Hannah, yes, me too! There would be no life without men and women joining together, those pesky little things like sperm meeting egg. This is the “well-duh” school of CAUSE and EFFECT! Never fails, does it?? Detente, OK, men and women? A neutral place to “DISCUSS” as the characater used to say on “coffee talk” on Saturday Night Live, long ago. We all have our grievances but we all have our agreements as well. W.E.W.
Thank you so much, Dave!! I have the same last name as you, a good old English Wiliams! I try so hard to bring all the disparate bits together. God bless you, Wendy
Joan, thank you. I just checked on my writer dashboard and presently, I do not see your name yet…but it may take a little while to register. You should also receive a welcome email from my Substack. Let me know if you get that! Bless you, I appreciate you reading my work! Wendy
Joan, I finally did see your name, it was a little ways down, from Sept. 18. Thank you so very much, I am a bit overwhelmed. Thank you for your very kind message as well. I do agree that God called me to write, to "encourage the discouraged" and to do similarly to what Christ did from Isaiah 61.:1, "bind up the brokenhearted." This is a huge job, starting with myself... I bless and honor your sowing into my life as a writer. God bless and keep you, Joan! Wendy
I apologize but I can't afford to subscribe at the mo,but later I could do a "buy a coffee" if that's an option. I value your writing as my experience of being led wrong by the "sexual revolution" well,I can identify with it totally even though I experienced it in a very different way. I didn't get used and abused by men,in fact I had to work really hard and forcefully to (nearly) get to have actual sex just the one time! Sadly that was a 'dangerous liaison" encounter,the thing feminists of circa 1970 said was a lie of the patriarchy to keep women suppressed and control their sexuality. In physical terms my experience was nothing. In psychological and emotional terms it destroyed me. When next day people in your neighbourhood are shouting the word Whore at you. No,this wasn't 1953,this was ,1973 and that news got around fast well before the internet. Strangely the "relationship " staggered on another year. When you live in a world where being ON YOUR OWN is ALMOST universally shown back to you as SAD and disabling,on your own you can't travel,but a house,go out to places of entertainment,go for a walk after dark,do gardening (only boys do that),or manage your money,nice people dont concern themselves with money but you WANT all the things that PEOPLE LIKE US don't have and do,a lifetime alone is a terrifying prospect. So I do comprehend when battered wives say " he wouldn't let me" to the question " why didn't you leave him sooner?".
Now I'm the age I am I see that the image of men,and men in relation to women was purposely misrepresented ; in movies,magazines,everything. Men were the strong and often cruel tickets to everything you wanted. You couldn't have anything or be anything without them. Oddly the faux FEMINISTS actually reinforced this message in a subtle way. Get a man, he'll knock you about and sexually use you but then kick him out and keep the house and at least half his money. But actually MEN,most MEN even the loud ones are sensitive and unsure. They need caring for and nurturing. And I don't mean in that horrible faux feminist "men are just silly little boys " way. I guess everybody needs kindness,care and compassion in their life,but the Evil One and his acolytes traduced this truth into the lie that the heart of relationships is ONLY the form of sexual activity involved.
Jane, bless you! The entire sexual revolution and the continuing war between men and women, is a stirred cauldron of chaos. The feminists yammer one thing and the men’s movement yammers another. The core fact is that men and women need one another. I am no longer a feminist and I do not hate men or the “Patriarchy”, which is vastly overstated. If you study history, women have had their crafty ways of surviving and men as well. I think your own writing is intense and heartfelt and I hope you continue to write both your pain and your joy. The power of words is immense, to help others along the way. I have hoped that my own mistakes and sad wanderings would somehow lend some light to others on the path behind me, that is why I write, and also because God gave me a gift of words and told me to “encourage the discouraged” and also to do as Isaiah 61:1 says, “bind up the brokenhearted.” That can be a daily task and one I intend to continue until God calls me Home. Please take care of yourself, you are needed in this world! (I am also British by ancestry!). Also, I do have a “Ko-Fi” account, which is like “buy me a coffee” and it allows any donation of $1 up. I appreciate you taking the time to read my work. KEEP WRITING, yourself!! Wendy
Let the peace talks begin!
I like men. They're neat. Women are kinda neat, too!
Hannah, yes, me too! There would be no life without men and women joining together, those pesky little things like sperm meeting egg. This is the “well-duh” school of CAUSE and EFFECT! Never fails, does it?? Detente, OK, men and women? A neutral place to “DISCUSS” as the characater used to say on “coffee talk” on Saturday Night Live, long ago. We all have our grievances but we all have our agreements as well. W.E.W.
So tender. So real. Beautiful. Thanks.
Your voice is unique, blunt yet lyrical. Your manner of connecting associated yet independent ideas is refreshing. I'm glad I found you.
Thank you so much, Dave!! I have the same last name as you, a good old English Wiliams! I try so hard to bring all the disparate bits together. God bless you, Wendy
I think I just subscribed to your substack, but I'm not sure as this Kindle is possessed. Let me know if I crop up on your end of the wheel.
Joan, thank you. I just checked on my writer dashboard and presently, I do not see your name yet…but it may take a little while to register. You should also receive a welcome email from my Substack. Let me know if you get that! Bless you, I appreciate you reading my work! Wendy
It should appear. I got a receipt, and a welcome. Let me know when. I really should use this laptop, but the Kindle is always handy.
Joan, I finally did see your name, it was a little ways down, from Sept. 18. Thank you so very much, I am a bit overwhelmed. Thank you for your very kind message as well. I do agree that God called me to write, to "encourage the discouraged" and to do similarly to what Christ did from Isaiah 61.:1, "bind up the brokenhearted." This is a huge job, starting with myself... I bless and honor your sowing into my life as a writer. God bless and keep you, Joan! Wendy
You are a kindred spirit sister. A woman after my own heart. Your testimony sounds all too familiar to me. Look forward to more of your writings.
I apologize but I can't afford to subscribe at the mo,but later I could do a "buy a coffee" if that's an option. I value your writing as my experience of being led wrong by the "sexual revolution" well,I can identify with it totally even though I experienced it in a very different way. I didn't get used and abused by men,in fact I had to work really hard and forcefully to (nearly) get to have actual sex just the one time! Sadly that was a 'dangerous liaison" encounter,the thing feminists of circa 1970 said was a lie of the patriarchy to keep women suppressed and control their sexuality. In physical terms my experience was nothing. In psychological and emotional terms it destroyed me. When next day people in your neighbourhood are shouting the word Whore at you. No,this wasn't 1953,this was ,1973 and that news got around fast well before the internet. Strangely the "relationship " staggered on another year. When you live in a world where being ON YOUR OWN is ALMOST universally shown back to you as SAD and disabling,on your own you can't travel,but a house,go out to places of entertainment,go for a walk after dark,do gardening (only boys do that),or manage your money,nice people dont concern themselves with money but you WANT all the things that PEOPLE LIKE US don't have and do,a lifetime alone is a terrifying prospect. So I do comprehend when battered wives say " he wouldn't let me" to the question " why didn't you leave him sooner?".
Now I'm the age I am I see that the image of men,and men in relation to women was purposely misrepresented ; in movies,magazines,everything. Men were the strong and often cruel tickets to everything you wanted. You couldn't have anything or be anything without them. Oddly the faux FEMINISTS actually reinforced this message in a subtle way. Get a man, he'll knock you about and sexually use you but then kick him out and keep the house and at least half his money. But actually MEN,most MEN even the loud ones are sensitive and unsure. They need caring for and nurturing. And I don't mean in that horrible faux feminist "men are just silly little boys " way. I guess everybody needs kindness,care and compassion in their life,but the Evil One and his acolytes traduced this truth into the lie that the heart of relationships is ONLY the form of sexual activity involved.
Jane, bless you! The entire sexual revolution and the continuing war between men and women, is a stirred cauldron of chaos. The feminists yammer one thing and the men’s movement yammers another. The core fact is that men and women need one another. I am no longer a feminist and I do not hate men or the “Patriarchy”, which is vastly overstated. If you study history, women have had their crafty ways of surviving and men as well. I think your own writing is intense and heartfelt and I hope you continue to write both your pain and your joy. The power of words is immense, to help others along the way. I have hoped that my own mistakes and sad wanderings would somehow lend some light to others on the path behind me, that is why I write, and also because God gave me a gift of words and told me to “encourage the discouraged” and also to do as Isaiah 61:1 says, “bind up the brokenhearted.” That can be a daily task and one I intend to continue until God calls me Home. Please take care of yourself, you are needed in this world! (I am also British by ancestry!). Also, I do have a “Ko-Fi” account, which is like “buy me a coffee” and it allows any donation of $1 up. I appreciate you taking the time to read my work. KEEP WRITING, yourself!! Wendy