7.3.10

Murses

I was looking at my purse, and thought to myself "why the hell do i lug this shit around EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME?
There are times where I don't even have a thing to take with me, but, an empty purse with my chapstick and cellphone in it make me feel whole.
i feel naked without one, and i think most women know exactly what i'm talking about..
believe it or not, purses weren't a huge accessory up until the 70's, so this whole having 300 purses each at $300 is pretty new.
but for a 21 one year old, that is pretty much my whole life. I remember being 15 and carrying my first purse, before that it was always a backpack.. but now i see 4 year olds with their little barbie or disney ones, and think WTF?

do you think we're a society that is stuck on worrying about norms and fitting in? ofcourse. so sad.

3 comments:

Brent Festge said...

Yes. But if we didn't worry about fitting in we would never experience that narcotic-like rush of having something new and showing it off to everyone else. I don't know about you, but every time I get a new dragon-claw-ring bejeweled with onyx and sapphires, it is all I can do not to giggle and skip whilst flapping my hands as I wear it around the outlet malls.

stephanie clara said...

Hello,

actually, all societies are about norms and fitting in.
When my grandparents were young, the norms were different but clear all the same: to work at 14 years old, to marry and to have children. To go to church with a nice hat on. If you fell out of that pattern, people looked at you strangely.

1968 you had to be a hippy, living in communities, smoking drugs and be into free sex.

The norms are changing, but society-rules never do...


stephanie

PinkAvocado said...

i agreeee stephanie..
it's a sad reality.. some what works well.. sometimes screws us over.. i.e. murses.