Some thoughts on smart, pretty, funny girls
Posted on | October 26, 2009 | 6 Comments
All of my girlfriends, both IRL and on the internet are funny and smart and pretty. Every single one of them will make me laugh until I cry. You could hand any one of them a microphone, or a blogging platform and they will make people laugh.
My friends were described to me the other day as “the pretty girls.” I was surprised. Mainly because I think none of my friends were the pretty girls in high school. You know the ones. Not that they weren’t pretty in high school, they were. It’s just that none of us were the blond beauties in letter jackets. We weren’t the popular girls.
The lady who said this to me is a new friend and funny as hell and smart and beautiful too. I cherish my time with her and she always offers me insights I would have never seen. So I had to take a look at that. Are my friends “the pretty girls”? They are all so pretty, but I prefer to think of them as the funny girls.
I realized I could be funny in college. I’d never thought about being funny before that. And in grad school a good friend told me, “you’re pretty funny for a girl.” I took that as a compliment. And then I started blogging and the funny followed.
And the funny friends came after that.
As I’m promoting the Eastland Academy show this weekend, I keep watching that video I posted last time, I keep thinking oh my god, they’re both so pretty! And so funny! I’m sure my priorities are off. I’m sure I should think “Oh, those seem like smart girls who are also funny.” But I don’t think that. I think Oh! Adorable! And Funny!
The point is, I have no idea what to think about any of this. I have pretty, funny, smart friends.
So check out two of my pretty, smart friends on Halloween with me and some vodka with a donation. Also, MeaganKate is bartending. Another funny, hot lady.
Buy tickets for Halloween in advance, enter the code Halloween and you get a 2-4-1 deal.
Look — aren’t they cute?
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October 26th, 2009 @ 8:44 am
I think my description of pretty has changed since high school. As in – I always thought I was stupid, fat and ugly. Well? Frankly, if your heart is pretty, I think you’re pretty on the outside no matter what. You could be a stunning blonde bombshell and have a disgusting heart and I would find you ugly For the first time in my life, I think I’m pretty. And only because I like my heart.
October 26th, 2009 @ 11:15 am
I think you’re pretty funny, too.
October 26th, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
Sometimes pretty gets thrown around as “that woman wouldn’t be where she was if she wasn’t attractive”, which is sexist and wrong.
It’s sexist because it assumes that they didn’t work hard and make difficult choices and bring the bravery.
And it’s wrong because…
there are a lot of pretty women out there who are nowhere.
And lots of others who are amazing and successful and look like they’ve been hit with a shovel.
I want to take the word Pretty back.
October 26th, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
I’M A PRETTY GIRL!!!
Were there other things in this post?
October 26th, 2009 @ 4:41 pm
“Pretty is as pretty does.”
what the hell does that mean, anyway? i’ve never been able to figure that one out.
ML, i told FB to FO so please send me an e, okay? okay. i wanted to ask you a question. only not here. Where is your e-mail address on this site, by the by?
signed,
not pretty, just pretty surly
October 26th, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
Ummm, hey, you were pretty in high school and I have pictures to prove it.