Hot Like Ebola!!!: I Am Humble

Matt and I went with Bianca and Andrew this summer to a cool vegan raw-foods restaurant. There, the menu was disorientingly different. Each item was called "I Am ___", with the blank filled differently depending on the food. for example, the special item of the day was "I Am Celebrating", while the nachos were "I Am Honoring". One would order by saying "I Am Strong" or whatever, and the server would give you your food by saying "You are Wholehearted."

It was kind of cool.

Anyway, in the spirit of humility I admit that I have no good blog post for you. However, worry not because I have a couple of great posts you should check out:

To start off, Klee of The Reluctant Prophet has a really good post on weight issues, with which I strongly resonate. Especially here in Scotland, when every food is deep fried and/or coated in sugar.

Moving along, Twisty from I Blame The Patriarchy has a million good posts, with not all of which I agree. But this one on breast cancer and consumerism was very compelling.
In other news, Matt and I had a long talk tonight about feminism, most of which felt like an attack on me and my thoughts on sexism and advertising. I know this was not intentional, but I still felt that way, probably because I am so hypocritical in my views. I am trying to understand what it means to be a feminist, to recognize sexism ans gender bias, to stop oppression, and a whole host of other things. This is a long, hard road for me. Is Picasso's The Rest a sexist painting? I have a print of it above my desk. Should I, as a feminist, tear it down?

Smarter feminist bloggers, I would really love to get your opinion of this.

:: submitted by Jenevieve, 6:13 PM
id="comments">3 Comments:

Thanks for the link to my post. It's not so much intelligent discourse as it is "free-form" ranting. I just get REALLY tired of people not minding their manners, and relaying to me what I already knew in the first place. Since when did it become politically correct to point out one's obvious flaws in public? Maybe I should start answering the "You're fat!" comments with snappy rejoinders like: "Yeah, and your breath could drop a teamster from 300 yeards! What's your point?"

Ah, well. I guess I should pick and choose my battles, huh?

As for the feminism, I think the greatest thing you could do in the cause of feminism is be true to YOU. Don't let anyone, male or female, try to change who you are. 'Cause you're pretty great just the way you are.

Anonymous, at 2:00 AM

I heart Jeni...you are special.(Even if you only have half an arm to rope swing with...) :)

I enjoy your thoughts. On the subject of thoughts on intense topics, you should check out my sister's myspace blog sometime: www.myspace.com/erikaprins She's a little ranty, but her ideas are often refreshingly convicting. :)

p.s. what is the name of the book/author of that 10 first dates book you said we should read?