mark_sobolewski{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't know if you're talking about me, specifically (I guess

I'm nearly certain that Parg did write this about you.  The feminist
claims not to need men, yet bashes them endlessly for rejecting her.
(See any Maureen Dowd column.)  Similarly, Parg claims to have no
interest in you, yet she puts your name in a subject header.  I think
you've smacked her up so much, for so many years now, that she's
obsessed with getting the better of you.  She'll never do it, and
she'll never learn.

[...]

> Hyerdahl wrote:
> > Who Needs Prince Charming When You're a Solo Princess?: New Book
> > Dispels Myth of `Happily-Ever-After'

[...]

> > "Most women were raised on the principle that catching and keeping
a
> > trophy prince constituted the pinnacle of success," said Lauren.

This is the feminist version of "the devil made me do it."  They aren't
venal because they're bad people.  They're venal because some other
evildoer made them that way.

It's never your fault, is it ladies?  Someone just raised you badly,
right?  Wrong.  You are thinking people who should be able to manage
yourselves.  Take some responsibility!

[...]

> > Lauren's book, however, shows women that living a full and
productive
> > life is the real grand prize. "Living happily ever after begins
with
> > embracing and enjoying solo bliss!" commented Lauren.
>
> "If you can't beat 'em, run to a cabin in the woods and hide"
> -- The Unibomber

Ha!  Men avoid them because they're money-grubbing man bashers.  Of
course, they could correct this problem, but they'd rather remain
money-grubbing man bashers, and if they can't do that and snag men,
they'll just not snag men.

Lauren Somethingorother demonstrates this nicely when her man bashing
finally comes out.  If she really were not interested in us, why would
she bash us?  I thought her book was all about women.  (heh)

> > While the media continues to bombard women with marketing related
to
> > meeting and "catching" men, "Solo Bliss"
advocates an approach to
> > life that doesn't waste a single second on "the hunt."

Well at least she admits that there is such a thing as "the hunt."
This is a bit like the mafia finally admitting there's a mafia.

> Already been tried during the 80's and early 90's.  I was there.
> Seen it all.  Women going out and engaging in shopping
> masturbation (TM) and buying their own rings.
>
> "Solo bliss" also wore out it's welcome when liberated women
> discovered that little things men took care of such as
> the mortgage, medical plans, and paying for them to stay
> home and look after the kids cost money when they
> were alone.

I too noticed an abrupt return to traditionalism in the late 90s.
Suddenly it was once again OK to be a homemaker.

> "Germany has such a better healthcare system than the US"
> -- Women's reproductive rights marcher, DC 2004

Hahahaha!!  Here's another way in which Lauren's philosophy will ding
us, despite her claimed lack of interest in us.  Women are primarily
responsible for the growth of the nanny state.  If they can't take our
money directly, they'll just get someone else to do it.

> > Rather, Lauren
> > proposes that if Prince Charming is going to make an appearance, he
> > would be more impressed with a dynamic, self-sustaining woman who
> > boasts a full, active solo life than with a longing bride-to-be.

Lauren can write, but she can't think.  One can have an active social
life and still want to get married.  There's no external force keeping
marriage-seeking women in their houses.  To the contrary, they know
that to sell something, so to speak, one has to put it in the window.

> Yeah, nothing turns on men more than aging, self-absorbed women.
> All she's doing is just repacking the sleeping beauty myth
> into a newer "sleeping aging career woman with her hobbies"
> waiting for the prince to appear!

And waiting.  And waiting.  Then bashing him for not appearing.  Ask
Maureen Dowd.

> Believe it or not, foreign women often do have active solo lives
> but not necessarily in the manner such women imagine.  Men are

Interestingly, Michelle Malkin once wrote a column called "White
Woman's Burden."  It was about American feminists who believe they must
indoctrinate women from other cultures into their way of thinking.

[...]

> > Advice such as "better to sip champagne alone than to share a beer
> > with a Bozo" was designed to help women look at single life from a
> > smarter perspective.
>
> Gee, Prince Charming really is going to be attracted to a woman
> who is one step away from calling him a bozo. :-)

And who sips champagne alone.  Of course, if Parg only sipped the
champagne, and didn't guzzle it, she might write better posts.

> Of course, SHE could always pay for the champagne but Miss
> Liberated doesn't want to spend her own money. :-)  Speaking
> of drinking alone: does that sound really healthy?

And is it really champagne?  More likey wine coolers, or Smirnoff Ice
for the really hard-core ones.

[...]

> > Jennifer Lauren's website, http://www.solobliss.com, invites
readers
> > to share their solo stories. Sorry, Prince Charming, you are not
> > invited to this party.

Indeed, you are sorry, but I don't recall asking if I could come.

> Oh no!  We're so crushed!  I guess there won't be any free
> champagne... :-)

Or wine coolers.

[...]



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