spiderwort @ spiderwort @lemm.ee

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Talking and listening. "Sensitivity". "Receptivity". Those could be called feminine strengths.

Will do. Thanks.

What would you call feminine strengths?

I have not seen either of those.

But you see what I mean, right? A strong female character invariably starts looking like a man. Which is, of course, a cheap shortcut on the part of the writer.

What are feminine expressions of strength?

Strong in character. Not powerlifter. I added a note to clarify.

I honestly thought my meaning was obvious.

See elsewhere in the thread for clarification.

Ahh, I see the issue now. Elsewhere in the thread it was pointed out.

I meant "strong character". Big willpower. Driven. Uncompromising. That kind of thing.

Not powerlifter.

I was going for "strength of character" actually, speaking of limited. Thanks for clearing it up.

Consider the movie "Legally Blonde".

Is that in the vicinity?

Thanks for the serious answer.

Now that I have your serious attention.

What characterizes feminine strength?

I'm assuming that it's different from masculine strength.

And Ripley. Tall. Squarejawed. Ripped. Kicks ass constantly. Can drive a big robot loader thingy, to the impressment of the alpha dudes.

Can you think of any examples of movie portrayal of strong women that did not involve turning into a man?

Surely it exists.

That's a weird comment. I never said it was.

And you found it so darn offensive that you needed to ignore my point and insult me. I sympathize.

Whenever anybody tries to talk about anything strange and significant you people get defensive. It's as if you actually prefer to be boring, mediocre and shitty. You've got a deathgrip on it.

Most of us use "mind" to refer to intellect. The thing we think with, where all the ideas are.

But the Buddhists are referring to your "attention". Like a flashlight, you direct it at stuff. Sights, sounds, thoughts, etc.

That's 2 quite different things. "Open your mind" is a different thing there.

So you are the source of the issue. But you are not in control of yourself.

ugh

Actually, everybody complains about cancel culture. And Christians.

Or maybe whether you paint your fingernails or not is an issue because you make it an issue. You. Not the cosmos, the creator or society. You.

Which, yes, doesn't make it any less of an issue. But, again. Perspective.

Because, and I think I can say this objectively: fingernail polish is very very small.

I think that you are rendering your personal drama in inflated terms. A tempest in your own personal philosophical teapot. It is large and important because it's up in your face. An ant on your nose that you mistake for Godzilla. A trick of perspective.