tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post5607213230885483411..comments2023-07-16T01:32:06.958-07:00Comments on Eclectic Effervescence: Ownership.Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17986725933208328225noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-10189298867625642522010-04-06T16:38:45.486-07:002010-04-06T16:38:45.486-07:00just a girl in nyc...
I posted about my endometri...just a girl in nyc...<br /><br />I posted about my endometriosis and related infertility in the first half of 2008. Looking back on older posts, I would say my blog started out talking about those topics from the very beginning, but never directly until 2008. I wish I had written more about it, but you may find some helpful stuff there. I wrote pretty extensively about our experiences with IVF starting May/June of 2008, and then reflected on it all as I went into my pregnancy. I hope you find some help - endometriosis is difficult. If you're going through infertility related to endometriosis, I once wrote a post "how I got pregnant" (I'm not sure when exactly, but I know it was in 2008 - after June) where I talked pretty extensively about what I thought helped me to overcome it all in the end. Wishing you the best.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986725933208328225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-31057942296120999682010-04-06T12:54:47.772-07:002010-04-06T12:54:47.772-07:00Have you ever posted about your endometriosis? How...Have you ever posted about your endometriosis? How you overcame it? I'd like to read about that, it might help me with my own personal struggles. Thanks.just a girl in nycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-62030911192646240682010-04-01T19:32:06.567-07:002010-04-01T19:32:06.567-07:00I am glad for this post. Some people think there i...I am glad for this post. Some people think there is something unfeminist about wanting to weat make up and a push up bra. Just because I care about women rights and disagree with the exploitation of their bodies (by slutty advertisements etc.) doesn't mean that I want to be some hairy, dirty, bra-less hippie either. <br />I too love my feminine curves and I too love my breasts and think that they are sexy. We are women and we are awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-17666141854285062672010-04-01T07:26:03.594-07:002010-04-01T07:26:03.594-07:00Awesome post! I agree :DAwesome post! I agree :DLittleWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101034304837448582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-44642928582055502802010-04-01T06:40:23.394-07:002010-04-01T06:40:23.394-07:00You write absolutely beautifully. This post is pe...You write absolutely beautifully. This post is perfect. My husband and baby boy love my breasts equally, and for different reasons. I am comfortable with both. <br /><br />You are amazing. :)Mandyhttp://www.tempestbeauty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-62430180583584312732010-03-31T22:05:07.490-07:002010-03-31T22:05:07.490-07:00from Iris Marion Young (1992):
Patriarchal logic ...from Iris Marion Young (1992):<br /><br />Patriarchal logic defines an exclusive border between motherhood and sexuality. The virgin or the whore, the pure or the impure, the nurturer or the seducer is either asexual mother or sexualized beauty, but one precludes the other.<br /><br />Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality.Paul Rapoporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109088563565300771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-7119096022123976672010-03-31T18:30:47.457-07:002010-03-31T18:30:47.457-07:00what if your breasts are just sad sacks of flesh? ...what if your breasts are just sad sacks of flesh? not sexy at all? does that still count for something?<br /><br />love this post-- beautifully written.freckletreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277829321822042967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-42280179603815447932010-03-31T11:34:31.865-07:002010-03-31T11:34:31.865-07:00I think you rock and I wish you'd been around ...I think you rock and I wish you'd been around in the 60s when we was revolting to be liberated and marching and being sisters and not wearing bras so we could be sexy, um, liberated ...(that last part was me being silly .. sexy & liberated are not necessarily two different things and as the author of this comment I reserve the right to be silly).Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-18372871611049228382010-03-31T10:54:35.024-07:002010-03-31T10:54:35.024-07:00I have to agree that the curves of motherhood have...I have to agree that the curves of motherhood have also made me feel sexier, and I think my husband would agree. When I'm using them for breastfeeding I don't feel like they are sexy, and I think others don't either, and that is where the problem lies. Breasts are supposed to be sexy, so lets not ruin that by letting us see you breastfeeding. This view, of course, is not true for all, but I think that is the problem for many. In our culture breasts are a secret sexual object of desire, and breastfeeding ruins this. That is why in countries that are more open to nudity and open sexuality, breastfeeding in public just isn't an issue. Breasts are beautiful to them for their many purposes. I believe the breastfeeding dilemma in this country is not an issue of feminist rights, it is an issue with our cultural acceptance of sexuality, and this is not all that surprising given our founding beliefs. I would love to see sexuality more incorporated in our society. I think we should learn from those nations that begin sex education at an early age, and encourage girls and boys to know and love their bodies. I wish more American women and men could feel as comfortable and accepting of their own bodies.Sadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001621607952482583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-82113398521431198382010-03-31T10:51:01.929-07:002010-03-31T10:51:01.929-07:00I am entirely positive boobs can be both sexy AND ...I am entirely positive boobs can be both sexy AND functional. And you CAN be allowed to be happy about their size WHILE they're being functional. Simply a bonus for being a loving parent. <br /><br />Both ends of the spectrum are forgetting too many things.Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071995482215751570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-88017380478352210062010-03-31T10:18:58.395-07:002010-03-31T10:18:58.395-07:00April, I completely agree with you and I think you...April, I completely agree with you and I think you wrote it out perfectly. I wish I had your way with words. You are an amazing person. Thank you!Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327282732959450428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-41495393280145372692010-03-31T09:09:46.026-07:002010-03-31T09:09:46.026-07:00I think that breastfeeding is beautiful - not sexy...I think that breastfeeding is beautiful - not sexy. It's just that I don't believe that the concepts of functionality and sexuality are mutually exclusive. :)Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986725933208328225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593868658613346166.post-37849751762921332332010-03-31T09:00:00.733-07:002010-03-31T09:00:00.733-07:00Bwahahaha. Breastfeeding as a way to show the wor...Bwahahaha. Breastfeeding as a way to show the world how sexy I am?? Um... no. (Not that there is anything wrong with being sexy, but... yeah... no. =)Hi, I'm Natalie.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00866484213840754912noreply@blogger.com