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Man-up!

dumb-fluencer

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Comment from amahra
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Yeah, this writing is so cool and has an "About time, someone said this" written all over it. I'm "old school" slang for original, and come from a family of women who are strong and independent but also very feminine.
Great job.

 Comment Written 05-Jun-2021

Comment from kahpot
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Women are Women, they compete with men on so many levels and in my view are way ahead, they are the continuation of generations
(man helps a wee bit) in the beginning there was man but it took a woman for him to survive, I thoroughly enjoyed this read****kahpot

 Comment Written 04-Jun-2021

Comment from Rosemary Everson1
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I like what you are trying to say in this article. Be yourself, be kind to yourself, and love yourself. As a woman, we have to think of ourselves once in a while. As far as cloning, that's just disgusting!

 Comment Written 03-May-2021


reply by the author on 31-May-2021
    Thank you, you got my message right:)
Comment from mermaids
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I agree, women should be themselves and follow their own paths. Certain clothes or fads do not matter. I also think there is nothing wrong with being feminine, we do not have to man up.

 Comment Written 01-May-2021


reply by the author on 31-May-2021
    You are so right:)
Comment from Dilettante junior
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Dear Iza, this is a beautiful piece. I share the same opinion. Nothing is more irresistible in a woman than her wit and brilliant mind. The fact that it is true bears testimony to how those blessed with it are thriving. A typo at 'closed to death'- close. Nice job. Bravo!

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2021

Comment from Leann DS
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Yes! I love this essay and the entire philosophy contained within it. I will girl up right beside you any day! Well done, hugs, and blessings to you always.

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2021


reply by the author on 31-May-2021
    Thank you so much Leann:)
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
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You go girl. I enjoyed your contest entry, Iza. You are what you stated, and I'm proud of you for it.

May I suggest ~

Man up! Really? After everything we've been through, the only way to move through this life smoothly is to find the courage and be somebody else, to man-up! What did[ delete did] the heck happen with Cinderella's story? Can anybody tell me why good girls don't go to heaven anymore?

The so-called feminists are commanding us to man-up! Nope, I prefer to girl-up. I am kind of a handful when it comes to my girly charm.[ girly-charm ] Nobody can resist... my common sense; ha, ha, ha, got you! You're thinking something else. Sorry to disappoint, that thing is not my weapon. My weapon's my wit. I sometimes know [ add it ] cuts like a knife, but I blame my parents for it!

Look around you. What are the so call dumb-fluencer selling us? Women are powerful and in control. Duh! I don't need them to tell me that. I am living by this moral code. It has been embedded in my DNA. And me living already in a third country, it's proof of that. I can't [ can ] tell you that whatever they are selling, I'm not buying! Why can't I be myself and still be successful? Why do I have to hide under the mask of ignorance? Okay, I do not wear makeup and sexy clothes. I don't feel the need to charm my way in anybody's life by using these cheap tricks.

I was lucky to be exposed to different political and spiritual movements, so it's not easy to dumb me down. I have the endurance of a bear!

I am fearless about my beliefs, and when I am scared, I always ask God to help me get out of that difficult situation. I believe that I have a couple of Guardian [ guardian ] angels working full-time to keep me afloat. I was closed [ close ] to death too many times, and somehow miraculously, I survived because they have been there to catch me.

So, yeah, you guys, go ahead and man-up. I am keeping my girly-up strategy. So far, it worked, and I [I've ] survived for forty years. Cheers to all the girls from this world, my advice don't man-up, just be yourselves, I am living by this principle(,) and I am still here.

Best wishes.
Respectfully, Jan



 Comment Written 02-Apr-2021

Comment from Robert Zimmerman
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Hello Iza.

I agree with you that you should girl up. If everyone would be themselves and do what is good for them in many situations there would be less confusion in the world. People would be a lot happier too. I have found that other people's expectations for me were not the same as my own expectations for me.

Robert


 Comment Written 31-Mar-2021


reply by the author on 01-Apr-2021
    Thank you so much Mr. Robert for your insightful review. It's hard to live by somebody else's expectation/
reply by Robert Zimmerman on 01-Apr-2021
    You're welcome Iza.
Comment from Judy Lawless
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I think you'll find a whole lot of agreement on this site, including from me. By now most of us women have learned to believe in ourselves, knowing who we are without having to be told what we need to do. Bravo!

 Comment Written 31-Mar-2021


reply by the author on 01-Apr-2021
    Thank you so much for stopping by and giving this piece a chance:)
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
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I'm with you on that, Iza, why would women want to man-up? We have a lot more sense, wit, courage, (name me one man who could go through child-birth and not want to be put out?) We have more going for us without having to man-up. I think it should be the other way round. Lol. Well done, Iza, I enjoyed your story. Good luck in the contest. :)) Sandra xx

 Comment Written 31-Mar-2021


reply by the author on 01-Apr-2021
    You are so right Ms. Sandra:) look a your character Tania, she is a perfect example:)