As I see it, naive or not

Back in time, not to far back, women had certain expectations. I have recently read a couple of books that have depicted a patriarcal society, like Medea, Madame Bovary and Thérèse Raquin. And I would have to say that living in this kind of society has lead them doing bad things. As in the case of Medea, she wouldn't have been as angry with Jason for leaving her if it was today. Because today a divorced woman is still a woman and a woman has value. She's not just a storage space for the man's child. As a person of a new generation, call me naive, I think that we are fairly equal. Very equal, dare I say. Sure, we don't always make as much money as men do when it comes to certain professions and of course that are people that are weird and prejudiced, and there will always be people like that. I think that we have come a VERY long way in a short period of time. Like here in Sweden almost 50% of the politicians with important posts are women.

Do we have any expectations today? sure there's the "you have to look good" expectation. We always have to take care of our looks more than men have to and then there's that pantyhose perfection thing. But that's also changing a bit I think, especially if you look at new generations. And men pressure on them as well even though the "look non-groomed yet groomed" look is very in right now.

Beatrix Bernadotte

Women in pantyhose = sexy?

Read this. When I read about the experiment I thought well maybe it was just a lucky evening or that yeah sure your legs look better with a pantyhose on. But when I read the comments I was chocked!! why is it sooooo sexy? I get that it makes your legs look better but it's not like they're ugly without. Does it really make that big of a difference? Should we be wearing them at all times now? or should we ignore what the men want and not care about their desire for perfection? If my guy doesn't like my legs the way they are then so long sucker!

Beatrix Bernadotte

Weirdo among Twitter freaks

I do not understand how twitter works! it looks so easy and everybody use it but I just can't understand the point of it and how it works. It seems like I'm the only person in the world that doesn't get Twitter.

Beatrix Bernadotte

Vampires make it more realistic

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I just saw Romeo + Juliet, the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes and yes yes Cnaprio was quite a looker still is kind of. But it got me thinking, if Shakespeare lived today and just released Romeo and Juliet it wouldn't be as treasured and loved as it is today. Because we wouldn't appreciate it for what it is, a deeply passionate love story, we would instead say that that kind of love is purely fictional (we might still say that) and I just don't think it would have been as valued. They are so young and yet so passionate which people would have found weird and since it was written such a long time ago it kind of explains it becasue young people were different then, much more mature and blablablaa. And they fell in love so quickly and not like a little teeny crush more of a "lets get married" and "I die if you die" crush.

We do however have a modern example of that kind of love and it's in Twilight. But that story only works because there are vampires in it. So, instead of being written a long time ago it contains vampires to explain the irrational and insane love. The vampire thing explains why Bella wants Edward so badly. His beauty is what first draws her in and since he is "the world's most dangerous predator" everything about him draws her in, his looks, his voice and golly even his smell. For him, it's a bit more romantic, he is a lonely vampire with nothing to live for really then Bella comes a long, the love of his life or actually his life. And the vampire wanting her blood intensifies there love in a very weird way but it kind of does. So, they really have that kind of Romeo and Juliet love and it works because of the vampire thing and also because they don't actually die but they could die for each other, there's that possibilty and Edward almost does die for her. Or for himself really, because he thinks she died and he can't live with himself. In that way it's similar to Romeo and Juliet. And the vampire thing is obviously very fictional but it makes their love more "realistic" and sane. But love isn't sane and we can take real love films.

Beatrix Bernadotte

Awkward chit chat

Why do people always talk about the weather? is it because it is interesting or is it just small talk? When I ask I do it because of actual interest because I do want to know but I don't think others do, at least not always. But the point is here why ask about the weather? is it difficult to find something else to small talk about? If someone asks about the weather and you're both at the same place it makes the whole conversation very awkward so why do it?

Beatrix Bernadotte

The clock of time

There's not a lot happening which is kind of unexciting, obviously. I cut my hair yesterday and I needed it desperately. I've also bought some stuff mostly clothes that I also needed but I just want it to be summer now or at least spring but they say that it will snow even more!!! But what I really want is to have time to write as much as I want. I like to write a little bit here and there as you come up with something but what I would like even more and what I would prefer to do is to be able to write non stop on my movie. I want to become a better writer because so far I'm not so good at it, I need practice. But at the same time I have to focus on school, we have so much to write in school. So I guess I have to finish school first but the thing is that we are all so obsessed with time and the younger you start out with something the higher the odds are of you actually being good at what you do of course, that's logical. But it feels like whatever you want to do you have to do it fast and be really good at it fast. Your life has to start at a really young age otherwise you're just wasting your time. It's that part thay annoyes me and freaks me out but I wonder if its all in my head.

Beatrix Bernadotte