Comments on: I Am Sorry, Women

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:04:09 +0000

Thank you for writing this. I love this so much. I understand and I love it.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:58:47 +0000

Greatest piece.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:36:14 +0000

I was also married at 22, with a psych degree, to a very successful man.
Yawn. I also left and no one understands (it was 15 years ago). Yes, it is always sex, men always want sex, and that is ok. A dog always wants table scraps, good ones, bad ones, and he does not always get them, but we still love the dog; he is simply being a dog, and we still love the men, too. Undertones are sometimes the only things turning a dull day into something worth getting dressed for.

By: dino

dino — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:02:42 +0000

RAY RAY SAYS:
November 21st, 2012 at 9:41 am
The subtext with men is not always about sex. Sometimes it’s about the car you drive.

The subtext of the car you drive, is sex.

By: Heath

Heath — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:43:34 +0000

Mary, I loved it. It made me want to drink and write. In that order.

By: Mary Miller

Mary Miller — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:11:56 +0000

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, y’all!
I’m glad you understood that this is how I felt at one time on one day, while drinking, and not how I feel in general.

I know lots of amazing women, and count many of them as friends.

Also: there’s some hyperbole here, quite a bit, actually, and I’m glad most of you understood that, too.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:39:20 +0000

I accept your apology on behalf of women in general. Your piece is beautiful.

There are many great women out there that are waiting to meet you. Your current crop of friends are not cutting it.

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:04:05 +0000

Hi there,
I like how your piece levitates over a few issues, which sort of how shame feels before the shame shitstorm hits, in my experience. Have you read Brene Brown’s work? I love her webs of critical awareness. Not that your piece asks for further reading. But Rumpus asks for comments! So there! Ha! I envision this piece printed on vellum paper, and underneath a web of the shame triggers in your life, watercolor, by Rachael Schafer.

By: Kathy Rivers

Kathy Rivers — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:00:51 +0000

lol, that was fantastic, yay you.

By: Amy Monticello

Amy Monticello — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:35:34 +0000

Mary,

The supreme honesty and vulnerability of this essay are only matched by its simple lyricism. And I relate, relate, relate. Thank you for writing the brave. I just finished BIG WORLD on Chloe Caldwell’s recommendation, and I think your work is so exciting.