dagblog - Comments for "She Shouts"

Great post. Ramona.

Oxy Mora — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:03:07 +0000

Great post. Ramona.

I think Woodward's comments are a subset of an essential problem our society is having with modernism and pluralism. We are unable to celebrate differences in gender, race and vocation without then concluding that the differences are things we should fear. The fact that Woodward brought the subject up is evidence that he and a great swath of the media and the public are unwilling to adapt and change, and because they have no other answers, are promoting the practice of fear mongering.

Woodward should retire. He has lost whatever credibility he might once have enjoyed. What a schmuck!

Thanks, Teri. I took acting

Ramona — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:18:01 +0000

In reply to My very first job out of

Thanks, Teri. I took acting and singing lessons when I was young, but we had a teacher in grade school who would yell "enunciate!" whenever we mumbled or didn't speak up. Lol. I still love that word!

My first job out of HS was as a long distance telephone operator. The first bit of training was in how to speak clearly. And, so as not to confuse anybody, we said "nyen" for nine and "fyev" for five.

There was a time when how we spoke was as important as what we said. No more, I guess. Except for Hillary.

My very first job out of

tmccarthy0 — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:52:14 +0000

In reply to She Shouts

My very first job out of college was at another Ballet Company, and one of the things they did was train me to use my voice. Our artistic director had an MFA and he trained me to answer the phone, and modulate my voice correctly, to make people think certain things. I was young and had no idea about any of that, ahh artistic directors, they truly are something amazing.

I love your blog Mona. Thanks for writing it.

Yeah, that's frustrating.

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:52:02 +0000

In reply to I wrote a long answer to your

Yeah, that's frustrating. Hasn't happened to me in a while - more with mobile phones i end up posting twice.

I wrote a long answer to your

Ramona — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:43:51 +0000

In reply to I'd be curious how much

I wrote a long answer to your post and it disappeared. I'm going to try again but the second effort won't be nearly as brilliant as the one I've lost.

I'd be curious how much

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:17:24 +0000

In reply to Me, too. But then we're not

I'd be curious how much depends on cultural affinity to "whiny screechy" brazen in-your-face female singers ....

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Me, too. But then we're not

Ramona — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:14:46 +0000

In reply to I watched Hillary's speech on

Me, too. But then we're not out to get her any way we can.

I watched Hillary's speech on

MrSmith1 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:04:37 +0000

In reply to She Shouts

I watched Hillary's speech on Sunday on MSNBC and I really liked it. I never thought she was shouting, I thought she seemed like she had a lot of energy and passion.

That was just--to quote FDR-

Ramona — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:56:25 +0000

In reply to Hillary is straight forward.

That was just--to quote FDR--dee-lightful. (Oh, no, I think that was Teddy. But it was.)

Just wait. It's not over yet

Ramona — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:53:23 +0000

In reply to So, these guys are about two

Just wait. It's not over yet.