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Beautifully written and well constructed! It certainly is a conundrum, and a universal one at that. I have found that all cultures in all times have wrestled to make peace with us; even in our own hearts, we are unsure from age to age how to handle the power of ourselves. From birth to childhood to adulthood to age, the constantly changing nature of our bodies forces us to reimagine ourselves. The Nature of our Nature requires us to explore the truth -

Woman is Woman.

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So well said! Thank you for reading the article, and for your insightful comments!

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It is always a thrill to read your work💖

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Thank you ❤️ Same to you!

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Rebecca, you always manage to find the right words. No wonder your books are so powerful.

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Thank you so much Cheryl! This issue is at the heart of WATCHER of thr DAMNED 💖

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Bridget Ruffing

so brilliant, beautifully written bridget. a really interesting refresher on paglian thought, one I'll be coming back and revisiting!

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Thank you so much, Jenny!

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you're so welcome! I'd love to read more on these topics!

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It seems to me that the most important thing we can do here on earth is figure out who we are and then be that person. You'd think it would be easy, but it's one of the hardest things in the world, because each of us is surrounded by cultures and their adherents constantly whispering (sometimes shouting), "You're doing it wrong. Your life is supposed to look like this." I liken life to shoes: God has picked out a special pair for each of us, and we should be wearing it, but most of us have been presented with the wrong shoes by parents, friends, schools, mass media, religions, cultural traditions and traditional roles, you name it. A lucky few, though, have come to understand that the shoes they are wearing don't fit and never will, no matter how hard they try. The extra socks, the Band-Aids on heels and toes, the loosened laces: we can fool ourselves for a while, but to fix the problem, we need to get rid of the wrong shoes and put on the right ones. Before we can get to the solution, though, we need to identify the problem. Camille Paglia's straightforward and rather outrageous style is a great help with that.

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