HI, ladies!!
Congratulations, Sunflower and Cosmos!
I’m very proud of being a member of this hard-working and wonderful group, and I’ll move into the fast track by hanging on to your coattails!
Thank you so much for your concern about my daughters, Plum. Fortunately, they were not dissatisfied with my absence and even greeted me with a smile on Monday evening. They appear to get used to that situation these days, I guess, but I don’t know when they might change in the near future. All I can do is doing my best when I stay with them at home…
Summary: Free love 2
Mary Ellen---she tried to live as a sex radical who married the writer George Meredith. They claimed they were too clever and high-strung, and thus she fell in love with Henry Wallis, and left Meredith.
…It’s almost supper time. See you next, bye!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Free love
HI, ladies!!
Sunflower, Cosmos and Gloriosa
Thank you very much for yesterday’s most interesting and worthwhile feminism theory lecture. I sincerely respect you for your broad knowledge and hard work. I was happy to enjoy such wonderful time with you, and I’d like to learn these theories deeper in order to examine our current situation as women.
Summary: Free love 1
Swedenborg---his doctrine of conjugal love implied the eternal, spiritual affinity of a man and a woman.
George Sand---the most widely read of all foreign authors in England.
(‘Fhalanstery’ at Royal Henry House)George Henry Lewes & Agnes
with Thornton Hunts, the Gliddons and the Samuel Laurences.---they were said to have lived in a co-operative household run on Fourieresque principles. After Agnes bore two children by her husband’s close friend, George Henry Lewes lived with the writer George Eliot for 24 years. Their partnership wasn’t the kind of free love union.
So, see you next. Bye!
Sunflower, Cosmos and Gloriosa
Thank you very much for yesterday’s most interesting and worthwhile feminism theory lecture. I sincerely respect you for your broad knowledge and hard work. I was happy to enjoy such wonderful time with you, and I’d like to learn these theories deeper in order to examine our current situation as women.
Summary: Free love 1
Swedenborg---his doctrine of conjugal love implied the eternal, spiritual affinity of a man and a woman.
George Sand---the most widely read of all foreign authors in England.
(‘Fhalanstery’ at Royal Henry House)George Henry Lewes & Agnes
with Thornton Hunts, the Gliddons and the Samuel Laurences.---they were said to have lived in a co-operative household run on Fourieresque principles. After Agnes bore two children by her husband’s close friend, George Henry Lewes lived with the writer George Eliot for 24 years. Their partnership wasn’t the kind of free love union.
So, see you next. Bye!
Friday, November 21, 2008
The crusade against marriage 4
Hi, ladies!!
Summary:
The English ideal of women’s role underwent a remarkable change in the 1830s. Emancipation of women was a natural part of Socialist programmes, while opponents mocked both the free woman and Socialisms, suggesting those were enemies both of marriage and of traditional morality.
Kate---Owenite writer wrote that abused wives was high at that time.
The French Socialist doctrines of Saint-Simon and Fourier---their followers preached social regeneration in the form of a society dedicated to hard work, social purpose, co-operation and association, as opposed to the inalienable right of amassing property, inheritance, free markets and competition.
Varnhagen and Bettina---Thinkers of Germany have arrived at the conclusion that marriage is a highly immoral institution.
…It is very interesting for me to learn these concrete effects by women activities in 19C England. I’m now looking forward to listening to your lecture scheduled for Monday morning.
See you next, have a nice weekend. Bye!
Summary:
The English ideal of women’s role underwent a remarkable change in the 1830s. Emancipation of women was a natural part of Socialist programmes, while opponents mocked both the free woman and Socialisms, suggesting those were enemies both of marriage and of traditional morality.
Kate---Owenite writer wrote that abused wives was high at that time.
The French Socialist doctrines of Saint-Simon and Fourier---their followers preached social regeneration in the form of a society dedicated to hard work, social purpose, co-operation and association, as opposed to the inalienable right of amassing property, inheritance, free markets and competition.
Varnhagen and Bettina---Thinkers of Germany have arrived at the conclusion that marriage is a highly immoral institution.
…It is very interesting for me to learn these concrete effects by women activities in 19C England. I’m now looking forward to listening to your lecture scheduled for Monday morning.
See you next, have a nice weekend. Bye!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The crusade against marriage 3
Hi, ladies!!
It is Wednesday, November 19, 2008, today, and bitterly cold wind has blown as if winter has come. How are you??
Summary from the Victorian study:
W. J. Fox---the Unitarian minister suggested liberalization of the divorce laws, which eventually led to his exclusion from the Church.
William Bridges Adams---successful manufacturer declared that all ranks of society women were slaves who could only be freed from their slavery by making marriage a civil contract, dissoluble like any other contract.
Sarah Flower Adams---She compared performing fleas in the little boxes to human beings in the torture boxes, complaining that the worst box of all was one of marriage.
…There were a lot of fighting women in the 19C England, who must have had unimaginable struggles against public. It’s fantastic to know them, even though scratching the surface.
Well, take care not to catch cold, see you!
It is Wednesday, November 19, 2008, today, and bitterly cold wind has blown as if winter has come. How are you??
Summary from the Victorian study:
W. J. Fox---the Unitarian minister suggested liberalization of the divorce laws, which eventually led to his exclusion from the Church.
William Bridges Adams---successful manufacturer declared that all ranks of society women were slaves who could only be freed from their slavery by making marriage a civil contract, dissoluble like any other contract.
Sarah Flower Adams---She compared performing fleas in the little boxes to human beings in the torture boxes, complaining that the worst box of all was one of marriage.
…There were a lot of fighting women in the 19C England, who must have had unimaginable struggles against public. It’s fantastic to know them, even though scratching the surface.
Well, take care not to catch cold, see you!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The crusade against marriage 2
HI, ladies!!
It is Tuesday, November 18, 2008, today, and now getting chilly and cloudy, looks like rain.
Continued from yesterday:
Crusade against marriage
Utopians Anna Wheeler& William Thompson---They analyzed that changing the laws to put the political and civil rights of women would not give women equal happiness with men, because unequal powers must produce unequal effects. They also suggested that the dual burden of domestic responsibility plus work outside the home still curtails women’s involvement in political activities.
Radical Richard Carlile--- He and his Zetetic followers began to reassess orthodox sexuality both in theory and in practice, which were not equated with licence or promiscuity.
Owenite Mrs. Frances Morrison---She complained of the foolish education women received, the heartless condemnation to prostitution, the wickedness of a dual code of sexual morality, and the cruelty of the means of redemption undertaken by the Church.
…It is rather difficult for me to correctly imagine those brave opponents against marriage system and other institution, but I’m interested in their constant efforts to improve women’s lives.
SO, see you next. Bye!
It is Tuesday, November 18, 2008, today, and now getting chilly and cloudy, looks like rain.
Continued from yesterday:
Crusade against marriage
Utopians Anna Wheeler& William Thompson---They analyzed that changing the laws to put the political and civil rights of women would not give women equal happiness with men, because unequal powers must produce unequal effects. They also suggested that the dual burden of domestic responsibility plus work outside the home still curtails women’s involvement in political activities.
Radical Richard Carlile--- He and his Zetetic followers began to reassess orthodox sexuality both in theory and in practice, which were not equated with licence or promiscuity.
Owenite Mrs. Frances Morrison---She complained of the foolish education women received, the heartless condemnation to prostitution, the wickedness of a dual code of sexual morality, and the cruelty of the means of redemption undertaken by the Church.
…It is rather difficult for me to correctly imagine those brave opponents against marriage system and other institution, but I’m interested in their constant efforts to improve women’s lives.
SO, see you next. Bye!
Monday, November 17, 2008
The crusade against marriage
HI, ladies!!
It is Monday, November 17, 2008, today, and has been a bit cloudy.
Alice, are you getting all right? You must have had hard days these days, and I’m afraid of having been one of the causes …Take care!
Today’s summary: The crusade against marriage
To many in the middle ranks of society “the gilded cage” of bourgeois marriage meant the dark ages. Hostility to Judaeo/Christian marriage and the laws and social customs which upheld it were circulating in England. The political thinkers, such as W.Godwin, Shelly, Byron and Southey, hated it because of its emphasis on monogamy. Their fervent belief in unrestrained sex confused the love ideals of succeeding generations. Though The Times wanted to prevent the plea for free love from passing into popular circulation, their works became a formative text of the 19C crusade against marriage.
Names&aims
Robert Owen—His main interests were national education, community life, co-operation, trade unionism, the abolition of property. (Later added marriage in his list of evil customs, as ‘a Satanic device of the Priesthood to place and keep mankind within their slavish superstitions…’)
Frances Wright—She was a supporter of R. Owen and the most Radical female opponent of her day, assuming married women’s control of their own property, greater educational opportunity, breaking an unsatisfactory marital tie, and entering into sexual relations. She was the first woman to lecture on these subjects in the US publicly.
Fanny Wright—she became the first woman to act publicly opposes slavery in America, founding a commune in Tennessee. She was regarded as the advocate of anarchy, atheism and free love, and thus praise for her efforts was drowned by outcries against her ‘licentiousness.’
--- They seems rather extreme even from our time, but this article is very intriguing, isn’t it? SO, see you next. Bye!
It is Monday, November 17, 2008, today, and has been a bit cloudy.
Alice, are you getting all right? You must have had hard days these days, and I’m afraid of having been one of the causes …Take care!
Today’s summary: The crusade against marriage
To many in the middle ranks of society “the gilded cage” of bourgeois marriage meant the dark ages. Hostility to Judaeo/Christian marriage and the laws and social customs which upheld it were circulating in England. The political thinkers, such as W.Godwin, Shelly, Byron and Southey, hated it because of its emphasis on monogamy. Their fervent belief in unrestrained sex confused the love ideals of succeeding generations. Though The Times wanted to prevent the plea for free love from passing into popular circulation, their works became a formative text of the 19C crusade against marriage.
Names&aims
Robert Owen—His main interests were national education, community life, co-operation, trade unionism, the abolition of property. (Later added marriage in his list of evil customs, as ‘a Satanic device of the Priesthood to place and keep mankind within their slavish superstitions…’)
Frances Wright—She was a supporter of R. Owen and the most Radical female opponent of her day, assuming married women’s control of their own property, greater educational opportunity, breaking an unsatisfactory marital tie, and entering into sexual relations. She was the first woman to lecture on these subjects in the US publicly.
Fanny Wright—she became the first woman to act publicly opposes slavery in America, founding a commune in Tennessee. She was regarded as the advocate of anarchy, atheism and free love, and thus praise for her efforts was drowned by outcries against her ‘licentiousness.’
--- They seems rather extreme even from our time, but this article is very intriguing, isn’t it? SO, see you next. Bye!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Aristocratic attitude to children
Ｈi, ladies!!
From Victorian study: [Aristocratic attitude to children]
To most aristocrats children were not simply an investment in the future; their upbringing was a major source of pleasure and worry. Childbearing experiences varied; according to a modern study, about one quarter of aristocratic women had an average of nine children, but 15 percent of aristocratic marriages were childless.
Women of the upper classes enjoyed better health generally than their less privileged contemporaries. They rarely expressed any guilt or sense of personal deprivation about their children in the care of nurses.
In the large establishments they had a high managerial function, for example, in the London Season in the years between 1870 and 1900, in which women had enormous power to include or exclude guests.
So, see you next. Bye!
From Victorian study: [Aristocratic attitude to children]
To most aristocrats children were not simply an investment in the future; their upbringing was a major source of pleasure and worry. Childbearing experiences varied; according to a modern study, about one quarter of aristocratic women had an average of nine children, but 15 percent of aristocratic marriages were childless.
Women of the upper classes enjoyed better health generally than their less privileged contemporaries. They rarely expressed any guilt or sense of personal deprivation about their children in the care of nurses.
In the large establishments they had a high managerial function, for example, in the London Season in the years between 1870 and 1900, in which women had enormous power to include or exclude guests.
So, see you next. Bye!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
You know iknow?
Hi, ladies!!
It is Wednesday, November 12, 2008, today, and has been rather warmer than yesterday.
Ｓome effective expression ;( Victorian study)
Obliging a friend was not something to be ashamed of; it was a matter of pride and principle.
As she grew older she grew more tyrannical as a hostess, to the point where Macaulay said,…
After years of enmity,…
She was no fan either of England or the upper class;…
It was at Stanfford House, her London residence, that a group of English women met to…
Today I tried to access a SNS service iknow, which was introduced on the newspaper a week ago, to improve my English listening skill. I used to listen to some English news by my ipod, but I need to strengthen the skill more. Poor English is not something to be ashamed of; I have only to make an effort.
As I tried some corner in the site I got more interested in such effective learning as an English listener, taking some dictation more comfortably than ever. I hope my skill will become fantastic after years of patience?
By the way, I was no fan either of the Giants or the Lions, but I was moved at watching the Japan Baseball Champion Series of this year. It was The Lions, usually B class team that finally won the game. The coach of the team burst into tears when they won, because they all had endured many hard training throughout this year. Practice makes perfect.
See you next, bye!
It is Wednesday, November 12, 2008, today, and has been rather warmer than yesterday.
Ｓome effective expression ;( Victorian study)
Obliging a friend was not something to be ashamed of; it was a matter of pride and principle.
As she grew older she grew more tyrannical as a hostess, to the point where Macaulay said,…
After years of enmity,…
She was no fan either of England or the upper class;…
It was at Stanfford House, her London residence, that a group of English women met to…
Today I tried to access a SNS service iknow, which was introduced on the newspaper a week ago, to improve my English listening skill. I used to listen to some English news by my ipod, but I need to strengthen the skill more. Poor English is not something to be ashamed of; I have only to make an effort.
As I tried some corner in the site I got more interested in such effective learning as an English listener, taking some dictation more comfortably than ever. I hope my skill will become fantastic after years of patience?
By the way, I was no fan either of the Giants or the Lions, but I was moved at watching the Japan Baseball Champion Series of this year. It was The Lions, usually B class team that finally won the game. The coach of the team burst into tears when they won, because they all had endured many hard training throughout this year. Practice makes perfect.
See you next, bye!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Wii Fit
HI, ladies!!
Recently I am trying to exercise with Wii Fit, a kind of TV game, every day. I used to go to the gym near my house twice a week, but I quitted it after seriously starting my English study about one year ago. Since then I have never exercised at all, and my body is terrible now…I like watching some sports, but I like doing it by myself better.
By doing some yoga or muscle training, I enjoy myself at home when I am free, Oh, I’m always free…
Well, see you tomorrow, bye!
Recently I am trying to exercise with Wii Fit, a kind of TV game, every day. I used to go to the gym near my house twice a week, but I quitted it after seriously starting my English study about one year ago. Since then I have never exercised at all, and my body is terrible now…I like watching some sports, but I like doing it by myself better.
By doing some yoga or muscle training, I enjoy myself at home when I am free, Oh, I’m always free…
Well, see you tomorrow, bye!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Effective expression
HI, ladies!
It is Monday, November 10, 2008, today, and has been quite chilly since this morning. I finally took a heater out from the closet.
Even now I’m struggling with Miyake-san’s essay to improve my writing skill, but it’s a hard task for me to pick a lot of effective expression up from it.
For example, her statements about time:
>By the 1920s, Throughout the 1930s, It was not until August 1944～ｔｈａｔ, After the start of the war in China in 1937, By the end of 1941, As late as the spring of 1944, According to a 1935 survey, Especially after Japan’s entry in to the Pacific war in 1941, when ～,
About an inserted comment (?):
>thus, Indeed, whereas, in short, First, in addition to, yet, Moreover, For example, therefore, in turn, given, while, however, in other words, rather than, instead of, as long as, in this way,
All of them are not so difficult in reading English, but I can’t express my idea with them. By imitate these one by one, I hope my English will become smooth one.
So, see you next, Bye!
It is Monday, November 10, 2008, today, and has been quite chilly since this morning. I finally took a heater out from the closet.
Even now I’m struggling with Miyake-san’s essay to improve my writing skill, but it’s a hard task for me to pick a lot of effective expression up from it.
For example, her statements about time:
>By the 1920s, Throughout the 1930s, It was not until August 1944～ｔｈａｔ, After the start of the war in China in 1937, By the end of 1941, As late as the spring of 1944, According to a 1935 survey, Especially after Japan’s entry in to the Pacific war in 1941, when ～,
About an inserted comment (?):
>thus, Indeed, whereas, in short, First, in addition to, yet, Moreover, For example, therefore, in turn, given, while, however, in other words, rather than, instead of, as long as, in this way,
All of them are not so difficult in reading English, but I can’t express my idea with them. By imitate these one by one, I hope my English will become smooth one.
So, see you next, Bye!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
The memorable day
ＨＩ，ladies!!
It is Thursday, November 6, 2008, today.
Since the STEP test finished around 2 weeks ago, I’ve been lowly motivated. I always rush recklessly to achieve my end, and get tired of keeping go ahead when it comes to end. I think it was so hard for me to try a STEP test with such poor ability at English. But fortunately I have the greatly hard working teacher and friends, who are tirelessly enjoying the English study. Thanks to all of you, I manage to continue learning English.
With such a low level of tension, I happened to watch a TV program last night, which led to a good effect for me. Yesterday was the memorable day when Obama won the miraculous victory as the first African-American President of USA. In that program, a Japanese comedian, who is skillful at mimicking Obama, challenged to meet himself directly in the USA to get an official recognition. What an impossible idea!
But, contrary to my expectations, he did a good job. Beyond a lot of rigorous security checks, he eagerly chased after Obama from Chicago to New York, running through Central Park and having his hair cut like the real Obama. Though his English was poor, (he always said, “I, meet, Obama, from Japan!”) his desperate efforts generally moved me, and I couldn’t take my eyes off the scene on TV.
Finally an unexpected opportunity came his way. After Obama’s speech was given in front of about 100,000 audiences at Chicago (?), he could shake hands with Obama, shouting “my name is Obama!,” and the real replied with big laugh, “Oh, that is right.” His dream eventually came true! I was impressed by his frantic look.
Thank you for reading. See you next, bye!
It is Thursday, November 6, 2008, today.
Since the STEP test finished around 2 weeks ago, I’ve been lowly motivated. I always rush recklessly to achieve my end, and get tired of keeping go ahead when it comes to end. I think it was so hard for me to try a STEP test with such poor ability at English. But fortunately I have the greatly hard working teacher and friends, who are tirelessly enjoying the English study. Thanks to all of you, I manage to continue learning English.
With such a low level of tension, I happened to watch a TV program last night, which led to a good effect for me. Yesterday was the memorable day when Obama won the miraculous victory as the first African-American President of USA. In that program, a Japanese comedian, who is skillful at mimicking Obama, challenged to meet himself directly in the USA to get an official recognition. What an impossible idea!
But, contrary to my expectations, he did a good job. Beyond a lot of rigorous security checks, he eagerly chased after Obama from Chicago to New York, running through Central Park and having his hair cut like the real Obama. Though his English was poor, (he always said, “I, meet, Obama, from Japan!”) his desperate efforts generally moved me, and I couldn’t take my eyes off the scene on TV.
Finally an unexpected opportunity came his way. After Obama’s speech was given in front of about 100,000 audiences at Chicago (?), he could shake hands with Obama, shouting “my name is Obama!,” and the real replied with big laugh, “Oh, that is right.” His dream eventually came true! I was impressed by his frantic look.
Thank you for reading. See you next, bye!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Beautiful season
HI, ladies!!
It is Tuesday, November 04, 2008, today. I imagine you’ve fully enjoyed this beautiful season. As for me, my family and I went to Lake Hamana for the last couple of days. All of us had a wonderful time in Mikkabi and Hamamatsu, eating orange, Hamamatsu-gyoza, and broiled eel. While driving around the lake, warm wind and bright sunshine always so welcomed us that all I did was taking a nap comfortably in the back of the car…
Plum, congratulations for your new grand-child!! You must have had a big surprise and concern in Japan over this unexpected event, but your daughter did a good job in Sydney, didn’t she?!
Azalea, I’m happy to see you again here. Your story always brings me an innocent smile.
So, see you next, bye!!
It is Tuesday, November 04, 2008, today. I imagine you’ve fully enjoyed this beautiful season. As for me, my family and I went to Lake Hamana for the last couple of days. All of us had a wonderful time in Mikkabi and Hamamatsu, eating orange, Hamamatsu-gyoza, and broiled eel. While driving around the lake, warm wind and bright sunshine always so welcomed us that all I did was taking a nap comfortably in the back of the car…
Plum, congratulations for your new grand-child!! You must have had a big surprise and concern in Japan over this unexpected event, but your daughter did a good job in Sydney, didn’t she?!
Azalea, I’m happy to see you again here. Your story always brings me an innocent smile.
So, see you next, bye!!
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