HAVE A SUPER WEEKEND!!!
---------------------- Forwarded by Debbie Sumner on 05/14/99 06:03 PM
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Marla Machamer
05/13/99 10:29 PM
To: Debbi Sumner, Barbara Weber, Andy Talman, Bonnie Bloomquist, Barbara
Freeman, Becky Hensley, April Slahor
cc:
Subject: FW: Phenomenal Woman
Sent to me by my sister in LA -- it makes you feel good!
---------------------- Forwarded by Marla Machamer on 05/13/99 10:28 PM
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From: "Clement, Carla T." <Carla.Clement@lexis-nexis.com> on 05/12/99 05:12
PM
To: B3JG2@aol.com@SMTP@cchntmsd, grossma@vssp.com@SMTP@cchntmsd, Marla
Machamer@Computax, Steffi <cincysteff@aol.com>@SMTP@cchntmsd, Trina
<ron12972@aol.com>@SMTP@cchntmsd
cc:
Subject: FW: Phenomenal Woman
Hello All You Phenomenal Women!!!
Carla
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LaCour, Tracie D.
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 1:03 PM
> To: Martin, Patricia; Winbush, Yolanda; McFadden, Laura L.; Foley,
> Tracy; Dreger, Vee J.; Rushing, Ramona; Clement, Carla T.
> Subject: Phenomenal Woman
>
> Did you know...
> There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and ONLY 8 WHO
> DO.
> Marilyn Monroe wore a SIZE 16.
> If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her
> proportions.
> The average American woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a size 12
and
> 14.
> One out of every 4 college aged women has an eating disorder.
> The models in the magazines are airbrushed - THEY'RE NOT PERFECT.
> A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent looking at
models
> in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, quilty and
> ashamed.
> Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less that the average woman, today
> they weigh 23% less.
> If shop mannequins were real women, they'd be too thin to menstruate.
>
> The poem:
> 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
> Phenomenally
> 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!
>
