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"Browsing around the Web today I suddenly find myself in the small hours of the morning (when I should be catching up on that "beauty" - hah! - sleep) on this here page. Wow. I thought to myself... magically transported into a place where anyone of the female persuasion can vent that all too well-known pent-up stress inside. It's great to be here. I don't know how I got here, must have been "fate" or something along those lines....ahem. Whatever, I am too tired to say anything intellectual but just thought I'd tell you what a great idea this is, and congratulations on actually having acted on that idea. Good to see someone getting up off their arses and doing something positive!!!!"
*** "I really appreciate your information about how to make your own web page. I am teaching myself this valuable skill so that I can use it at work and at home. Nothing like being the only person at a major corporation with html experience. Makes for a nice raise! ;-)"
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"Sorry for trespassing, but I liked the idea of Webgrrls and linked over here out of curiosity. I have a female friend who is plagued with men-problems and her outlook on life seems to fall into your manifesto pretty well. I'll send her your address so she can have a look. I don't think the world has caught the equality and respect revolution as much as they have the computer revolution. Your work is cut out for you. Even "Sailor Moon" needs "Tuxedo Man" to help her out. It's pathetic. Why can't women be portrayed as a strong character in a movie and still retain genuine feminine attributes, and not be the one who twists an ankle running from some God-awful alien? Rogers cable recently aired a program dealing with violence against women, generating from videos and horror movies. Horror flicks are big box office sellers, but if you analyze the plots, guys get killed quickly, with all their clothes on. Girls get run after, are usually scantily clad, and end up screaming horribly right before they get butchered infront of us. I don't go to horror pictures for a variety of reasons (scared of the dark being one of them), but I just don't like the other things I just mentioned."
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"I just read your manifesto and I too, feel that sensation of reading one's own words coming from the printed page. I'm so sick of settling for lounge-lizards and losers in relationships and I am equally tired of the whole of society telling me that I can improve my chances of finding the "perfect" man by turning myself inside out. For years, I used to put up with bad comments and "helpful" remarks by people who neither understood how I feel nor were willing to consider that I even had feelings. Lately, I've become very militant about things and when someone makes a hurtful-helpful remark, I CUT THEM OFF AT THE KNEES! For example, the other day a guy that for years I thought was really nice and wished would ask me out commented that, "you know, I don't understand why you aren't busy every saturday night...you have such a pretty face." As my mother says, hell flew in me and I said, "well, when I figure out how to unscrew my head, maybe I'll have more dates!" Honestly, I am fed up with all my family and friends telling me that I'm so talented or that I have such a great personality. If all that crap is true, how come I haven't had a date in 6 months! Thanks, I REALLY needed that. Maybe y'all understand! Thanks for this web site, it's better than therapy!"***
"at long last a place all of our own. i feel female bonding coming on so here goes. i am tres happily married with uno gorgeous offspring but totally unfullfillled, because i was unceremoniously yanked from the bosom of my family to the bosom of my husband's. ok enough, i suppose but no matter my strength of character, i still need my mom my space and most importantantly my identity. nrrd grrl! keep on going on inspiration for femmes is a joy to behold treasure it well!!!!"***
"A close friend of mine has a new girlfriend. I met her, and she seems nice, but it just seemed like she wanted to do everything for me to like her. Jesus, it's like she was interviewing or something! Why the hell can't women be themselves? Why does society tell them they have to paint their faces and dress their hair to look acceptable? It's a screwed-up world, and it's great to see a site telling women to believe in themselves. I sincerely hope that more high school girls see this. IMO the advertising industry is very DESTRUCTIVE to women. Kill your television!"
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