but Susan Boyle has given them a voice.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1173748/The-invisible-women-Unfashionable-middle-aged-women-ignored--Susan-Boyle-given-voice.html
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The invisible women: Unfashionable, middle-aged women are ignored ...
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...and we do our best to be healthy and look nice, but we don't obsess about it.
...and we are not listened to or looked at a lot, but we like ourselves and we are important to the people whom we love. And there are many and much that we do love.
...and we have not had all the nice breaks and all the frills, but we've learned what we can live with and what we can live without. And we've learned that nothing can shatter us.
...and we may not have all the money in the world, but what we have we spend wisely as we can.
...and we have been through a lot, and still we're standing, and talking, and moving through this world, and we have acquired a hard-fought wisdom and sense of justice.
We support, we sustain, and we endure.
And we live.
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Emma--Do you have a fan club yet? If not, I want to start one. But unfashionable? I think not. We know what looks good on us and can easily skip the silly fads. Underneath it all, we know that we're ADORABLE!
Posted 2 years ago by preciouskitty #
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Amen Emma! What is that saying...I am woman hear me roar. I of course prefer to just miaow.
Posted 2 years ago by SylMiaFelixMomma #
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Not to ruin everyone's love-fest, but I don't see why everyone is going around saying that this is some turning point in new-found respect for ordinary women. If Susan Boyle hadn't been able to sing very well, she would have been the object of ridicule on that TV show (as she was before she started her performance).
People only showed her respect after they found out she had talents they couldn't detect before. The moral people learned was something they already knew: "don't judge a book by its cover," not "you should respect ordinary people" as the article suggests.
Posted 2 years ago by GhostOfColemanYoung #
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Good point, Mr. Ghost. However, it's a fact that we will always "judge a book by its cover." I suspect that Ms. Boyle feels a little better about herself after her modest makeover. I do hope her remarkable talent takes her far.
Posted 2 years ago by preciouskitty #
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thanks for raining on my parade...
Posted 2 years ago by angrykitten666 #
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Emma, I'm with PK, I would like to join your fan club. I wish you would start writing fiction. Have you ever read any Barbara Pym?
http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Blog/December-2007/Do-you-know-the-delights-of-Barbara-Pym,-that-exce
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/05/featuresreviews.guardianreview30
Every time I read one of your postings, I feel like I am reading a present-day, American Barbara Pym!
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Thanks, and very much!
As for respecting "ordinary" people, that's really what we should do. Because when it all boils down, we are very ordinary to many, despite our self-respect, our own personal talents, etc.
We are all "ordinary" people, the ones who keep the world running on time and the kids dressed, letters typed, temperatures taken, companies managed, and wars averted.
Not to respect the "ordinary" is to demean oneself. No one is really ordinary. In every individual is that bit of grace and that craving for affirmation.
To deny the "ordinary" the respect it deserves is too petty for words.
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I want to say this without sounding too pedantic or trite..and I am not sure I can pull that off, but here goes....
I have found as I have grown older, that everyone has something beautiful about them... Eyes, hair, smile...spirit.. something. Granted, there are some people that hide it pretty well, usually inside a smallness of mind or meanness of spirit.... but I try to remind myself to look for it in everyone... especially those who hide it the best.
Women, with life experience and confidence, seem to always be beautiful to me.... there is a wealth of compassion, integrity and generosity that shines through the mere physical. This place proves that time and time again....Posted 2 years ago by harley vixen #
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I SO agree with you, HV - everyone has something beautiful about them. Sadly, so many people are too caught up in the outer wrapping, or too small of mind, to see it. Their great loss, I think.
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Okay this just sucks! Here I was hoping to finally be invisible and now I am told that ordinary is becoming intriguing!
Note to self!
Must make self less the ordinary to once more go invisible! Have attention is so notmy thing! I prefer my solitude! Besides people tend to judge by appearance over character and well I jsut ain't got time for narrow minded people like that!
Good for Susan though if she enjoys the spotlight more power to her!
Posted 2 years ago by Momma to 2 MaineCoons #
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As most of you know, I am a makeup artist. Every single woman who has ever sat in my chair has had something lovely about her face. Many times she was not aware of it. If she has lovely eyes, I play them up. Sometimes the lips are full and beautifully shaped, so I downplay the eyes and put on a beautiful lipstick. Sometimes she has beautiful skin, so I make sure it glows, or fantastic cheekbones, so I emphasize them. Many times they are sitting there feeling discouraged and making jokes about themselves, and then when I point out their strong point and why I am playing it up, they are completely shocked.
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That is really interesting, CW. I love makeup, and my friends ask me to "make them up" before special events...weddings, reunions, etc. And it is so amazing to see a woman "light up" inside and out...just with a bit of color and shaping to her face and hair. I agree that it stinks that most of us judge a book by its cover, but it seems to be the way of the world...especially the Western world.
BTW, I think Emma should speak to all the young women of the world! Can you go on tour soon, Emma?
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