Annabell Weimar from Tübingen, Germany
Hi Peppa,
There are a couple of photographs on your homepage which look very beautiful. I really love to support women with ambitions because, first of all, it is very hard to be assertive as a women(well, people do not support you in that) and, second, no matter with whom you mingle there are always much more boys who " do the jobs". As a teenager I used to organize Hip Hop Jams and later I organized HC Punk/ sXe concerts. It is the same there. I rarely met girls who would do graffiti, play the guitar on stage, do breakdancing, ...At my university many girls honestly want to become a rich guy´s housemaid.
They arealwaysy behind the scenes. Most of the time they do these activities at their own palces, at home.
It seeems to me that women , quite often, do not know how to deal with people watching and criticizing them.
Why? 1) Because we are missinglackingn role models and do not know how to "sell" themselves
2)There are women/men who would become jealous instead of backing them; envy is poison toambitionn.
3) Women do not have professionalnetworkss. They have to go things alone. I am grateful that you have a homepage on the web. You do a lot for feminism. Thequalitiess of abreakdancerr are positive: self- assertive, disciplined, artistic, creative, healthy(well, I do not know how your bones are doing)-commitmentt. Commitment to yourself , not to a guy.
There are a couple of photographs on your homepage which look very beautiful. I really love to support women with ambitions because, first of all, it is very hard to be assertive as a women(well, people do not support you in that) and, second, no matter with whom you mingle there are always much more boys who " do the jobs". As a teenager I used to organize Hip Hop Jams and later I organized HC Punk/ sXe concerts. It is the same there. I rarely met girls who would do graffiti, play the guitar on stage, do breakdancing, ...At my university many girls honestly want to become a rich guy´s housemaid.
They arealwaysy behind the scenes. Most of the time they do these activities at their own palces, at home.
It seeems to me that women , quite often, do not know how to deal with people watching and criticizing them.
Why? 1) Because we are missinglackingn role models and do not know how to "sell" themselves
2)There are women/men who would become jealous instead of backing them; envy is poison toambitionn.
3) Women do not have professionalnetworkss. They have to go things alone. I am grateful that you have a homepage on the web. You do a lot for feminism. Thequalitiess of abreakdancerr are positive: self- assertive, disciplined, artistic, creative, healthy(well, I do not know how your bones are doing)-commitmentt. Commitment to yourself , not to a guy.
posted by peppa at 6:02 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Peppa,
I have had a look at my
letter and now noticed quite a few liguistic mistakes. Moreover, I think some statements are over- generalizing. I updated the letter and I would be more than grateful if you could please delete the old letter and post the corrected version to your homepage.
Thank you very much in advance,
Best wishes from Nottingham (exchange student)
Annabell
Annabell Weimar from Tübingen, Germany
Hi Peppa,
There are a couple of photographs on your homepage which look very beautiful. I really love to support women with ambitions because, first of all, it can very hard to be assertive as a women and, second, no matter with whom you mingle there are always much more boys who "do the jobs". As a teenager I used to organize Hip Hop Jams and later I organized a HC Punk concert. It is the same there. I rarely met girls who would do graffiti, play the guitar on stage, and do break dancing...
Girls are often behind the scenes, which does not render them less important. Most of the time they do these activities at their own places, at home(rather than in public spaces). Many times they engage in organizing social events for other artists rather than displaying their works. It seems to me that in particular young women, quite often, do not know how to deal with people watching and criticizing them.
Why?
1) Because maybe there are not enough role models and hence a lot of girls seem to have difficulties in coping with critical remarks.
2) It seems to me that there are often women/men who would become jealous instead of backing them. Envy is, in many cases, poison to ambition.
3) Women do not have, especially in the Hip Hop scene, enough professional networks that would support them in being self- assertive. Many of them have to go things alone. However, there are quite a few out there who are materializing their plans, but they are mostly expected to be overly feminine on stage.
I am grateful that you have a homepage on the web. You do a lot for feminism. The qualities of a break dancer are positive: self- assertive, disciplined, artistic, creative, and healthy (well, I do not know how your bones are doing)-commitment; commitment to yourself, your art, not to a guy only. More importantly: your artistic gift is in the foreground rather than just the way you look as a woman
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