I miss LJ

[radegund]

Are you still here, lovely people?

I've been howling at this blog post quoting extracts from "Are Women People?" (1915) (via Twitter; I think ailbhe linked to it).

For instance:

If They Meant All They Said

Charm is a woman's strongest arm;
My charwoman is full of charm;
I chose her, not for strength of arm
But for her strange elusive charm.

And how tears heighten woman's powers!
My typist weeps for hours and hours:
I took her for her weeping powers—
They so delight my business hours.

A woman lives by intuition.
Though my accountant shuns addition
She has the rarest intuition.
(And I myself can do addition.)

Timidity in girls is nice.
My cook is so afraid of mice.
Now you'll admit it's very nice
To feel your cook's afraid of mice.

Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's great!

(I am still here, in between giving myself ridiculous comedy injuries. Though right now I should not be Here, I should be Marking Things).

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Daegaer!

*hugs you*

Sorry to hear about your ridiculous comedy injuries. I hope they heal with comic rapidity.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

You need more tears. That'll heighten your powers of healing and avoiding injury.