Comments on: Johnny Lingo! Johnny Lingo!

By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:11:59 +0000

wow its good nice post .. its too old post but i enjoy reading

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By: Main Street Plaza » Sunday in Outer Blogness: It’s All in Your Head Edition!

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:23:34 +0000

[...] (For some related older older discussion from MSP, don’t forget Fascinating Womanhood, Johnny Lingo, and the fact that my g-g-g-g aunt was one of the wives of that guy who famously compared his wives [...]

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By: Main Street Plaza » The 2009 Brodie Winners Are…

Main Street Plaza » The 2009 Brodie Winners Are… — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:37:15 +0000

[...] Most Poignant Story goes to Belaja for Johnny Lingo, Johnny Lingo. [...]

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By: FFG

FFG — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:27:36 +0000

Great story and great illustrations! I am a little younger (about 12 years), but I also had a mormon mother that played dual roles. Feminist in the world & quite happy with the roles at church. Strange…

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By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:09:58 +0000

Wow….that was great…I remember the ERA issue in the church…I didn’t really get it, maybe I was too young or maybe just as I did with every other inconsistency in my life I just ignored it, or just let it be…as many of us (questioners)know…
My experience of getting the message of how the Mormon church felt about ERA was when my mom would comment on Sesame Street characters that were going to work or leaving their children at day care…not a super clear memory, but as I grew older and my mom just told me that she didn’t like Sesame Street or Electric Company because of the Equal Rights agenda I got it.
I really am/was…still am?…an ostrich ….. just burring my head in the sand….it will all be ok..work out, or I’ll just adapt..now that I think of that….we could just call that Mormon evolution…oops I forgot no evolution…hmmm…now what?
Thanks for sharing….

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By: mark

mark — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:56:40 +0000

Well written. Words from the heart really mean something.

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By: Sideon

Sideon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:21:36 +0000

Don’t know how I missed this, but WOW. Belaja’s post and SML’s drawings? Excellent, excellent, excellent.

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By: Sister Mary Lisa

Sister Mary Lisa — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:28:46 +0000

I recently read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, which describes foot binding in Chinese culture from a first-person point of view. I couldn’t help but think of what you wrote here, Bel, as I read that book. The mothers bound the feet of the daughters, passing along the pain and the suffering they KNEW, ignoring the risk (one out of every ten girls actually died from the binding), pushing it as a GOOD thing for their daughters because the patriarchy valued small feet. The insidious ramifications of patriarchy are so disturbing to face and so very difficult to make sense of.

Wry, love you back, madly.

Madam Curie, I’m flattered you posted the posters I illustrated on your blog.

Belaja, I’m also honored that you let me draw the posters for your amazing writing. Let’s do this again sometime soon!

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By: Madam Curie

Madam Curie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:54:55 +0000

Those pictures have just been linked to my blog. If you click on them, it gets you here. They are priceless. Thanks.

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By: chanson

chanson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:26:26 +0000

Twisty says that no woman should be blamed for doing what she needs to do for herself to survive in the patriarchy.

This is a valid point, and yet I feel like the question is more complex than “should we blame them?” or “should we let them off the hook?”

Overall, people will develop strategies to get by. Obviously the patriarchy cultivates a slave mentality: “If I do as I’m told, someone will always take care of me.” For many, that is a successful strategy, so naturally they pass it along to their daughters.

In every generation, a few will refuse to have their spirit broken and capitulate. Occasionally that strategy works better.

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