the new blue corduroy skirt and the inner voices
On the final day of May, I wore my new skirt, the one I finished earlier this week. As is often the case, I had to give myself a little talk after I viewed the photos. This talk: Voice #1: But my stomach looks so fat in this! Voice #2: Yes Sandra, that is because your stomach is that fat. You can hide it by standing behind a child, but you cannot make it go away just by not liking it. Voice #1: Oh. I s'pose. It's a bugger really. I can learn to make clothes that fit me, and I can learn to make clothes which are flattering, but I cannot make clothes which make entire parts of my body disappear. Voice #2: Yes. It's good you are returning to a logical perspective. Now remember how you have written about the need for diverse images of women in our media? Voice #1: [splutter] But I like pictures of different shaped women looking glamorous! Voice #2: (which is by now most insufferable in tone) But women are not glamorous all the time. Maybe thos