Happy thoughts

There have been several things I have been thinking about.

The way some friends have morphed into people that I really am now a bit worried about, and that general unhappy feeling that pervades me when I think about how they are really closed to me now.

The thing where a new image of desirable woman hood is being modelled on porn stars. The overly long stick in eye lashes, the teeter totter heels, the need to eradicate all body hair and go for a kind of matte effect face to achieve perfection, or rather acceptability.
I sigh. Women gave up their lives to drag womankind towards an idea of equality and respect for their rights, I don't feel we are there at all. And I really don't think buying into all this is the most useful choice that I, or most women can make.