Comments on: Luz and Lucila http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/ A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:48:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marla http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-448 Marla Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:33:10 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-448 I'm ruining this very wonderful conversation by replying. I love this whole entry including the conversation with mandarine. Thank you for sharing your granndmothers in such vivid detail. Both of my grandmothers were so distant, I missed learning much from either of them. what richness of heritage. thinking of O's grandmothers and wondering what she will remember of them... I’m ruining this very wonderful conversation by replying.

I love this whole entry including the conversation with mandarine. Thank you for sharing your granndmothers in such vivid detail. Both of my grandmothers were so distant, I missed learning much from either of them.

what richness of heritage. thinking of O’s grandmothers and wondering what she will remember of them…

]]> By: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-276 Maria Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:03:03 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-276 <cite>[...] until she says: ‘Dad, you know I really hate tractors !’</cite> LOL! [...] until she says: ‘Dad, you know I really hate tractors !’

LOL!

]]> By: mandarine http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-275 mandarine Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:57:02 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-275 And then you can't imagine how many men interior or fashion-designers are automatically labelled as gay. I escaped this, but o how I hate France's machist culture. When (if) I have a daughter, I will teach her everything I know that she wants to learn about. Knowing how heavy the cultural influence from school or friends can be, I will even probably give it a nudge in the 'other direction' until she says: 'Dad, you know I really hate tractors !'. And then you can’t imagine how many men interior or fashion-designers are automatically labelled as gay. I escaped this, but o how I hate France’s machist culture.
When (if) I have a daughter, I will teach her everything I know that she wants to learn about. Knowing how heavy the cultural influence from school or friends can be, I will even probably give it a nudge in the ‘other direction’ until she says: ‘Dad, you know I really hate tractors !’.

]]> By: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-272 Maria Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-272 There are two components to why I think that image is funny to me: 1) Yes, the gender aspect... Simply because I am from South America, and as we all know that is a very machista culture, so personally, I have never met a man who would want to sew, or would admit to it... Of course, except for interior or fashion designers. CSS and women sound a little more natural to me. But consistent with my macho upbringing, I would also find it very funny, if a woman told me that she demanded tractor-repair lessons from her grandfather. 2) The "demand" aspect, and the age. I love the mental image of somebody asking his/her (in my mind: shorter and sweeter) grandmother to teach him/her something with such passion. And this is funny to me whether you are a man or a woman. I emphasized the word "man" solely because I wanted to clarify that I wasn't sure of your gender (NOT because you sew, but because you purposely omit references to it in your writing). So, I can see that it may be interpreted as "man" being the main reason why I find the image funny. It's really not... :) There are two components to why I think that image is funny to me:

1) Yes, the gender aspect…
Simply because I am from South America, and as we all know that is a very machista culture, so personally, I have never met a man who would want to sew, or would admit to it… Of course, except for interior or fashion designers.

CSS and women sound a little more natural to me. But consistent with my macho upbringing, I would also find it very funny, if a woman told me that she demanded tractor-repair lessons from her grandfather.

2) The “demand” aspect, and the age.
I love the mental image of somebody asking his/her (in my mind: shorter and sweeter) grandmother to teach him/her something with such passion. And this is funny to me whether you are a man or a woman.

I emphasized the word “man” solely because I wanted to clarify that I wasn’t sure of your gender (NOT because you sew, but because you purposely omit references to it in your writing). So, I can see that it may be interpreted as “man” being the main reason why I find the image funny. It’s really not… :)

]]> By: mandarine http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-271 mandarine Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:09:05 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-271 Why would this be any funnier than a woman learning css ? OK, you are probably right culturally speaking. Sometimes I wonder which oter planet I really come from ;-) Why would this be any funnier than a woman learning css ?
OK, you are probably right culturally speaking.
Sometimes I wonder which oter planet I really come from ;-)

]]> By: Maria http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-270 Maria Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:30:51 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-270 OK, I'm picturing a 25 year old <em>man</em> <span class="caption">(you're pretty good at omitting your gender in your blog... I'm guessing that you are a man, so excuse me if I'm wrong)</span> saying to his grandmother: <cite>"I demand that you teach me how to sew"</cite>... How funny!!! OK, I’m picturing a 25 year old man (you’re pretty good at omitting your gender in your blog… I’m guessing that you are a man, so excuse me if I’m wrong) saying to his grandmother: “I demand that you teach me how to sew”… How funny!!!

]]> By: mandarine http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-269 mandarine Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:05:09 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/09/luz-and-lucila/#comment-269 What a great story! In my family, for no apparent reason, none of my grandmothers passed their skills to any of their 13/16 grandchildren (yes, I have 23 cousins). One was a philosphy teacher, the other one was a sewing teacher. They both were magicians in the kitchen. The only way to learn cooking recipes and tricks was to go and offer help in the kitchen, otherwise they never came forward like 'come, I will show you something'. As for their professional skills, it was classified stuff -- never a word to anybody. I had to specifically demand sewing lessons from my father's mother, otherwise she'd just say: 'tell me what you need, I'll make it for you'. I was around 25 when she taught me on a vacation week, full-time. Unfortunately, I did not keep up after that -- does it have something to do with building my house ? What a great story!

In my family, for no apparent reason, none of my grandmothers passed their skills to any of their 13/16 grandchildren (yes, I have 23 cousins). One was a philosphy teacher, the other one was a sewing teacher. They both were magicians in the kitchen. The only way to learn cooking recipes and tricks was to go and offer help in the kitchen, otherwise they never came forward like ‘come, I will show you something’. As for their professional skills, it was classified stuff — never a word to anybody. I had to specifically demand sewing lessons from my father’s mother, otherwise she’d just say: ‘tell me what you need, I’ll make it for you’. I was around 25 when she taught me on a vacation week, full-time. Unfortunately, I did not keep up after that — does it have something to do with building my house ?

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