A little Review on an episode before i post some recipes for Halloween:)
I never catch this when its on TV so i just get the DVD when i get the chance hence my late review on it:)
Joan Holloway
Season 4 Finale :
I love that 'Joan' is the one apologizing when she gets pregnant by 'Roger'
I need to say that i actually love this character....she's a survivor and runs her bees so she is far from passive. But in scenes like this...you can tell that alot of times even the strongest of women would back down. not all women mind you...i just think those times would have been hard on any woman today.
I do not look down or mean to disrespect any women from those days nor am i trying to suggest that they were all miserable prisoners of men. I don't think so at all. But this particular scene is agitating. there are several great things about women then that i think is unfortunately not considered as important today like family values and mostly, cooking. nobody COOKS anymore uggghhh men or women. Its like...not 'in' or somethin...its all about eating 'out' now.
I've cooked for as long as i can remember and so does my family. we're no chefs but we're not lost in a kitchen. not at all.
and cooking at home is both healthier and less expensive that eating breakfast lunch and dinner out. Even if you're in a position to do it...i just dont believe in too much of...anything.
Obviously the character didn't up and get herself pregnant. People were generally less concerned about condoms so this isn't more HIS or HER fault. its equal. they both knew pregnancy is a possibility when they had unprotected sex. umm....why is SHE sorry? why isn't he sorry for not...umm...removing himself (lol) on time? why isn't he sorry that she may need to go through an abortion? douchebag. or should she considered herself blessed to have his eye to begin with?
why? i feel its because she's 'supposed' to be sorry. and I think considering her environment at the time, a part of her may genuinely blame herself...but that just further supports that she was conditioned to think so as it is JUST NOT POSSIBLE for a woman's pregnancy..to be only her fault. yes?
I'm always open to new thoughts and learning so I'm not stating facts, just thoughts that came to me from this scene.
THANK YOU to ALL the women that made sure we have a voice today.
I am so happy to see women unafraid and making space for themselves. You all inspire me and I know you will keep changing things for the better for women, as i hope to do.
Mad Men is one of the best shows out there right now, and I think the writers do a great job.
it makes me think about these things. I would say it provokes alot of female viewers all over the world lol. Its definitely the kind of show i'd like to be on. the characters they write seem so real...the bohemic Midge..sort of a hippie female character that i think intrigues Don.
OR Joyce...very independent lesbian character who is friend with Peggy Olson.
I like how outspoken Joyce is and she is deff NOT ok with people being in her business.ever.
The secretary Don Draper ends up getting engaged to at the end of season for is ...interesting. at first i found her to be passive and boring. I think her character is plain but the more we got to see of her, we realized she's really not another submissive secretary. but I dont know if she is strong enough for Don draper...he's really not an easy guy to deal with. I prefer him back with Betty or if he started a new thing with Peggy...her i LOVE. she is so smart, outspoken, confident. The only thing that saddens me is while i understand she felt that was necessary (and maybe it was) but she shouldn't have had to carry the burden of how her pregnancy situation played out, on her own.
both her and Joan are different but similar in the sense that they are strong women. But when it came down to something like 'pregnancy' they felt that they had to handle that on their own...however they handled it. just makes me sad. So many women die trying to get an abortion in secret..or they cant have kids anymore cause it wasn't done right.
it shouldn't be that way.
So anyway, while i don't agree with the extremes certain advocates for female rights go to to make a point today or in the past at time,
think about how far back this goes for a second: even female roles were played by male actors Way back...cause a women couldn't be trusted to even portray female roles right!...i mean come on fellas..yea some advocates for women's rights take it too far but,don't act like you guys didn't start shit lol. you totally did.
I never catch this when its on TV so i just get the DVD when i get the chance hence my late review on it:)
Joan Holloway
Season 4 Finale :I love that 'Joan' is the one apologizing when she gets pregnant by 'Roger'
I need to say that i actually love this character....she's a survivor and runs her bees so she is far from passive. But in scenes like this...you can tell that alot of times even the strongest of women would back down. not all women mind you...i just think those times would have been hard on any woman today.
I do not look down or mean to disrespect any women from those days nor am i trying to suggest that they were all miserable prisoners of men. I don't think so at all. But this particular scene is agitating. there are several great things about women then that i think is unfortunately not considered as important today like family values and mostly, cooking. nobody COOKS anymore uggghhh men or women. Its like...not 'in' or somethin...its all about eating 'out' now.
I've cooked for as long as i can remember and so does my family. we're no chefs but we're not lost in a kitchen. not at all.
and cooking at home is both healthier and less expensive that eating breakfast lunch and dinner out. Even if you're in a position to do it...i just dont believe in too much of...anything.
Obviously the character didn't up and get herself pregnant. People were generally less concerned about condoms so this isn't more HIS or HER fault. its equal. they both knew pregnancy is a possibility when they had unprotected sex. umm....why is SHE sorry? why isn't he sorry for not...umm...removing himself (lol) on time? why isn't he sorry that she may need to go through an abortion? douchebag. or should she considered herself blessed to have his eye to begin with?
why? i feel its because she's 'supposed' to be sorry. and I think considering her environment at the time, a part of her may genuinely blame herself...but that just further supports that she was conditioned to think so as it is JUST NOT POSSIBLE for a woman's pregnancy..to be only her fault. yes?
I'm always open to new thoughts and learning so I'm not stating facts, just thoughts that came to me from this scene.
THANK YOU to ALL the women that made sure we have a voice today.
I am so happy to see women unafraid and making space for themselves. You all inspire me and I know you will keep changing things for the better for women, as i hope to do.
Mad Men is one of the best shows out there right now, and I think the writers do a great job.
it makes me think about these things. I would say it provokes alot of female viewers all over the world lol. Its definitely the kind of show i'd like to be on. the characters they write seem so real...the bohemic Midge..sort of a hippie female character that i think intrigues Don.
OR Joyce...very independent lesbian character who is friend with Peggy Olson.
I like how outspoken Joyce is and she is deff NOT ok with people being in her business.ever.
The secretary Don Draper ends up getting engaged to at the end of season for is ...interesting. at first i found her to be passive and boring. I think her character is plain but the more we got to see of her, we realized she's really not another submissive secretary. but I dont know if she is strong enough for Don draper...he's really not an easy guy to deal with. I prefer him back with Betty or if he started a new thing with Peggy...her i LOVE. she is so smart, outspoken, confident. The only thing that saddens me is while i understand she felt that was necessary (and maybe it was) but she shouldn't have had to carry the burden of how her pregnancy situation played out, on her own.
both her and Joan are different but similar in the sense that they are strong women. But when it came down to something like 'pregnancy' they felt that they had to handle that on their own...however they handled it. just makes me sad. So many women die trying to get an abortion in secret..or they cant have kids anymore cause it wasn't done right.
it shouldn't be that way.
So anyway, while i don't agree with the extremes certain advocates for female rights go to to make a point today or in the past at time,
think about how far back this goes for a second: even female roles were played by male actors Way back...cause a women couldn't be trusted to even portray female roles right!...i mean come on fellas..yea some advocates for women's rights take it too far but,don't act like you guys didn't start shit lol. you totally did.
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