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by Sheila Lennon
'Bottom-up' journalism from the pros

May 17, 2002 • Last week's weblog

Women's day:

Am I good enough yet? Why do women's magazines assume women need so much advice?

"If millions of women stopped and said, 'Hey, I don’t think I need lipstick, Lestoil, Oil of Olay, Victoria’s Secret boulder holders, Diet Coke, L’Oreal or Ultra Slim-Fast anymore,' that would lead to a serious advertising revenue shortfall. So the media must continue to manufacture postfeminism as the common sense way to understand women’s current place in American society." Interesting read called Manufacturing Postfeminism from Susan J. Douglas, who passed through Providence to earn a Ph.D. at Brown. Via Blog Sisters. This segues nicely into an oldie (2001) but goodie, Women's websites not appealing to women by Angela Genusa at CIO .

Can women have it all? Can't speak for everyone, but I've had it all, not just all at the same time. Post-Jungian maverick James Hillman (The Soul's Code) thinks it's central to figure out your destiny and live it. "He proposes that our calling in life is inborn and that it's our mission in life to realize its imperatives. He calls it the 'acorn theory,' the idea that our lives are formed by a particular image, just as the oak's destiny is contained in the tiny acorn." It's in an interview, On Soul, Character and Calling: An Interview with James Hillman, adapted from the radio series Insight & Outlook, hosted by Scott London. Via Metafilter.
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