Cynthia Nixon: "Just be a lady" video (thoughtful)

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A video of Cynthia Nixon is getting a lot of play (and recognition) on Twitter:

twitter.com/TheWomensOrg/status/1232088282768576512

Powerful message. It was that kind of 'be a lady' thing that made me a teenage feminist back in the 70s. Let's hope this does the same for teenagers now.

My mother used to tell me 'you're no lady!' for sneezing when I was ill as a child. Perhaps we can add to that list with further examples.

That is a really, really good video.

I'm 49 - and as a young woman, felt the pressure - but nothing like the pressure on young girls today.

How can it have got so much worse? I think porn and instagram have a lot to answer for.

Enjoyed that.
I think about female socialisation ALL THE TIME now I have a daughter.
In my 40s too zebra, agree it was nowhere near as bad for us as it is for young women now. #bekind sums up female socialisation and it can fuck off as far as I’m concerned as it is never ever aimed at men. I’m trying to teach my daughter to be do unto others as you would be done by. Women are already disproportionately kind.
I no longer care about male approval

Just coming on to post this - very powerfully done: Cynthia Nixon is great in the voiceover, but worth highlighting that the words were written by a 22 year old student ...
writingsofafuriouswoman.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/be-a-lady-they-said/

Powerful stuff.

But.... It led me to this
m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/12/30/mansplaining-convention-coming-to-orlando-promises-to-make-women-great-again?fbclid=IwAR0rnJPoebRXGNtfh-ub24dHAtlBGJVB7NUfqwaqYHQSbCUBcutVlbHoylg

Wow!

This is great

Pity the pope clip is there though.

Anyway....do we know if this organisation knows what a woman is? Don’t want to get too excited....!

Yeah it's a good clip. Is it advertising something? What was the "girls girls girls" motif at the end about?

God, that just made me choke up!
I went out recently with a group of newish acquaintances and was shocked to find out that at least 5 of them out of the group of 8 or so have had cosmetic procedures, boob jobs, face lifts and the like. All were talking about having/getting Botox as though it’s the same as getting a their teeth checked.
I tried to start a conversation about why it’s a shame that society puts this pressure on women and they all looked at me like I had two heads.
I worry for my daughters I really do.

Wow. Excellent.

I’ve watched it several times already and was surprised at how emotional it made me feel.

“ I tried to start a conversation about why it’s a shame that society puts this pressure on women and they all looked at me like I had two heads.”

Where I live is quite rough, not well off. The high street somehow manages to sustain a couple of clinics like this. The fact that I’m not willing to dye a few grey hairs shocks some people.

Wow.
This is good.

Very good video!! So.true