"Just club soda and a romaine leaf for me, I had a late lunch."

[blackstone]

When on a date, I've never been a 'just a salad for me' kind of girl. If I'm in the mood for a salad, I'll have one. If I want a deep-fried bonanza, I'll have that. I have only one rule about eating on a date: it has to be as non-messy as possible. I don't want to be covered head-to-toe in barbecue sauce while sitting across from a man I'd like

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[icarusboy]

NOM the fajitas to your hearts content, I say. I'd venture to say that the term "ladylike" is often used as a tool to get girls and women to "shut up and sit down." Like any other example of gendered language, it's a subversive cultural bludgeon that tells us exactly how our anatomy should and should not affect our behaviors.

What happens if you eat spare ribs? Does your vagina disappear?

[blackstone]

Yes, I think you're right re: ladylike. I can be put-together, poised and well-spoken without sitting down and shutting up. In fact, I prefer it. And just now when posting this entry I realized how much the word was bugging me.

[diva_dot]

Mmmmmm, ribs. OM NOM NOM.

Hey, what the hell happened to my libido? DAMMIT, NOT AGAIN! I was so good yesterday by not eating my General Tso's with the chopsticks. Sigh. Guess it's back to soy cakes and arugula with that spritzy flavored-water salad dressing.

[blackstone]

STOP ENJOYING YOUR FOOD. GIRLS CAN'T DO THAT.

[diva_dot]

No, it's cool. I eat 'til my va-jay-jay disappears, and my food enjoyment makes up the for fact that I can't get it on anymore. ;)