away from careers. This is bad. Elite men are demanding cute l'il stay at home wives to take care of their cute l'il kids and comfy homes.

Read this:

As one lawyer-bride put it in explaining her decision to quit practicing law after four years, "I had a wedding to plan." Another, an Ivy Leaguer with a master's degree, described it in management terms: "He's the CEO and I'm the CFO. He sees to it that the money rolls in and I decide how to spend it." It's their work, and they must do it perfectly. "We're all in here making fresh apple pie," said one, explaining her reluctance to leave her daughters in order to be interviewed. The family CFO described her activities at home: "I take my [3-year-old] daughter to all the major museums. We go to little movement classes."

Back to the 50's in a handbasket, I call that.

The patriarchy always wins. Or it has, so far.

What ever happened to Harriette Surovell?

Where's Harriette Surovell?
Whatever happened to her, anyway? It seemed as if she was just starting to roll, and then she disappeared.

Buy Nothing Day

Don't forget: Friday is Buy Nothing Day. You know you can do without it until Saturday!

Paul Krassner

I was just over at the Huffington Post reading some of Paul Krassner's entries. Unlike many, he does not go on and on. I wrote him that he is one of the few important figures from the 60's who does not depress me. I guess he's about 70 now.  I saw him in Chicago at the Democratic Convention in 1968 before the beatings and arrests and even got to exchange a few words with him. He was wearing rose colored sunglasses and stood, I think about five feet five inches tall.  What struck me then and still strikes me about him is that he was/is just himself and nothing more. No big deal, just a truth teller. I'm glad he's still around. 

Running with dogs

Usually, it takes a while for a blog to heat up. But I got lucky. Look at this .
It's my fault, really. I read about a stripper, Mimi,  in the N.Y. Times and got curious. This is Mimi's  blog.  I couldn't believe anyone  could be that awful. But yes, she is, and so are her enablers, like the witty Ron Anon. It's like slowing down for a car wreck. I know I shouldn't but I can't overcome my curiosity. Or, to use another metaphor, if you run with dogs, you get fleas.
Here's another aspect of low end loser sex that I also found through a New York Times article on Bangkock. The poster wittily entitles this "Partial Eclipse of the Concubine."
I'm not going to post any more about this, unless I can't resist, of course.

Old bathroom tile

The background on the template I'm using looks like old bathroom tile. I think I should change it.

Hilo Market

Every Wednesday and Saturday we have a market day in downtown Hilo, Hawaii.

Cheap plastic goods

Archie McPhee
This is the store where I get all my cheap plastic goods. It's not the only reason I go to Seattle, but it is a strong incentive. My most recent purchases have been the hula girl shower curtain and the quality plastic tiki, as well as the professional grade rubber chicken. Yes, those are plastic flamingoes in the tree.

Art Lovers at the Louvre

I had trouble figuring out to insert photos but now I have it. This is totally cool. Click on the thumbnail and see an enlargement.

This is fun

If I'd realized how easy this was, I would have done it sooner. I have a free 30 day trial, and then it's $40.00 a year. Cheap to run my yap. I resisted for a long time, because of the authorship problem, etc. but I still have my web site for more serious writing. This is so EASY!!!