Good point. A lot of the reason that Elly doesn't thrive in a sporting environment is that she runs awkwardly. She also can't skate or ski because she's unsure on her feet:
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Indeed. The key element in both of those comic strips is John is not even trying to help her out. It's no wonder that Elly jogs with Connie and not with John.
Shockingly, I sympathize with Elly in that strip. I prefer to have privacy, and I hate the whole "It's doesn't matter because we are all women; we're all the same." Whatever, I still want privacy!
And, as I keep saying. there's a reason that she doesn't have enough energy at the end of the day: she runs around in a frenzy trying to outpace her feeling inferior. She does too much in the kitchen because she thinks that cooking the simple meals her family loves means that her brain is supposed to atrophy. She hates being around children because she feels less than human when talking about her kids and their comings and goings. She inserts herself into a labor market where she is a poor fit in order to have a public identity that isn't "drone housewife people will forget all about five seconds after she keels over from overwork". She is paralyzed by terror when confronted with messes that her self-loathing inflates into catastrophes. If she would lose the idea that defines her (namely, being her is The Worst Thing That Could Ever Be), she would have the energy to do the things she claims to want to do.
I bet you run more fluidly than Elly does, Robot. It's like the video for Levitating when you knew going in that Dua Lipa's robot backup dancers would dance less mechanically.
Lynn blames her lack of stamina, initiative and intellect on gym teacher politics:
I've always hated to exercise. I can garden all day or walk for miles or clean up a kitchen, but don't ask me to go to a gym! I've joined running groups just to have company in my misery. I've joined gyms hoping the expense would be a catalyst, but the relief of not going is wonderful. Just the smell of a gym makes me want to scream, "Get me outta here!" I can trace all this back to my high school gym teachers. There was trauma there for sure!
and their evil tendency to tell her that she runs like she's pigeon-toed.
What she thinks is a surprise to her readers and what actually is are two different things. We know that from her blubbering about mean people who forget that she's a real person with real feelings because we're not supposed to notice all of those punches she telegraphed over the years.
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Indeed. The key element in both of those comic strips is John is not even trying to help her out. It's no wonder that Elly jogs with Connie and not with John.
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Shockingly, I sympathize with Elly in that strip. I prefer to have privacy, and I hate the whole "It's doesn't matter because we are all women; we're all the same." Whatever, I still want privacy!
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Elly doesn't even want that. She just wants an excuse to feel inferior and sad and defeated.
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That's probably true.
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If she would lose the idea that defines her (namely, being her is The Worst Thing That Could Ever Be), she would have the energy to do the things she claims to want to do.
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I bet you run more fluidly than Elly does, Robot. It's like the video for Levitating when you knew going in that Dua Lipa's robot backup dancers would dance less mechanically.
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Lynn blames her lack of stamina, initiative and intellect on gym teacher politics:
I've always hated to exercise. I can garden all day or walk for miles or clean up a kitchen, but don't ask me to go to a gym! I've joined running groups just to have company in my misery. I've joined gyms hoping the expense would be a catalyst, but the relief of not going is wonderful. Just the smell of a gym makes me want to scream, "Get me outta here!" I can trace all this back to my high school gym teachers. There was trauma there for sure!
and their evil tendency to tell her that she runs like she's pigeon-toed.
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I've always hated to exercise.
Wow, Lynn. That hasn't come across in the strips at all. /s
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What she thinks is a surprise to her readers and what actually is are two different things. We know that from her blubbering about mean people who forget that she's a real person with real feelings because we're not supposed to notice all of those punches she telegraphed over the years.
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