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Winsome (Labels (Widow (Winsome's definition of herself), At first…
Winsome
Labels
Widow
Winsome's definition of herself
adjectives tend to revolve around ideas of sympathy (negative)
At first conforms to this label
description of mundane day to day activities
'i felt fairly sure that this is not what society had in mind for its readers'
Jealousy/competitive
'Marilyn who was pathologically mean'
Unjustified, petty attacks
Narrow minded
sympathy
'if i was less of a Winsome and more of an Abigail'
Patriarchal society
'we all started to read the business pages when the husbands died'
role reversal based on circumstance
Penelope managing the farm
survival
Expectations
Psyche of women
Too quick to judge 'sisters don't get it...'
Insecurity
'i felt foolish'
fear of judgement
psyche of women
'would he fail to be disappointed'
sexuality
'we're not spring chickens anymore'
ageism
Sexuality
i can't read this! I am a widow.'
sense of ownership vs fear
Penelope with Odysseus on her wedding night
'wit and clitoris'
'wit perhaps is the only real weapon for suvival'
Burden
Lonely 'in our society being alone can make one feel rather silly'
'its hard to understand sympathy... when really it cuts like a knife'
Renewal re-energising
'...it was really more for me'
'it was not about possessing youth but being in touch with it'
Ageism
'or at least the kind of woman who still had sex'
Reslience
Penelope's intelligence
Ritual
boredom
widow
motherhood
marriage