Apr 27, 2007

About Dogs and Bitches

People that know me, know that first and foremost I love dogs. Then, in a very, very second place I like people... Well, some people... uhm, few people. Yeah, sorry, but humanity is by far in second place in my heart.

So I have always found that using 'bitch' as an insult is not fair. Not fair for the 'she-dogs' on one hand and not fair for us women on the other, because it tends to be applied loosely to any woman that has either power or strong personality.

It is very funny but sad at the same time, how people will see some characteristics in a man and would say for example that 'he is strong'. But when seeing the same qualities in a woman they would say that 'she is a bitch'. (Of course I am not talking about the gangsta rapers and the hip hop 'crowd' because it seems that for them if you are a woman you are, by definition, a bitch).

Anyway, here is the story. While taking jewelry classes I found two of those exceptions I was talking about, I mean two people that I like. One is my jewelry teacher Jane Levy (she is great, I would love to be like her if I ever grow up) and the other is Sally, that is also a dog lover. With Sally we have even share a booth on a craft fair, not only because it makes everything easier and cheaper for us and because we tend to share some good laughs together, but because what we do when it comes to jewelry is very very different, so there is no competition there.

A couple of days ago, Sally started making her first online catalog with her jewelry. I was browsing it and of course she has a series of pendants that are 'canine related'. And among those things, there it was... what an excellent idea for a pendant! I couldn't help but crack up!! Now, see why I like her? :)

So if you also believe that bitch is a misused word, and you have no problem in being called one for the wrong reasons, you may want to contact Sally for this pendant.

And if you are a dog lover as we are, you can always ask her for a custom made silver pendant with your dog's name for you to use it or for your dog as a tag. You can see more of her jewelry (the rest is very intrincated but abolutely politically correct, don't be afraid) by visiting her website, Dizzy-Dog designs.

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