I might even be willing to break my No Camping rule
Have you all read that book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant? Some people love it and some people hate it (I happen to love it) but that is not really the point; the point is that it takes place during Bible times when women had to be segregated from men whenever they had any lady business going on, like menstruation or childbirth or whatever.
This particular practice is held up by many feminist pagans as evidence of the Judeo-Christian patriarchy's longstanding tradition of he-man woman-hating, but I'm-a tell you what, I think WOMEN came up with this whole concept and cleverly pitched it to the men such that they thought it was their own idea. (Because that is what they teach us girls in those hygiene films in sixth grade, you know -- how to get exactly what we want without the men even knowing what hit them. YOU KNOW YOU THINK IT'S TRUE, MEN.)
In other news, HOLY CRAP do I ever have wicked PMS right now and I would like nothing better than to segregate myself from ALL humanity for the next week or so. I am all stressed out about my sick grandma and the girl's upcoming birthday and Thansgiving and Christmas and the fact that we seriously do not have a free weekend AT ALL for the next couple of months and I dunno if it's just because I'm a bit HORMONALLY DISABLED right now or what but I SWEAR every single time I sit down to do something to try and get my mojo back -- like to read or write or knit or watch Sons of Anarchy or whatever -- someone calls on the phone or needs something or has a screaming conniption fit for no reason whatsoever and OH MY GOD WHERE IS THAT GODDAMN RED TENT WHEN I NEED IT? WHERE?!
Don't you think we womenfolk should all be able to piss off to a spa or something for, like, a week and a half out of every month? Don't you? Wouldn't that be better for EVERYONE?
I THINK SO.
This particular practice is held up by many feminist pagans as evidence of the Judeo-Christian patriarchy's longstanding tradition of he-man woman-hating, but I'm-a tell you what, I think WOMEN came up with this whole concept and cleverly pitched it to the men such that they thought it was their own idea. (Because that is what they teach us girls in those hygiene films in sixth grade, you know -- how to get exactly what we want without the men even knowing what hit them. YOU KNOW YOU THINK IT'S TRUE, MEN.)
In other news, HOLY CRAP do I ever have wicked PMS right now and I would like nothing better than to segregate myself from ALL humanity for the next week or so. I am all stressed out about my sick grandma and the girl's upcoming birthday and Thansgiving and Christmas and the fact that we seriously do not have a free weekend AT ALL for the next couple of months and I dunno if it's just because I'm a bit HORMONALLY DISABLED right now or what but I SWEAR every single time I sit down to do something to try and get my mojo back -- like to read or write or knit or watch Sons of Anarchy or whatever -- someone calls on the phone or needs something or has a screaming conniption fit for no reason whatsoever and OH MY GOD WHERE IS THAT GODDAMN RED TENT WHEN I NEED IT? WHERE?!
Don't you think we womenfolk should all be able to piss off to a spa or something for, like, a week and a half out of every month? Don't you? Wouldn't that be better for EVERYONE?
I THINK SO.
posted by Badger at 3:49 PM
19 Comments:
yes, YES! i agree!
Hmmm...maybe that's what those Red Door Spas are?!
J
Matriarch, <3 The Red Tent
Well said. I totally agree. Haven't been able to pick up and finish The Red Tent, but I intend to. I adore the idea of the ladies being segregated. In no way should the male species be allowed to intermix/interact with a woman and her hormones!
I'm peri-meno for the past couple of years, and let me tell you, when the hormones come upon me (out of the blue) I wish I was on another planet. Alone.
Wouldn't that just be the bee's knee's if some entrepenureal (oh spellcheck my hell) woman came out and did just this? Creat a place for us women to menstruate/birth in peace?
I'd go.
Oh honey, you won't get any argument from me!! Sounds like a great idea!
Your daughter? How old is she? I'm assuming she's the one pitching a fit for no good reason. There might be hormones happening with her, too.
I loved The Red Tent, and I agree with you. I thought it was interesting how all the women in the family in the book all went to the red tent at the same time: during the full moon.
I had to leave a comment because my wv is: womon
YES!! OH YES!!!!
I would go to a red tent. Maybe I'll build one in my backyard.
Wow, I've read a book that you've read! And I enjoyed it too.
And I so yearn for a Red Tent - because you know it'd be called a 'tent' but would be anything but.
And so totally a chick's idea that they pitched to the men in such a way the men thought they had come up with it. Totally.
Go take some (as in 2 morning and night) fish oil supplements with a minimum of 400 EPA, 2 evening primrose morning and night and an Executive B stress - seriously. It was prescribed to me by my shrink to help my homicidal PMS and last month my rag arrived without me even knowing. Awesome.
And as per Tuli's idea of building one in your backyard - can you imagine the kids explaining that to their friends when they come over. "what's that?", "oh, that's mum's shed"
AMEN.
Paola
Wow, have you seriously been reading my thoughts the last couple days, or what? Because seriously, the next thing that even breathes in my presence may just be the tipping point.
WV=skidess. too funny, totally conjures image of the duchess of skid row or something.
yes fer the tent and ya need to keep it up till we die cuz after me o pause you gotta STILL have yer own bitch shack! the elder, she who knows has spoken.
Yes! I do love that book and yes, I've thought about being segregated for a week or so.
Of course, now that's coming to an end (thanks menopause), it's even MORE important that people.stay.away.from.me. when I tell them to!
oh, yes, with you on all counts. in fact, i'm not even menstrating right now - i'm not sure i'm even PMSing - but I am so totally cranky that to sit in a tent of ANY color going, "nope, sorry, bleeding like a stuck pig" would be AWESOME. Happy to lie about it. No issues with that. Damn women's lib -- liberate me back to my house and a soap opera, that's what I say.
Oh, and I will also add that THE RED TENT the book was AWESOME. I was sad when it ended.
I've never read The Red Tent, but I will add it to my list right now. Given that I have started having PMS so bad that I have thought about divorce as a viable option the last few months, I would totally support the idea of a red tent. In fact, I may need one.
Excellent book and excellent idea!
I think it was the only break most women got. They probably looked forward to their monthly visitor.
I loved The Red Tent. And I think there should be a special rate at that spa for pregnant women. So they could stay for 9 months and not be pissed off by the entire universe.
My time in Austin? Red Tent. Me pissing off and doing what i want without having to fix dinner for ANYONE.
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