Well...yes. I agree that the phrase may be a bit overused. But for the next few days, I've used "I am woman, hear me roar" as the opening line in a series of short poems in my Between Friends strips. I've been feeling for a while that it's time to move my characters along in age a bit and these strips reflect that.
These poems are written from a life perspective rather than a political one. The series is a departure from my regular Between Friends comics. Whenever I do something a little out of the norm, I wonder how they'll be received...if people will enjoy them, hate them or just glance over them with one big yawn. For myself, I had fun writing them. I made a list of as many words as I could that rhymed with "roar" and went from there. The content is influenced by the fact that my son will be attending university out of town next year and my daughter will be in her senior year at high school. Their growing independence affects my own.
I've always loved my cartooning career. It's been a wonderful method of creative self-expression and aside from relentless and demanding deadlines, the flexibility of my working hours has been a godsend as a mom. On the threshold of the empty nest, I'm grateful I have something that will engage and interest me when I eventually begin to notice that no one in the house is calling for me to come and make them something to eat.
Sigh.
Nice point of view everyone.
Posted by: Espana | April 28, 2012 at 02:42 AM
C'est vraiment la bonne fa?on, vous discuter de ce genre de sujet.
Good job.
Posted by: tee shirt homme pas cher | March 28, 2012 at 05:46 AM
I keep thinking about how retirement sounds like so much fun. But at age 33, with a 4-year-old at home, I think I have a ways to go before I get there! So it's a good thing I'm enjoying this stage too, eh? ;)
Sounds like you've got the best of both worlds right now, Sandra - I hope it's a blast!
Posted by: StriderGirl | January 21, 2012 at 09:36 PM
Sharvani, don't worry. What BF is, isn't going to change.
When I started the strip, they were in their thirties...Susan didn't have children, Kim wasn't married and Maeve was a divorcee. Gradually as I got older (it happens to the best of us!), I made slight changes to refect my the influences I had around me. Susan had children, Kim got married and became a stepmother, Maeve is still divorced. (She's just too much fun to change) I've made other little changes...sometime in the past 8ish years...I couldn't tell you exactly when...Susan and Kim began to wear reading glasses. Another inevitable sign that they are aging...but nothing really "in your face". Just a fact of life. Susan, Kim and Maeve have history and they'll always have each other as confidants and as a nemisis. (I'd need to ask my editor how to make that one plural) I'm in my fifties now and things are beginning to look different to me. I'm beginning to have a little more free time...I'm thinking more about my (down-the-road) retirement but I'm certainly not ready to retire. I'm anything but tired and worn out and (stereotypically) "old". I'm excited to see my kids move on...a bit sad too...but now that they're older, I'm able to attend more functions (of all kinds) without the same worries about who's going to be home for the kids...I'm going to the movies with my friend tonight...second time in the last six weeks. I feel like my social life is going to expand not shrink! At the very least, it's going to get easier. Not a very well-thought out answer...but I don't think you'll notice a huge difference. Trust me. :)
Posted by: sandra | January 19, 2012 at 04:56 PM
Hey Sandra, Do the girlies on Between Friends really have to 'age'? All these days I never felt the age being such a player...I mean even if I am not married or have kids I could oh so relate to so many of their life circumstances..BF kinda cut across the age barriers...but now , suddenly this week's strips I could not relate to as much :( :(
Posted by: Sharvani Sachidanand | January 19, 2012 at 01:21 PM
I love this week's strips! I'm not quite at the stage where I can fully relate, but they're still great fun to read.
Posted by: StriderGirl | January 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM
My OLD AGE??? heh...heh...it's not philosophical, it's more like shock. When did all this time pass?? :)
Posted by: sandra | January 17, 2012 at 09:00 AM
Don't go gettin' all philosophical there, in yer old age.
(Enjoying the series. Keep it up.)
Posted by: Mike Peterson | January 17, 2012 at 08:50 AM
Hehe, I love the rhymes. :)
Posted by: Jean | January 17, 2012 at 01:50 AM
Roar on - love it!
Posted by: Jane | January 16, 2012 at 11:35 AM