Showing posts with label Confidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confidence. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Cinnamon Girl(s)

I wanna live
with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl.
-"Cinnamon Girl" by Neil Young


Lately, my inspiration has come from these 3 Red-heads/cinnamon gals:
1. Swedish Blogger "I don't own a pair of jeans" Elsa Billgren
2. The witty and romantic power Blogger, Hannah Metz.
3. The curvy and brazen Joan Holloway from Mad Men
Shall I dye my hair red then? Hmmm...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

"I am woman, hear me roar"

I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman
This (below) makes me wanna stick my head in a pool of tar:
"Pretty Girls" by Neko Case

Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
How you break my heart in this cold waiting room
Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
Don't let them tell you you're nothing
Don't let them break your hearts too


The TV is blaring and angry
As if you don't know why you're here
Those who walk without sin are so hungry
Don't let the wolves in, pretty girls

Your hearts are so tried and so innocent
Wind your flimsy blue gowns tight around you
Around curves so comely and sinister
They blame it on you pretty girls

Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
How you break my heart in this cold waiting room
Oh pretty girls, you're too good for this
Don't let them tell you you're nothing
Don't let them break your hearts too

My girls, you're just like the heavens
Not a soul to take your hand in theirs
Your tears and wild constellations
Broad limbs and hard folding chairs

But there's millions to count you and keep you
And lovers that don't understand
Don't let them tell you you're nothing
'Cause you'll change the world pretty girls

Come chain yourself from my ankles
You'll see the world like a bird
Diving down low, flying up high
Thru all of these saccharine gutters we'll ride and I

Won't say that I told you so

The comic book images were found on comically vintage, a hilarious tumblr blog.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Confidence

For those of you who don't know, I teach English in France to high schoolers. In class recently, I had 4 Senior girls who told me (genuinely) that they didn't believe they were pretty. This baffled me, because I saw that they were so obviously beautiful. Yet, I soon remembered how I felt at that age (and still do sometimes), and how it took me years to realize that I am beautiful. Hmmm...why is this? And why does this struggle never go away? It's so easy to see beauty in others, but not yourself.
OH LIFE, you're so funny sometimes. HARHARHAR!
If you know any french...you know something is wrong with this picture below (actually, it's probably correct but not good advertising):

Painting by John Currin, The Bra Shop


It's hard to not compare yourself to others...like this, "Who Tall Are You?"



Everyone has a different shape and size...
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