firecracker22
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Go to www.mikmoto.com, and click on "Opinions, or The World According to Mik". Funny stuff. he he he I especially like the piece written as a rebuttal to the 50s article about being a good wife, and also the essay immediately following it. Mikki has raced both downhill mountain bike and motocross, and teaches classes occasionally. Not sure of her current schedule but I've gone to an MX school she held, and also went on a "casual" trail ride near her house in the Cascades that turned into a big lesson. She's a great rider.
An excellent paragraph:
"It’s a rude awakening to discover that you really have nothing in common with the everyday woman. They don’t want to drop everything and go for a trail ride, or rent a new car just to see what it can do. They don’t have fun hucking bikes off huge drops or going to the local BMX course and trying to clear the big double. Crashing isn’t part of the learning curve to the everyday woman, it’s a tragedy that could potentially scar them both physically and emotionally for life. Unless they hear a bone snap, the downhill woman is back up and on the bike trying again. Even if the bone does give up the ghost, the downhill woman knows a local doctor with more imagination then scruples that will quickly cast the limb to adhere to a pedal or grip a bar. Our world is one where a concussion simply means a good night’s sleep and a trip in an aid car only counts if they hit the lights and siren." :aj:
On a more serious note, today I chanced by a table at Barnes and Noble filled with books by and about women. One was titled "Bitch: Praise for Difficult Women" and looked fascinating, another was called "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" and I almost brought it home too. But the one I did buy is called "Women who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and is an excellent read so far, composed of myths and fables and fairy tales dissected by a female psychologist and historian. It's based on the "wild woman" that we all have inside us, without whom we can't be complete or whole (in Dr. Estes' opinion). She discusses the core truths/themes found for women at the heart of the stories. She is a little wordy but it's still a good book (at page 63, at least).
An excellent paragraph:
"It’s a rude awakening to discover that you really have nothing in common with the everyday woman. They don’t want to drop everything and go for a trail ride, or rent a new car just to see what it can do. They don’t have fun hucking bikes off huge drops or going to the local BMX course and trying to clear the big double. Crashing isn’t part of the learning curve to the everyday woman, it’s a tragedy that could potentially scar them both physically and emotionally for life. Unless they hear a bone snap, the downhill woman is back up and on the bike trying again. Even if the bone does give up the ghost, the downhill woman knows a local doctor with more imagination then scruples that will quickly cast the limb to adhere to a pedal or grip a bar. Our world is one where a concussion simply means a good night’s sleep and a trip in an aid car only counts if they hit the lights and siren." :aj:
On a more serious note, today I chanced by a table at Barnes and Noble filled with books by and about women. One was titled "Bitch: Praise for Difficult Women" and looked fascinating, another was called "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" and I almost brought it home too. But the one I did buy is called "Women who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes and is an excellent read so far, composed of myths and fables and fairy tales dissected by a female psychologist and historian. It's based on the "wild woman" that we all have inside us, without whom we can't be complete or whole (in Dr. Estes' opinion). She discusses the core truths/themes found for women at the heart of the stories. She is a little wordy but it's still a good book (at page 63, at least).
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