Don't you fuck with me.
I wear killer high-heeled shoes.
Who needs a Virgin?
I wear killer high-heeled shoes.
Who needs a Virgin?
I've posted this picture before, a long time ago, but tonight at rehearsal there was a copy of Annie Leibovitz's book, Women, and I found this picture again and it thrilled me as much as it ever did.
Quite frankly, this is one of my favorite images of a nursing mother. It destroys so many stereotypes and illustrates what I see as the power of a woman who is in the fullest glory of her child-bearing years. Why does the Madonna have to be a Virgin? Does having had sex destroy a woman's holiness?
I think that Jerry Hall and Annie Leibovitz would say quite definitively, NO!
I would too.
And thank-you, Denise, for bringing in that book.
For more pictures and haiku, run right over to recuerda mi corazon where you will find a list of others who are playing this sweet word game with Rebecca whose words and pictures and art sustain many of our hearts, Friday and otherwise.
Great photo.
ReplyDeleteyou really know how to STIR the haiku pot.
ReplyDeletetalk about laying stereotypes to rest,
YOU and jerry hall!
rock on ms. moon!
Stopped by to check out the Friday Haiku. Unusual in a way as most photos are flowery and most words soft and soothing. This is different, to be sure. And the flowery softness is not an expectation, requirement or how it is suppose to be at all!
ReplyDeleteAs a male, I can, and do, accept all of it in a non judgemental way, but I certainly don't understand it.
Good stuff here.
Peace.
There's some clash of preconceptions here. as you say, what an amazing image, sex and motherhood rolled into one.
ReplyDeleteYou know, so many high-powered female "stars" today have so little to do with the child-bearing/rearing process. They have their babies, by caesarian, sometimes 5-6 weeks early, so they can keep their figures pretty. And don't even think about nursing. That's what I like about this photo. She's a model, nursing her own child.
ReplyDeleteAnd did you change your header? I like it. I've been having a weary week, myself.
Amazing! the resemblance between your Madonna-baby and the Jerry-baby ~ wow!!!
ReplyDeletewell said, well said!!!
ReplyDeleteFascinating piece.
ReplyDeleteI never understand why virginity and celibacy are so 'treasured'. After all, they're not exactly the norm or innately natural.
Have a good day, Boonie
You're fantastic, Ms. Moon.
ReplyDeletePowerful. Let's hear it for womanpower.
ReplyDeleteThat is just simply fabulous - the picture, but especially your haiku!
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that Virgin meant belonging to no man and has absolutely nothing to do with being sexual or celibate ~ a woman free to be herself without any dominant patriarchal paradigm dictating how she should act - in other words, like the first line of your haiku, a woman who simply says "don't you fuck with me" and means it.
Powerful and provocative, haiku and the photo.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Sistah! Great haiku/photo pairing. x0 N2
ReplyDeleteI remember when you posted this picture before...and wanted to tell you then (but don't think I did), that I thought this looked like a picture of you! ;)
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you, Jerry and Annie!
ReplyDeleteThis picture absolutely rocks, and the verse does, too. You just completely made my day - thank you!
ReplyDelete~Deb
Best haiku so far! You captured the essence of that photo.
ReplyDeleteAh yes. I may have to keep that picture on my desktop to remind me.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. You are right, of course. I just thought that a bottle might make him sleep longer and more contentedly. Maybe not. I know I'm stubborn, though. And determined to breastfeed. I got three hours of sleep this morning, so I'm much more hopeful just now.