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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Covering up is a Feminist Issue
22 comments:
- Deb said...
While I fully support breast feeding wherever whenever, as a high school teacher I do have to disagree with the whole idea that there are no appropriate places to tell a woman how to dress. I think when a child is younger - and they're still figuring out what it means to be a woman, they need to be guided about how their choices impact those around them, and therefore themselves. THEN, when they're old enough, they can make those decisions for themselves.
If we don't teach women to respect themselves, and then say it's a feminist issue for them to dress the way they do, that's a big problem (be that women "choosing" to wear skirts and long hair, cover themselves or show lots of skin). If the reason they're choosing what to wear is out of insecurity, immaturity, pleasing others or an inability to respect themselves enough to dress independently of the circumstances they grew up in, that's a problem.
I think the clothes we wear, the way we let others treat us, the kind of work we think we're worthy of are all indicative of deeper root problems. We should be working really hard on THOSE problems, of insecurity and respect for ourselves, rather than getting caught up on the details. BECAUSE I respected myself enough, I didn't EVER feel judged for nursing in public (although I wouldn't do it in the mall my students hang out in). I didn't avoid that mall because I was being oppressed, but because I didn't really want my students to see me nursing. My choice.
- February 24, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- melissa said...
Deb, I hear what you're saying. But I have to respectfully disagree. I mean, as a teacher you're the expert on teenagers, but I was a teenager once. And I've thought a lot about dress and choice and I have some opinions. They're just opinions, so take that for what it is!
But I really think that while girls travel the journey towards womanhood, they need to be able to have the freedom to make choices with regards to dress (and so many other aspects of their bodies). What if they make some mistakes? What if they dress inappropriately? Hm. Culturally I would hope we would teach our boys how to respect girls to the point where society as a whole is (in general, one can't eliminate perverts) a safe place for girls to make not so wise choices when it comes to clothing, as they sort out who they are.
Teaching women to respect themselves MEANS teaching them that they have the freedom to dress as they see fit. Perhaps there will be some insecurity, definitely some immaturity, and perhaps some pleasing others--why can't we give them the space to figure that out by DOING, instead of closing them down with rhetoric and dogma?
Sure, I'd have a hard time with my daughter leaving the house dressed in a barely existent skirt-butt floss-bikini top combo when she was a teenager. I'd have a hard time with my son leaving the house to go on a date with a girl dressed like that, too! But fundamentally I believe strongly in women's freedom to choose what to wear. That includes girl women, too.
Suppressing and repressing sexual expression is really unhealthy. I'd rather see some oversexualized expression as girls traverse the journey of discovering self than undersexualized or over repressed~anything that's driven underground, tabood, or infused with guilt or hyperresponsibility (ie, as 'girls' you must 'protect' boys by covering yourself up: pardon me, but GAG and not effective), tends to become warped.
If a woman in the middle east wants to explore her options wrt dress and, perhaps wear a burkha, or robe that covers her entire body and a headscarf, I believe strongly (STRONGLY) that she should be free to do so. France and its predjudicial head covering laws be damned, I think it's wrong to limit her choice.
Same with more revealing clothing.
But I respect your view, and am glad you commented on this topic~it is a good one! And charged!
- February 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- melissa said...
p.s. I get you also on the breastfeeding in the mall thing~I cover up if I'm showing my baby off to my coworkers: I don't want those guys thinking about my breasts at all!!! lol
- February 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- tamie said...
Great discussion, Deb & Mel!
It seems like maybe what it comes down to is on the one hand giving women (and girl women, as Mel pointed out) the total freedom to express themselves however they want to, even if they make "mistakes." But then on the other hand, it can't just be about choice. There need to be the accompanying conversations. Because, like with so many other parenting decisions, it seems like there are lazy parents that just let their kids do whatever they want, in the name of choice, but don't engage the children in meaningful conversations about their choices. I'd say that it's important, at least in parenting, that both elements are present.
The main reason I stopped by to comment on this post is that I don't think that blue burka should have been shown in the video, because those specific kind of burkas are the kind that the Taliban forces women to wear, and if they don't wear them they can be stoned to death or otherwise killed. I've never heard of a woman *choosing* to wear that kind of burka. It's very different to wear a head scarf, and I agree with you, Mel, that women should be able to wear head scarves or whatever religious garb they want. But there's a huge difference between head scarves and burkas, which are profoundly oppressive to women.
- February 25, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- melissa said...
Ah, Tamie thank you for adding your comments! I like the idea of accompanying conversations. I'm not sure how much I would have liked having those conversations when I was a teenager, if my parents had views expressly different than mine. But I don't have teenagers yet, and I generally come down firmly in the YES YOU TALK ABOUT IT camp, so I think I agree. I just hesitate to stifle self expression when it comes to clothing, hair, jewellery, tatoos, etc, but that's the artist coming out in me.
I'd have to disagree with you about the blue burkha though. You really think there are NO women in Afghanistan who would choose to wear that burkha if the freedom was open? YES, it's symbolic for us and for a great number of women in Afghanistan of oppression and violence and sexism gone wild. But for all?
I read a book by a female journalist who described how women would try and pretty up that blue burkha by spending hours ironing it into tidy pleats, and embroidering the screen. And then carefully dressing up the shoes, etc, in an attempt to be individualistic about their dress amongst all the blue burkhas. I feel like that much care isn't solely a quest for individualism but also self expression within a preference for the cover.
There are lots of forms of burkha out there: long and black, long and brown, heavy material and lighter weight material, etc. It's not fair to take away women's choice to find freedom from unwanted sexual attention or impious intentions by covering in a way they see fit.
It startled me a bit when I saw it in the video too, that blue burkha. But it only took me a second of thinking about it to feel that yes, some women would choose that blue burhka, too.
- February 25, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Caryn Ouwehand said...
When Dan and I travelled in the middle east we became very familiar with the many different Burkas. Without the face guard, the Abaya, was commonly worn even by westerners. Most of the women there wanted to wear them. They were all they ever knew for clothing and felt comfortable in them.
Tough debate this one its.
My parents certainly told me to put on a longer skirt at times. Hmmmm... was that wrong, there were some creepy guys out there.
My highschool also had a "no bra-straps showing" policy, likely so teenage boys would actually look at the front and listen to the teacher.
Restrictive? Maybe.
Giving direction to horny young people? Maybe that too.
In terms of breasts when used for breastfeeding, I have no issues at all with it all hanging out. Feed those babies!
- February 25, 2011 at 8:57 PM
- Deb said...
Tamie - I love the lazy parenting comment. This is EXACTLY where the questions come in - somebody needs to be asking those questions. As I've been thinking about this more this week, I know that I'm the kind of teacher who always wants to have a "why" conversation with students, not just a "don't do that" conversation. In my classes I do have those conversations, but with some innocent girl who doesn't realize that her bra is showing over her tank top that got accidentally pulled too low - you just say it (and yes that happened to me in Grade 5, and I only WISH someone had said something to me, rather than the whole class staring at me).
People staring at you (to quote Caryn, creepy guys) is a whole other form of oppression, and the judgement those classmates made on me was certainly just as oppressive to me as someone telling me to wear a less low cut tank top.
- February 25, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- lori said...
We are sexual beings, and our sexuality can be accentuated or down-played by apparel (and a number of other things, like language and body language). Our sexuality can be used as a tool, either intentionally or unintentionally. Young boys (who are attracted to girls) are wired in the head to be visually stimulated by a woman's body. So, even though we may consider it a woman's "right" to dress however she wants, are all ways of dressing kind and respectful to the other people she'll be interacting with? I suggest not.
Sure, she'll make mistakes, as she learns the nuances of being true to herself while respectful of others, as we all do in virtually every arena of life. But trying to peer into the future as best I can, I don't think I'll have a problem suggesting (and enforcing, if age-appropriate) certain dress standards for my kids - not to stifle creativity or to make them feel ashamed of their bodies, but as another way of helping them to understand community, really, and the power each of us can hold over another.
- February 25, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Caryn Ouwehand said...
Reading over these comments again and watching the video again, I think the divide in opinion comes in terms of the age of the girl we are talking about, right?
- February 26, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
Hey friends. Good discussion!
Having grown up in the Middle East, I have to say that I agree that the abaya is both a true cultural *choice* as well as a possibility for fashion, etc. Although, I'd bet that many many women associate it with lack of choice, with oppression, etc. Most of the young women in Israel who *actually* have the *choice* don't wear the full abaya. But sure, perhaps some women do choose that, and I'm all for women's choice, etc.
(By "choice" I mean having freedom from familial humiliation or bullying, as well as having economic freedom and psychological freedom to choose something and not fear for the consequences.)
However, the face-guard burka, I truly do not believe any woman chooses out of a free place. It restricts movement and vision in the extreme. It was invented by men whose sole aim was to do violence to women. It's actually illegal not to wear it, at least in the places it's commonly worn. So how can we even begin to have a conversation about women choosing or not choosing wear it, when they don't actually have the choice? They *can't* choose otherwise.
I'm not surprised that women try to individuate themselves within their situation of oppression, by ironing the burka or finding pretty shoes, etc. I think that's our human tendency, and perhaps particularly our feminine tendency. Even within systems of extreme oppression, we try to distinguish ourselves, and we try to beautify our environment. But that doesn't mean that those blue burkas aren't oppressive and aren't wrapped up with all kinds of violence against women.
This is something I feel strongly about, so it's hard not to get a little riled up. But y'all know I love these discussions.
To address the other part of this conversation...I've always found it interesting, this conversation about what responsibility a woman does or doesn't bear for how her appearance affects others. When it comes to grown-ups, I guess I don't feel like women bear any responsibility for how they affect men (or other women, for that matter). We're grownups; we need to take responsibility for our own sexuality, our own thoughts and feelings and etc.
When it comes to children though, it gets more complicated, because children don't have the kind of self-awareness we should expect from adults. They're still figuring out their sexuality. I'm not sure what this means, in terms of how we guide them in terms of dressing...hm.
- February 26, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
Shoot! I wish I could figure out how to not have to sign in as Writers of Kosciusko County Jail. Anyway, this is Tamie.
- February 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- melissa said...
you really think NO woman would choose that blue burkha? It's very symbolic, but in a culture with little access to media for the past decade and a half, would that be the case universally? It had to exist before the Taliban and something about it made them force it as a legal requirement, but it existed before the Taliban. I mean, I don't actually know that for sure but I'd be willing to bet it did, and was universalized for some reason by Taliban. Maybe some rural areas used it and the Taliban saw that as more 'pure' because it was rural? I saw similar ones in India. It's not fair to cite only masculine familial pressure and legal requirement for an entire culture of women, some of whom may have chosen to wear it anyways: like if you look back before the Taliban and count some of those women as choosing.
I don't want to downplay what happened there for years wrt that burkha, I really don't. I just take issue with the idea that no woman would choose to wear it.
I don't mean choosing in the sense that Ayaan Hirsi Ali chose it for a period of time: as an educated, religiously free woman growing up in relatively open intellectual space~I think we could agree that THAT woman was free. But is that really fair? Only if you are educated, or have freedom from familial pressure, are you truly choosing? That feels like cultural prejudice. Isn't it possible to live in a family that strongly believes in a certain type of dress, and still feel like you choose it? Or would, even without that pressure? Not ALL men are violently controlling within their families.
- February 26, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- melissa said...
As for the dress code elsewhere, I often get upset because there's this "boys are visual! Girls need to guard them by dressing modestly!" thing and I just don't buy it.
There are parts of the world where women are nearly nude as a regular thing and men and boys don't fall over themselves raping them because of the skin they see. What we see and are accustomed to is hugely influential to what we consider appropriate.
Like in the Babies documentary, where the Nambian women's dress code is to cover their genitals but not their breasts. Or much else. It's culturally normal to dress that way, so men don't get all flared up sexually just by being around so much feminine skin. I read a story once by a breastfeeding advocate, I can't for the life of me remember WHERE I read it, but she said she was visiting Malaysia and was on the maternity ward at the hospital, tons of mommas were nursing their babies and a male doctor walked in. All the women frantically scrambled to cover their heads, NOT their breasts nor their infants! If you've seen a newborn breastfeed before, you know it's not really that discreet. Another example of differing cultural norms as far as modesty is concerned.
Since this is true, I think it's NOT the responsibility of women to dress modestly to help men with self control at all. And since I think that, why can't it extend to girl women?
Caryn might be right, here there may be an age differentiation. I was talking to my mom about it last night and I was quite clear that no little girl of mine is going to emulate Hannah Montana or any of the other girl idols and their inappropriate marketing towards little girls. Dress like Hannah Montana! Etc. No way. SICK. PUKE.
But I guess since we'd have been having this conversation all along, by mid to late teenage-hood I'd really be inclined not to incite a rule.
There IS the fact that teenage girls often have NO clue how they dress affects the males around them, nor how much power they have. That realization is something they grow into as they get older. But I guess I just hate the cultural idea that teen sexual behavior and choices are always made from a place of insecurity on the part of girls. And I hate the idea of stifling.
Jessica Valenti talks about this in her book Feministing: how teen girls are labeled as insecure automatically if they engage in sexual behavior, when rather it can be a mature choice depending upon the girl and the circumstances. The same would be true wrt dress.
- February 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM
- lori said...
I like this discussion! Thanks for providing the forum, Melissa.
Okay, so:
On the one hand, I agree that the culture a person lives in HUGELY determines what they think is acceptable, sexually provocative, etc. On the other hand, don't we live within culture? We just can't divorce ourselves from the way we were all raised - even as we acknowledge differences between different locales - and wish that it didn't exist that way.
I mean, many people in Western culture will always, from here to their graves, think boobs are primarily a sexual part of a woman. Even educated people who know first-hand the other uses for breasts, and even people whose wives/partners have had babies, and even doctors who see them all the time. These people, because of culture, will probably continue to be aroused by the sight of beautiful breasts, whereas someone from the African bush might go their whole lives thinking we're all crazy. It would take a high degree of de-training for anyone attracted to women in our culture to come to the point of INITIALLY thinking of breasts as mammary glands. And why should they change? I'm guessing that every culture holds SOME body parts to be sexy, sacred, worth keeping under wraps as far as the general crowds are concerned - don't they?
I guess I see it as the difference between living hypothetically (having in mind the best of human nature and even helping to tear down stereotypes and work toward that) and acknowledging the current conditions in which we live, even accepting them if we determine they're not oppressive.
Of course, what you're getting at is that it IS oppressive to tell a woman what is provocative. And I agree with that to a point, especially considering any dress that is meant to hide a woman's very shape and hide the fact that she is a woman. That's where it's ridiculous. But I think the balancing point is that there ARE ways to dress provocatively, and it seems a bit rude to do that if you will be around others who are inclined to be greatly affected - because of genetics, culture, whatever. Obviously this can be taken to the extreme; we can't go around making our every decision on how everybody else is potentially affected. Obviously.
I'm thinking of this in terms of consideration, see. In the same way that it's rude to swear in front of your grandma, who lived in a time when swearing was not so commonplace. You know? Unless you've got a rockin' grandma who herself swears like a sailor, in which case, yee-haw. Turn yourselves blue with swearing!
- February 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM
- lori said...
Furthermore (as if I haven't commented enough already)....
We generally have qualms about people doing other, non-dress-related provocative things in front of each other, don't we, unless it's invited? Like, if a person stood very close to you and made seductive remarks or paid you a lot of compliments or gave you gifts meant to lure you to bed, you would be a bit appalled by that, especially if it was uninvited and unwelcome.
I mean, isn't there such a thing as crossing other people's visual boundaries? If you don't think so, you haven't visited www.peopleofwalmart.com. and clicked on "photos." :)
- February 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Dana said...
Regarding the clothing choices I or my daughter make, I look at these Bible verses from Romans:
23"Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive. 24Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Dressing a certain way isn't necessarily bad on its own, but sometimes may not be appropriate in a given situation or company because it wouldn't be good for others (inciting lust, for example).
31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 33even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
- February 27, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Caryn Ouwehand said...
If only Adam and Eve had left that stinking fruit tree alone,none of this would be an issue. Sigh.
I love debates like these...
Especially the fact that this discussion has included both the words "burka" and "thepeopleofwalmart.com"
Dan and I were chatting last night and he almost made me spit my wine out my nose when he said that if we had a teenage daughter garaunteed she would come down the stairs all skanked up for a night out at some point. At at that point if we tried to have a discussion about her outfit maybe not being a great idea, and she played the "your practising a form of Oppression Mom and Dad!" card, that Dan would bark back that "Yeah, well prostitution was a worse form of oppession to get caught up in."
Now, I know a skanky outfit is far from making a girl a prostitute, but I think it is all about directing our children's creativity into forms that are safe. If clothing (on either a child or an adult female) is going to risk her safety, I don't think this is a hill to die on for me.
That said, I love and agree with the premise of the video, but I think in this fallen world its ideals are hard to practice. If I were back in the rural middle east tomorrow, I would put on a head-covering, just like I did when I was there in 2006... not to give in to a form of oppression, but to be safe (personally)and respect the ammount of skin that the men there normally see.
But then maybe I am a big scaredy cat.
- March 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
As a means of further conversation + clarification, let me ask this question: what's wrong with arousing someone else's desire? What's wrong with dressing in a way that elicits desire, attraction, arousal, etc.?
- March 1, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- lori said...
I think it's ironic/fun that we're continuing this woman / young girl conversation on Melissa's blog while Melissa herself lies in bed with her new baby daughter. (Hi, Melissa! Hope you don't mind.)
in response to Tamie's question...
I'd say nothing's wrong - if you have the intention of delivering on what you're promising (or at least implying). Otherwise, isn't it a classically misleading scenario? What good is it to cause frustration in another, other than possibly to boost one's own confidence? Of course, I'm not talking about light, silly flirtation, just like I'm not talking about apparel that is attractive or lightly sexy (? not sure how else to put it) or highlights your best features. I guess I am envisioning the extremes.
People will be attracted to each other just by virtue of their existence; I'm in no way suggesting that if someone is attracted to you, you're dressing inappropriately! Cuz whoa, isn't that the thought line that precedes oppression?
But when an adult woman dresses the hard-to-describe way I'm thinking (essentially, leaving very little to the imagination), it usually seems that she has some major unmet emotional needs or insecurities, and views getting bodily attention as her best bet. Such a woman doesn't need our scorn or judgment, of course! But she likewise mightn't need the kind of attention she's seeking.
Aside from that, the main provocative dress I see is on young girls (jr. high and high school), and honestly, they all look alike. There is very little creativity or individuality shown, so I would have a hard time buying that as justification for such attire.
Through it all, even if a parade of completely naked people is walking by seductively, I still think each individual is responsible for his or her own thought life, self-control, or as you put it in another conversation, Tamie, living with honor.
- March 1, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
I like you, Lori. You're cool.
And yes, hi, Melissa and Amaryis! Hope you're doing fabulous!
Here is an interesting and not-at-all-hypothetical scenario. I know a young woman, age 25, who dresses extremely...well, she wears high skirts and low shirts. She's got a beautiful, attractive body, just the sort of body that looks great in short skirts and low-cut tops. I am willing to bet that she has all kinds of self-confidence issues. She is a recovering addict and I'm guessing she has been used by many men. She is a dear person, has a quiet and easily-scared spirit, is trying hard to succeed but is easily scared off. She loves to shop and if there is anything she feels confident about it's probably her sense of style, her knowledge of perfumes and makeup, etc.
So here is the thing. Her parents have tried to talk to her about the way that she dresses. They're conservative Christians who no doubt believe she's provoking men to all sorts of lust. And no doubt, the conservative Christian men she hangs out with (and most other men) do feel aroused by her beautiful, scantily-clad body. But guess what? Her parents telling her to put on more clothes hasn't convinced her to put on more clothes! Not at all.
I have this theory that what she really needs is for her parents to compliment her great sense of style, as well as to compliment her on her many other positive attributes. Okay, so she shows a lot of skin. Get over it, I say. Tell her how great she looks. Accept her as she is. If men are uncomfortable with how she looks, I guess they're going to have to figure out how to handle their discomfort, now aren't they.
Maybe someday when she feels very confident and good about herself, she'll dress differently. And maybe she won't dress differently. Maybe she'll always like clothes that make conservative Christians (and a lot of other people) squirm. I say, there are worse things to squirm about in this world. One thing I do know for sure is that confronting her, or "trying to talk to her," it ain't workin', and it's just making her feel worse about herself.
(I'm finding these days that I like stories better than anything! Let's tell stories about the people we know...)
- March 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
Two suggestions:
1. I wonder if what we're really uncomfortable with, around scantily clad women, is desire. Our own desire and others' desire.
2. Perhaps women who dress in tight, etc., clothing have no intention other than to provoke desire. In other words, maybe it's not an advertisement for sex. Maybe some women just want the folks around them to think they're hot.
- March 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM
- Writers of Kosciusko County Jail said...
Hey Mel, in response to a couple comments you made a few days ago (and it feels weird to continue this conversation when you have a new baby, but I know there are other people who are interested inthis conversation too!)...
Let me put it this way. If a person is *truly* free, then I am all for that person choosing to wear anything she wants to wear. I am extremely opposed to men (ie. the Taliban, other religious extremists) imposing a dress code, particularly one that restricts movement or vision or in other ways makes life harder for women. But if a woman is truly free, I'm all for experimentation, freedom of choice to choose what you want to wear, etc.!
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(AP) JOHANNESBURG - Dirk Coetzee, a former commander of a covert police unit in apartheid-era South Africa who confessed to involvement in the extra-judicial killings of black activists, has died of kidney failure, a hospital said Thursday. He was 57.
Coetzee had served as the leader of a state hit squad known as Vlakplaas that targeted activists who opposed white minority rule. He later switched his loyalty to the anti-apartheid movement and was granted amnesty for his role in the killing of African National Congress members in 1997, three years after the election of its leader, Nelson Mandela, as the country's first black president.
Ineke Jonker, spokeswoman for the Life Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria, said Coetzee died on Wednesday.
Although Coetzee provided information about the slaying of anti-apartheid activists to investigators, his death leaves questions unanswered about a number of 1980s-era killings as well as differing views over whether his confessions were motivated by genuine regret or a desire to avoid punishment under the country's new leaders.
Coetzee's story feeds into a broader debate about reconciliation in South Africa, whose citizens drew global praise for negotiating an end to apartheid and averting even higher levels of bloodshed during a jittery transition of power. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an investigative panel also known as the TRC, granted amnesty to Coetzee and many others who confessed to human rights violations in a kind of national therapy session designed to bring factions together.
Some South Africans, however, believe more perpetrators of atrocities should have been punished. Much of the response on Twitter to Coetzee's death condemned his actions.
"So Dirk Coetzee's dead. I wonder what stories died with him, and how many more apartheid crimes will go to the grave," one person tweeted. Another posted: "Dirk Coetzee's death has me thinking about the Nuremberg Trials. Would that model have brought more closure than TRC?"
Coetzee, who fled South Africa in 1989 and pledged allegiance to the ANC, returned in 1993 and was a witness at the trial of former police Col. Eugene de Kock, the highest-ranking police official convicted of crimes during apartheid.
"I would say Coetzee was motivated by self-preservation," said Jacques Pauw, author of two books on apartheid-era killers and death squads who interviewed Coetzee many times. "Everyone knew apartheid couldn't go on, there were already rumbles about police death squads, so Coetzee knew that if he became the first to confess, he would not go to jail."
Pauw said Vlakplaas operatives took some victims to a riverside farm on the border with Mozambique.
"On the banks of the river, they were shot, died and their remains were burned on piles of worn tires," Pauw said. "For six or eight hours, while the bodies were being cremated, the police would be having their own barbecue and drinking brandy and rum."
In testimony to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Coetzee confessed to plotting the 1981 murder of attorney Griffiths Mxenge, who was stabbed numerous times and struck on the head with a wheel spanner.
In granting amnesty for Mxenge's killing, the commission concluded that Coetzee and two accomplices "considered this to be an act performed as part of their duties as policemen on the instructions of senior officers who would undoubtedly have satisfied themselves as to the necessity for it."
It also noted that Coetzee had since acknowledged his actions to be "unjustifiable."
Dr, Anthea Jeffery, head of special research at the South African Institute of Race Relations, said there were discrepancies between Coetzee's testimony about the murder of Mxenge and forensic evidence gathered after his death. In her book "People's War," Jeffery wrote that Coetzee hated the South African police after he was dismissed from the force in 1985, and saw "a great future for himself" in the ANC, which later provided financial aid to him.
She also wrote that he often committed perjury and fabricated evidence.
"Though Vlakplaas clearly became involved in extra-judicial executions in the 1980s in its attempts to counter the ANC's people's war, Coetzee's credibility is not that clear," Jeffery wrote in an email.
Pauw, the author, said Coetzee leaves a wife and two sons, one living in London. In the last few years, Pauw said, Coetzee was losing his memory because he suffered from diabetes and that, when the two last spoke in August, the former police commander "couldn't remember dates, events, names."
Associated Press writer Michelle Faul in Johannesburg contributed to this report.
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UMark Beta 3April 5th, 2005 by Crusader
The third beta release of UMark, an open source utility for configuring UT2003/2004 benchmark tests, is now available:
- Added support for Timedemo benchmarking (retail UT2003 and UT2004 only).
- Added support for UT2004 demo version, included UT2004 demo in data install script.
- Added a configuration dialog for choosing custom .ini files to prevent main window clutter.
- Fixed UMark to run benchmarks in windowed mode when the fullscreen option is not checked.
- Filtering out map combobox, so only playable maps or movie type .ut2 files will be displayed.
- Removed Gnome widgets and dependencies, now using pure Gtk+ 2.x (163KB smaller binary).
- Removed showhud commands from exec .txt files (it was actually hiding the hud).
- Removed flyby warning dialog box when 0 bots are selected (it started crashing).
- Renamed many widgets in the Gtk+ interface code.
- Cleaned up destroy process on the presets dialog.
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- New dialog message boxes with the UMark icon.
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I am more interested in web-programming, or any kind of programming than designing.
My primary source of knowledge is practice, so when I am working on my personal projects my primary focus is on learning than actually completing the project. You always hear the advice to never re-invent the wheel, but I believe we can not actually master anything if we don't do everything from scratch (as far as practicable). So when I'm working on any personal project I usually do not use any of other people's code. Oviously, I learned this strategy fails for any real project, but I still hang on to this when I'm learning something new.
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In my opinion The Time of the Doctor was a fail, it was bad writing, bad plotline, and it didn't stream together very well.
Clara got dropped off, clara found a way back! doctor mad, doctor kick clara out! clara comes back again. etc.
And then all the time he was in the TARDIS as 11th didn't age him, but now just like 30 years at this place makes him super old looking.
And then all the super awesome villains didn't really even have a part in the storyline. The REAL Daleks would've killed him as soon as he beamed up to the ship, they wouldn't have waited for whats her name to turn into a dalek-human and then walk in and kill him.
Plus, everything seemed too easy! All he had to do was say to the wooden cyberman: "I just reversed your gun polarity (or something like that)", and then the cyberman totally forgets that his sonic doesn't even work on wood, and shoots himself.
And then when he regenerates, he sees the first face he saw... Umm, how come that didn't happen with 10th or 9th? Then when he regenerates his head just flashes back and he's got a new face. Wut? Give us something good! "Oh... new kidneys!"... Totally stole that from 10th when he said "Oh.. new teeth!".
Plus, did they really have to say every 30 seconds that they're naked? just shut up with that already!
Also, all that time of dalek & cybermen being on the planet and they never just shot him? isn't that like their life dream?
Welp, thats The Time of the Doctor in a nutshell for ya.
(Please don't take this wrong, i love doctor who but I think they really couldve done better with 11th's regeneration episode!)
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I think Capaldi's a fine Doctor but he's a bit grumpy feeling, forgets somethings and the show somehow got a bit of a darker turn, hm?
I still think his acting is great and it's wonderful to see someone a bit older as The Doctor for once (or older looking).
I'd so love to see something like the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Doctor. Something a bit goofy yet kinda serious and such BUT not someone/a Doctor who gets stuck on replay ("Bowties are cool", the Fez thing). It gets slightly irritating.
David Tennant and Matt Smith were both very good, too (I'd take Matt over David, though), don't get me wrong but Tennant's acting wasn't the best IMO. He was too hyper.
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The Governor and The Sliver
Brian Libby in Portland Architecture
Today on a walk downtown, I happened upon two spruced up old buildings with goings on. The Governor Hotel on SW Tenth Avenue, across from the Galleria building, is coming upon its 100th anniversary. To celebrate, the hotel is having an open house this Sunday, March 9, from 12:30 to 4:30PM. It's a chance to see inside places you'd normally have to pay for, in the form of overnight lodging. Built in 1909, the Governor was originally called the Seward Hotel and was designed by William Knighton, who also was the first State Architect for the State of Oregon.
Hakatai Launches Ashland-e Series Recycled Glass Tile
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Hakatai Enterprises, importer and distributor of glass mosaic tile, has improved and expanded its popular Ashland series. The new Ashland-e series is comprised of between 30 and 70 percent recycled glass from bottles and/or other waste glass that would otherwise enter the solid waste stream. In addition to the new content, Hakatai has added new colors, sizes, and finishes. The new series offers architects, specifiers, designers and homeowners an environmentally-friendly glass mosaic tile option for commercial or residential projects.
Beauty and elegance combine with recycled content to give this tile a unique appeal. With a large selection of transparent and opaque colors, iridescent hues, and new matte finishes, the Ashland-e series is suitable for many applications, including interior and exterior walls, countertops, and backsplashes. The series can also be used in Hakatai's innovative online Custom Blend and Custom Gradient tools. Hakatai has added a selection of warm and cool earth tone colors to the series, including Silver, Crystal, Darjeeling, Light Olive, Toscana Iridescent, and Sun Tea Iridescent Blend. Most colors are available in more than one finish. Opaque colors are mesh-backed; translucent colors are paper-faced.
nader khalili dies at 71
Justin in materialicious
Iranian-born Nader Khalili, architect, educator and author, passed away at the age of 71 on Wednesday, March 5th. Khalili was known for his innovation into the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as Ceramic Houses and the Earthbag Construction technique called Super Adobe. He had been involved with Earth Architecture and Third World Development since 1975, and was a U.N. consultant for Earth Architecture.
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Thomas Wicks in Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
Another one bites the dust. Not that the potential loss of a McDonald's restaurant causes me any particular heartache, but this particular McDonald's always tugs at my heartstrings. Across from the ROM just west of Avenue road sits (in my opinion) the nicest McDonalds around, and a fine piece of 1970s retail architecture. During a closed-door session, city council voted to accept a (bargain) $3.38 million offer for the site from McDonalds who will in turn sell it to Kazakhstan-based developer Bazis International Inc. That's the developing firm that is building the 80 storey condo at 1 Bloor Street East and already owns the property adjacent to McDonalds. There are now plans in the works for a 100-meter condo tower to be built on the site (which will include a new McDonalds restaurant).
Pasadena EcoHouse: First LEED Certified Concrete Home
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Adding to the growing LEED Platinum collection of homes in southern California including Project7Ten House and the Living Homes design by Ray Kappe, the Pasadena EcoHouse designed by StudioRMA is cited to become the first concrete LEED Platinum home in the USA. Built primarily of a green SCIPs (Structural Concrete Insulated Panels) similar to Green Sandwich Bio Panel used by William McDonough + Partners and made of 60% recycled material, the designers believe this home will be a landmark project and will have a camera crew and production team on hand to document the construction process every step of the way.
Schaar's Bluff Gathering Center, a Living Building
Preston D K in JETSONGREEN.COM
I'm not going to write too much about this project because it's under construction and we'll end up doing more when it comes to life. Here, though, is the design for a living building -- one that gives something back. It's the kind of building that goes beyond LEED (although I think it will also get LEED certification, too). Schaar's Bluff Gathering Center ranks within the top 1% of all sustainable structures, as compared to the USGBC's registered buildings. How? The structure will generate its own power, react to weather conditions, reuse rainwater, and feed the animals with a trellis planted specifically with fruit vines. Located in Nininger Township, Minnesota, the 3,500 sf Gathering Center will also have an on-site wind turbine, operable windows linked to the HVAC system, a high performance building envelope, automated shading devices, in-floor radiant heating, and rainwater capture and treatment.
"Dreamers + Builders" In The Oregonian
Brian Libby in Portland Architecture
Today in The Oregonian's A&E section is a story package I wrote called "Dreamers + Builders", highlighting the key players on Portland's architecture/design scene. The piece has two principal components: an overall feature story about how the local scene has changed over the last decade, and a list (with portraits by Motoya Nakamura) of 11 people making it happen. It's actually a list of 10, but one entry on the list consists of two people: Bill Neburka and Carrie Schilling (at left) of Works Partnership Architecture.
Conspiracy Dwellings
Geoff Manaugh in BLDGBLOG
"The next time a moth alights on your window sill," New Scientist warns, "watch what you say. Sure, it may look like an innocent visitor, irresistibly drawn to the light in your room, but it could actually be a spy – one of a new generation of cyborg insects with implants wired into their nerves to allow remote control of their movement." What fascinates me about this, though, much more than simply pointing out how advanced surveillance technology has become, is the fact that such statements would have been dismissed as absolute schizophrenia as little as two decades ago.
Pointing out the window at insects as you whisper: They're listening...
PREFAB FRIDAY: iPAD by Andre Hodgskin
Ali Kriscenski in Inhabitat
We've been waiting and hoping for more from New Zealand architect Andre Hodgskin who first wowed us with BACHKIT™, a gorgeous holiday home of prefab pavilions designed in 2000. Hodgskin's newest design is every bit as enticing. With the iPAD™, Hodgskin brings a stylish, versatile option to the prefab world with a bevy of possible configurations, finishes and even a choice in how you'd like it to arrive – it can be manufactured off-site and transported whole or shipped as a kitset for on-site assembly.
Piano to build at Ronchamp - WHAT?!!?!?!!
That's right folks. Hallowed ground [both spiritual AND architectural] is about to get a bit of an overhaul…maybe. But before you take to your modern day ninja-mob weapons [throwing stars, nunchaku, bo staffs, etc.] and incite riots all over some asses, take some time to read both sides of the coin. Apparently, this isn't far off Le Corbusier's original ideas for the site after the initial chapel was completed in 1955.
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Alanah in Spacing Montreal
This image caught my eye as I was browsing the Plan D'Urbanisme…No, it isn't plans for the some-day domed city of Montreal. A Ville-Marie Borough regulation requires all buildings to fit within the silhouette of the downtown area, even if they surpass the height of their neighbours. The goal is to maintain the importance of Mount Royal within the urban landscape. The urban plan doesn't make it clear whether neighbourhing boroughs are expected to squeeze new developments under the same curve.
MATERIALECOLOGY in Design News
Neri Oxman in MATERIALECOLOGY: Neri Oxman
A decorously comprised collection of the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition at MoMA is now online from Design News.
Be "Still" For Cloepfil & Allied Works' New Denver Museum
Brian Libby in Portland Architecture
As reported this week by Architectural Record magazine (and then yesterday the Port blog), local architect Brad Cloepfil and his firm, Allied Works, have unveiled their new design for the Clyfford Still museum in Denver. Devoted to the seminal painter Clyfford Still, the museum will sit in the shadow of Daniel Libeskind's massive expansion for the Denver Art Museum. But only in scale will the Allied buidling acquiesce to Libeskind's angular titanium edifice; it's quite possible the Still, with its more subtle, restrained form, will better stand the test of time. Jeff Jahn at Port makes an interesting observation about Cloepfil's work: that there is a "heavy" Brad, seen in projects like the Wieden + Kennedy headquarters, and a "light, dematerializing" Brad, evidenced in newer work like the Museum of Art and Design at New York's Columbus Circle or the 2281 Glisan building here in Portland. Jeff likes the "heavy" Brad better.
World's First Positive Energy Building in Masdar, Abu Dhabi
Cate Trotter in Inhabitat
Not settling for mere zero-energy, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill's Masdar Headquarters are setting new design standards for green building, with their scheme that generates more energy than it consumes. The Masdar Headquarters building outside of Abu Dhabi is also the first building in history to generate power for its own assembly, using a solar roof pier that will be built first to power the rest of the construction.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive disease that affects approximately 1% of the general population, and many patients do not achieve complete remission or cure with current therapies. Interestingly, nature has an effective treatment for RA—pregnancy. During pregnancy, 75% of women with RA have improvement or remission of their disease, often within the first trimester. Although the mechanism of this pregnancy-induced RA improvement is poorly understood, epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that increased genetic disparity between the mother and fetus correlates with more rapid and sustained RA remission. These studies suggest that increased genetic disparity leads to an enhanced negative regulation of the maternal immune system upon exposure to foreign fetal antigens, thereby leading to more robust arthritis amelioration. T cell activation by antigen presenting cells (APCs) is central to response to foreign antigens as well as arthritis development. Understanding how pregnancy impacts maternal APCs and therefore T cell function will provide insight into the mechanism by which pregnancy suppresses RA development, knowledge that should increase our capacity to manipulate the immune system to treat autoimmune diseases such as RA.
Mechanistic investigations of fetal tolerance and arthritis amelioration in early pregnancy are not possible in humans. Thus, we have developed a model of pregnancy-induced arthritis amelioration using SKG mice. During pregnancy, systemic maternal APCs encounter fetal antigen that is released as apoptotic trophoblast fragments from the placenta into the maternal circulation. Acquisition of apoptotic cell fragments by APCs can lead to an anti-inflammatory and tolerogenic phenotype. Thus, we hypothesize that acquisition of apoptotic trophoblast fragments by specific maternal APC subsets leads to the development of an anti-inflammatory and tolerogenic microenvironment that is a critical early event in the induction of arthritis amelioration by pregnancy. The test this hypothesis and define the mechanism of arthritis amelioration by pregnancy in this model we will perform the studies outlined in the following specific aims: Aim 1. To identify the maternal APCs that acquire fetal antigen in pregnant SKG mice and determine if they have a tolerogenic phenotype. Aim 2. To determine if trophoblast apoptotic fragments can simulate the immunologic changes of pregnancy and treat arthritis. The long-term goal of these studies will be to develop ways to manipulate APC development and/or function as novel treatments for autoimmune disease. Defining the mechanism by which pregnancy leads to the reestablishment of self-tolerance in SKG mice could elucidate general properties of the immune system that can be manipulated to treat not only RA, but potentially other autoimmune conditions.
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Hello from the land of my thirties! I entered this new decade Saturday, in beautiful Gulf Shores, Alabama, where Tim took me away two days before, as a way to jump up and meet Thirty with a smile on my face, exploring and discovering instead of pining and reminiscing. I don't know what it is about these big birthdays, the ones that end in zeros, but so many of my female friends have had terrible times with them. In fact, after talking to one friend in particular last month, I burst out crying to Tim about how everybody treats aging like such a bad thing, and so was I going to sink into a depression on August 25 this year? Would I miss my family more than I usually do? Should he brace himself now for the drama? Thankfully, in our case, that outburst seems to have been all the drama and sadness I needed—and also, my husband is a kind, generous soul who responds by telling me he'll handle everything for my birthday and I can just relax, which, if I'm being honest, is probably exactly why I felt (and feel) like turning thirty is such a good gift.
Last year at this time, while Tim and I were planning our wedding, picturing our life together and discussing our budget, we would have told you travel wasn't on the table. We took a killer honeymoon (gifted from my parents) and then came back, settled in down in Tennessee, thankful. Sometimes we talked about his days of touring with the bands he used to manage or my old days of that full-time salary in my early twenties, but mostly we put travel in the mental box that holds children and home ownership and writing a book someday, and then we sealed it up tight. Someday, we'd love to take some trips. We'll see.
But then, my friend Kim gave us a night in an Atlanta B&B. Dole sent us to California. A crazy generous friend of friends unexpectedly lent us her beach house in Florida. My parents took us with them to their Wisconsin cabin. Now here we are, married less than a year, and we've traveled together to half a dozen different states—all because other people have made it possible. And last week, for the weekend in which I turned thirty, we took the first trip we planned and paid for, we meaning Tim, who surprised me from beginning to end: we headed south.
I don't know about you, but, growing up in the Midwest, when I heard Alabama, I thought, I don't know, Reese Witherspoon and college football and farmers living in the backwoods. But driving through the state, top to bottom, last weekend, I saw Alabama is both charming small town and beautiful coastal paradise, not to mention hot, hot sunshine that makes flowers and Spanish moss trees and pecan orchards grow.
We stayed in Bon Secour, a former French fishing village whose name means, literally, "safe harbor." Our bright blue stilt house was right on the bay, filled with furniture out of a Pottery Barn catalog and featuring entire walls of windows facing the water. Friday night, we slept with the bedroom shutters open so I could wake up with the sun, watching it slowly light up the waters and turn the sky pink, drinking in the quiet and the beauty before me on the first day of my thirties. There were shrimping boats sailing by and alligators near the dock and hundreds of seagulls flying back and forth above the calm and tranquil inlet.
Also, southern Alabama is conveniently right between Mississippi to the west and Florida to the east, giving us the perfect opportunity to tour the South.
We started with Mobile. Mobile is Alabama's third largest city, and I wanted to stop there because I'd read online that there was a bakery we'd like, but what we found instead was better: blocks and blocks of old, historic streets, the kind you think of when you think of Southern charm. There was a large town square with benches and bushes and a sculpture or something in the middle. With none of the traffic of a big city, just the tall buildings and crowded corner restaurant where business people and tourists ate outside, we pulled out our cameras and kept saying to each other how much we liked this place, wanting to keep it and anchor it somehow in our minds.
We strolled through an antique store where I bought a vintage letter "S" and the shop owner recommended a wine shop and we found a store of artisan goods that included locally baked spelt and wheat breads.
We walked back to our car and I stopped, suddenly, grabbing Tim's arm and exclaiming that I almost couldn't handle the beauty of the enormous, hundred-year-old trees before us or the way that they filtered streams of light onto the ground, setting patterns and rhythms, like quilts or wallpaper beneath our feet. Tim jumped to touch tree branches, the lowest ones far above our heads, and I thought how I could live my whole life, however many years it will be, and never see trees like this, and they would still be there, tall and proud and majestic in the middle of Mobile.
From there, we drove through the bottom of Mississippi, along a highway that passes just south of NASA's Stennis Space Center, and on into New Orleans. The sunny skies turned dark along the way, surrounding Louisiana with ominous gray by the time we arrived, but we didn't mind.
Like Alabama, New Orleans is not what I pictured. Instead of my visions of Mardi Gras, the French Quarter was quiet, while crowded, filled with little shops and balconies stuffed with flowers and another French restaurant with marble counters on every block. Dodging puddles and stepping on cobblestone paths, Tim and I walked from there to the water, where steamboats docked like a scene out of Huck Finn.
We went to Anthropologie and Whole Foods and other normal big-city things, but it was the architecture that I'll remember most about New Orleans—the towering buildings that could just as easily be an old European city as they could be one in the deep South. When we'd approached the French Quarter, I'd told Tim, doesn't that skyline look like an Etsy painting? and I'd imagined it, hanging on our wall. We stayed in NOLA all afternoon, driving home through Mississippi and Alabama late into the night.
On my birthday, we went to Pensacola, Florida, off to discover the historic district, which claims to have been first settled in 1559, as in,
before Columbus (whoops! who forgot her 1492 history!), before George Washington, before the Puritans or Pilgrims or Thanksgiving. This was, by far, our favorite stop. Pensacola is pristine—sugar-white sand, manicured trees, clean and walkable streets in a downtown filled with little stores selling kitchen supplies or bath products or Intelligentsia coffee. Walking into the historic district is like walking into the set of "The Truman Show," where all the houses are different shades of pastel, with white framing around the windows and doors, sidewalks surrounding the town square. We saw some men pulling the top off a gorgeous vintage convertible in front of a tall white church with stained glass windows taller than I am, adding a "just married" sign to the back. We walked through a cluster of trees as wide as houses, and Tim climbed a branch, surrounded by so much shade, you'd almost forget you were in Florida in August.
Saturday night, to further celebrate my thirty years, we went to The Wharf in Gulf Shores, kind of like an outdoor shopping mall meets tiny theme park meets restaurants and a boat dock. We had exactly $8 cash in our wallets, and the ferris wheel was $4 each, so we rode it, round and round, taking pictures of each other and the sinking sun like we were teenagers.
I said I feel like it's a gift to turn thirty, and a gift is exactly what I mean—to have been given thirty years of sunrises, thirty years of breath and life, thirty years of relationships and experiences and meals and work and history. This weekend, while we pointed the car south and trekked through four different states; when I woke up on my birthday morning to a handful of cards from friends Tim had asked to send them ahead of time; when I talked to my mom and my dad and Adam late Saturday; when friends called and asked, seriously, how I was feeling about this new age; when Tim made me breakfast; when I laid in bed in the quiet and watched the sun over the water, I am relieved to say that all I felt about turning 3-0 was this: pure gratitude.
*We also feel very fortunate to have missed Hurricane Isaac, which, according to reports, is headed for the coast sometime soon, especially because our trip was mostly blue skies and sunshine. Whereas national disasters on the news can often feel far away, having visited New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama last week puts a very somber tone on the news for us, one that makes it impossible to dismiss the storm as too far away. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of the Gulf Coast.
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Happy birthday! What a beautiful post, and a beautiful way to enter your 30s. This is going to be an exciting decade for you — and you sound ready!
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I, too, dwell in the land of the thirties and agree, it's not so bad! Happy Birthday! Your trip sounds dreamlike. A few of the places on your itinerary are stops on my 'to-go' list – like Mobile and New Orleans and your pics have only made me more intrigued. Must plan a road trip soon!
I'm so glad you had an enjoyable birthday. It is a wonderful gift to have another day, another breath, another opportunity to live.
What an amazing trip and a great attitude about getting older. One year older is one more year of blessing behind you with another ahead of you.
And GORGEOUS photos!
That sounds like an amazing birthday trip! Those wonderfully old trees remind me of the trees in Savannah, GA. So beautiful!
What an adventure! I was one of this people that ha a really hard time with turning 30, but I'm approaching 32 quickly and can say now that the last two years have been two of the most significant and worthwhile years of my life. I wish you many happy belated birthday wishes!
What a birthday! Oh, how I love your travel posts. Murdo and are terrible at birthdays — on his 30th birthday weekend, I had nothing planned, except to move into our new house, ha! Here's to another great decade of adventures.
Happy birthday, Shanna! What a wonderful trip. The year before my 30th birthday, I decided I would embrace it, no matter what the naysayers threw my way. And so, in spite of others freaking out over 30, I had a wonderful time celebrating and generally feeling good to be alive. My 30s have been incredible so far and I'm sure yours will be as well!
Awww! I love The Wharf! Makes me impatient to visit AL again! Happy Birthday!
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Oh what a beautiful trip! Thanks for sharing your stunning photos.
Happy birthday! I'll be 30 next year and I'm really looking forward to it actually. I feel like I've done enough with my 20s and I'm ready to move on and move forward. I adore these pictures too. I've never thought about going to Alabama but I've fallen in love with it from your pictures!
Madison Mayberry
Happy birthday, pretty lady. You just radiate happiness in your photos. I love what you said about 30 being a gift. It truly is a gift, each day, month and year we are here and aging should be celebrated because of that.
Happy happy happy, Shannalee. This post is full of such joy, and such lovely pictures.
What a great adventure to celebrate turning 30s. Such beautiful photos (esp. the Ferris wheel and the Saenger Theatre pics!!!). Being in your 30s isn't all that bad. Enjoy this new decade.
What a happy and beautiful trip! Now that I am a couple of years into my 30's, I can honestly say they have been the best years so far. I am sure they will be for you, too!
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Happy birthday Shanna! It looks like an amazing trip and you do such a beautiful job describing everything, I feel like I went on the trip too. And, having had a fantastic time turning 40 and 50, I can attest that aging gracefully is a wonderful thing, and a choice!
This post made me smile. I've also heard groans and moans from friends – especially female ones – who are turning 30. I've thought that maybe I should start dreading next year myself, but I think it's actually the most wonderful time! Your Southern vacation looks wonderful — all of these towns and cities look so charming! Happiest of birthdays, Shanna! A sweet one indeed.
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This is another beautiful, stunning post, Shanna! I love all the gorgeous photos – you have such a great eye with photography. And the heart-felt, detailed way you write – it leaves me feeling as if I'm experiencing every moment and emotion right along with you. I didn't feel any sadness when I turned 30. I loved my 20s but you can't give me enough money in the world to re-live those hard, tumultuous years of self-doubt. I feel so much more wiser, experienced and comfortable with myself and I look forward to everything the future holds. Happy birthday, dear Shanna. I'm so glad you celebrated in such a lovely way!
Jennifer T
Happy birthday! I'm enjoying 30, too. 😉 So glad you liked our little town. I've always thought Pensacola had the cutest downtown area, so charming. And I've been to two weddings in that beautiful white church! Just as lovely on the inside as it is on the outside. What a wonderful trip Tim planned for you!
Toni Stanton
So glad you enjoyed South Alabama! I hope you were able to see our beautiful white sandy beaches…if you didn't, you need to come back. There is nothing quite like it! Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! And what a beautiful post to celebrate it. I'm a few years away from thirty yet, and this helps me look forward to that milestone rather than dread it!
Happy Birthday! This is a terrific way to introduce a new year, while others might be sulking, you are proudly wearing it!
Rhu and Sam (Montse)
Happy 30s!!! The best is yet to come 😉
Happy birthday! As an Alabamian, it makes me so happy to hear that you discovered its beauty.
Happy belated birthday! This looks like such a wonderful trip. I have to admit to having a few tears the day after my birthday – the day itself was great and I think the tears were as much about a big, fun day being over as much as anything. Since then I have been very pro-30s and am very happy to be 33, I find it so much easier to just be myself now than at any point in my 20s.
Shanna, I love your heart of gratitude. I was shopping this weekend and tried on a mustard yellow top. It so reminded me of you and your wedding day sweater. I am so glad you are enjoying life at 30 with your Tim. May God continue to bless you both!
sarah kate branine
Oh, what an incredibly perfect way to start out your thirtieth year. ( And GREAT job, husband! ) I felt blessed just reading through this post. I'll always remember my sister telling me, as I turned thirty, that her thirties were by far the best decade yet for her. Although I am only 31, I definitely would agree Cheers to the thirties! And welcome to it!
ps. So funny– as soon as I saw the first picture of Pensacola, I thought, "this will be my favorite part of their trip" and then you said the same. Great minds. . . .
Lovely. What a wonderful birthday gift!
I personally love being in my 30's – I am finding I like myself more the older I get, which I think is a good thing.
Alabama has never been on my list of places I'd like to vacation, but you've just changed that. What a wonderful birthday vacation for you both! Thanks for sharing!
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Happy Birthday! What is the name of the artisan goods shop (that sells bread) you found in Mobile?
I'm so glad I waited to comment on this post until now because it means I was able to read all the wise and wonderful women in their 30s profess how great it is! I'm 17 days away from hitting the big 3-0 myself and I must admit I'm slightly panicked. I think I'll be excited to be on the other side of it though since it seems I've been dreading it for a full year. After reading this post I'm determined to approach the next 17 days with excitement and grace and thankfulness – the best is yet to come!