Comments on: the final countdown

By: Calli

Calli — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:43:12 +0000

I was tall as a kid, and heavy, too. I used to play softball and had short hair. I was wearing my baseball cap once, and some man called me son! I started growing my hair that day and it’s never been short since.

I think most women who are outside the standard conventions of beauty deal with issues of femininity. I know I have a hard time feeling feminine sometimes, but it’s getting better as I get older and start accepting myself as I am.

By: Monika

Monika — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:19:07 +0000

Thank you so much for this entry, Jodi. I feel like you’ve just described my own experience growing up as a tall girl (and living as a 6’3” woman today).
I still subconsciously avoid doing or saying certain things because I don’t feel feminine enough for them. When I realize that, it hurts.
I still have to remind myself from time to time that I’m a woman. And that makes me sad.
Like you said, it gets under my skin like nothing else.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:02:28 +0000

it makes me feel better, too. it’s always good to know i’m not the only one.

By: jodi

jodi — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:19:42 +0000

i am glad i’m not the only who deals with her femininity or lack thereof. it makes me feel better.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:16:39 +0000

i’m pretty sure most other women just laugh off claims that they might be a man.

i don’t think most. at least not me. i don’t know why women have to be perceived as the 5’6 waif that wears cute pink, frilly clothes from the juniors dept at the gap.

i could go on and on. i really could. but i’ll just stop by saying “i feel ya” and “it’s lame” and “fuck ’em” because women that aren’t 5’6 waifs are women, too.