>From: "Sarah Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "ruth adams" <[log in to unmask]>,
> "Maren Hartmann" <[log in to unmask]>,
> "Jenny Bennathan" <[log in to unmask]>,
> "lindsay Turnbull" <[log in to unmask]>,
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>Subject: brighten your morning with maya angelou
>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:00:53 +0100
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>Happy Women's history month!
>> >A little perspective never hurts.
>> >
>> >To all you phenomenal women,
>> >The Shape Women Are In
>> >Did you know...
>> >
>> > >
>> >If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to
>> >her proportions.
>> >
>> >
>> >A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent looking at
>> >models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed,
>> >guilty and shameful.
>> >
>> >Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average
>> >woman, today weigh 23% less.
>> >
>> >
>> >The enclosed Maya Angelou poem is being circulated to celebrate
>> > Women's History Month.
>> >
>> >Phenomenal Woman
>> >By Maya Angelou
>> >
>> >Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
>> >I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
>> >But when I start to tell them
>> >They think I'm telling lies.
>> >I say
>> >It's in the reach of my arms
>> >The span of my hips
>> >The stride of my steps
>> >The curl of my lips.
>> >I'm a woman
>> >Phenomenally
>> >Phenomenal woman
>> >That's me.
>> >
>> >I walk into a room
>> >Just as cool as you please
>> >And to a man
>> >The fellows stand or
>> >Fall down on their knees
>> >Then they swarm around me
>> >A hive of honey bees.
>> >I say
>> >It's the fire in my eyes
>> >And the flash of my teeth
>> >The swing of my waist
>> >And the joy in my feet.
>> >I'm a woman
>> >Phenomenal woman
>> >That's me.
>> >
>> >Men themselves have wondered
>> >What they see in me
>> >They try so much
>> >But they can't touch
>> >My inner mystery.
>> >When I try to show them
>> >They say they still can't see.
>> >It's in the arch of my back
>> >The sun of my smile
>> >The ride of my breasts
>> >The grace of my style.
>> >I'm a woman
>> >Phenomenally
>> >Phenomenal woman
>> >That's me.
>> >
>> >Now you understand
>> >Just why my head's not bowed
>> >I don't shout or jump about
>> >Or have to talk real loud
>> >When you see me passing
>> >It ought to make you proud.
>> >I say
>> >It's in the click of my heels
>> >The bend of my hair
>> >The palm of my hand
>> >The need for my care.
>> >'Cause I'm a woman
>> >Phenomenally
>> >Phenomenal woman
>> >That's me.
>> >
>> >Please send this to at least 5 phenomenal women today in celebration
>> >of Women's History Month. If you don't, nothing bad will happen, but if
>> >you do, something good will: you will boost someone's self-esteem!
>> >
>> >
>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or
>>wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? -Jean Paul Richter,
>>German Writer (1763-1825)
>>
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>
>Sarah Lee
>Plenty Productions
>19 Warleigh Road
>Brighton BN1 4NT
>Tel: 01273 679731
>mobile: 0961 144 958
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