Believe it or not, Grrowl! readers had a few opinions on Issue 2:
About that first Snarl of the Month...
Love the zine!! However, I think Chastity Grrl needs to get laid! She might have a change of heart....
^^^ Having read Chastity Girls Grrowl of the Month, and what she says men think with, I feel obliged to pass this bit of info. on to you. A friend who is a research scientist (woman) is doing research into an enzyme (?) which is found in the blood barrier which surrounds the human brain. It was only thought to be found here, but she went looking for it elsehwere in the human body and found that the ONLY OTHER PLACE IT IS FOUND is in the blood barrier around the male testes. This confirms what Chastity Girl said!
[Editor's Note: this isn't exactly a medical journal here folks, I'm just printing feedback that's been sent to the 'zine. I have no idea whether or not the above info. is true, so don't sue me-- I'm broke anyway.]
^^^ The Snarl of the Month about conservatives kind of disturbed me....it's like she's saying that women don't ever have sex because they WANT too..like we have to stop the men from having sex with us, as if we're not doing it out of our own free will at all. Chastity is fine if that's your own PERSONAL moral code of ethics, but I don't believe in preaching to other women that they should also choose it; the whole thing reeks of patriarchy because we're keeping women "pure"...as if a woman who has sex is immoral and bad, like a man...anyway, that's my opinion.
^^^ And what about the rest?
^^^ just wanted you to know that your work is greatly appreciated. i'm definitely looking foreward to the next issue of Grrowl! and am planning on telling all my grrl-friends about it. thank you than you thank you thank you.
^^^ this zine is really good, it's probobly the only zine that i've read thats not some little rave girl's attempt at poetry. There is no unneeded depth in the writing here, yet it says a lot. Keep it up.
^^^ I am in serious need of a grrl fix. I can't wait for the next issue of Grrowl to come out. You've really started something! Awaiting Grrowl with bated breath...
^^^ "Yelling at T.V." was great for its bigger message. But I, too, have yelled at the t.v., but I mainly talk back to any politicians that are on there and tell them they're full of s##t. It's so funny, because it's one of the few things I inherited from my mother. I wonder if my daughter talks to the politicians on t.v.??
^^^ blessed be those who provide forums for such as me, people terrified of submitting to anyplace where they might be rejected but still desperate to be published. it being a grrl-friendly place, of course, makes it all the better. can't wait to make my contributions!
^^^ I love this 'zine! I've just read all of issue two and "Ode to My Nose" from issue one, and before I read anymore, I just want to thank you for putting out such a great e-zine. You are all very talented!
^^^ I wanted to share something that I wrote in my journal because I think that other girls might share my sentiments....
I hate feeling guily for throwing away recyclable materials or buying nonrecyclable things because I feel lazy... I hate being at the top of my class because I hate justifying and/or trivialize my intelligence to show others that I am "normal". To let them feel like I am no more special than anyone else. Yet, I am special. I am unique, I am loving, I am thoughtful, I am here, I am alive, so stop dumping on me. Give me some room to breathe... I am choking in this world that you have created for me. Must I continuously struggle against the chains that bind me and hold me down? Set me free. Let me live my life the way that I was meant to. ....I need this weight lifted off of my shoulders. I need a release. I can't though, I am afraid of failure. Why do they have such high expectations of me? I am a human being. I am far from perfect. Stop shoving me into this mold and let me fly.
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