Marlee's Mind

Guest blogging by Ms. Marlee Cooper, weaver and social anthropologist. 

There are women. And there are men. And among the women, there are again women and then there are women.

The former are dull boring creatures who have nothing much to say about themselves, point-to-point.They lead lives. We don't know much about these lives 'cause they don't blog about it and sashay down Facebook Ramp with their lives on their...shall we say.. sleeves, and then a little more. They post about some dull dreary happening in some dull remote town in some dull boring country and expect us to get drenched in emotion. They write about their work seriously and get angry when things are not right in the world.They campaign for animal rights, maybe some travel thingy, or some dry-as-dust issue they feel deeply about or they write about their dogs and cats and pet donkeys.Well really!

Then there are the latter. Women. Ah, what women! They have no qualms.They love and they hate on Blogger and Facebook. Their lives are open manholes, for all to see.They sing and dance and change their clothes in the spotlight of Social Media. They burn the toast, we see their take on it. When they love, we are told about it. Their angst becomes ours, their takes on the poastman's promiscous ways, the neighbours' sofas, their fresh perspectives on yoghurt.

And what we love the most - their dissertations in detail on their own beauty. Their eyes, their lips, their skin,their nose, their bust, their legs, their favourite colours and their best-loved brand of hot  wax , the clothes they wear or don't, their libido, their tights.What the Roadside Romeo said while whistling long and low at their..

They gently whisper how close they are to saving the world from everything including locusts..And how it is very important to be good  -  like them.

They take you into their homes, their lives, their closets, their loos and  into their bedrooms . We love them, these women who are single-mindedly devoted to themselves. Mind you, they come out with advice and socially relevant messages very often, telling us lesser mortals what we must, what we musn't, what we can and what we can't. Amen and Hallelujah too. I shudder to think of a world without  these bright butterflying women.

And the men. Well there are men and there are men. And they are all lusting after the latter women.