Well, just on the face of it, either one of these gals looks like someone who might be interesting to get to know. It’s in the eyes. Obviously I have never met Carol Bartz and knew nothing of her before this post, but what the heck, this is all in fun and hopefully won’t cause her any harm
Just guessing - if Carol was in line for being declared CEO of Yahoo, she wasn’t looking for a job to help her pay the bills. Let’s face it, secretaries don’t get short-listed for the position of CEO of Yahoo - in other words, she was probably already making a shit-ton of money. She had put in the work and the time. So I would say there were other reasons for her wanting that gig - personal fulfilment, professional growth, whatever you call it that makes people want to go higher, further along their chosen path. She’s doing what she wants to do. And she has had to be smart and competitive to get to where she was poised to become CEO of Yahoo.
I’m guessing she’s totally hip to the fact that in terms of who might be selected for a prime job in a modern, expanding industry, youth would win hands down. How many male CEO’s do you see with bald heads, or even grey hair? Plastic surgery these days is just like puttin’ on nice clothes and makeup: she is doing what she needs to do, playing the game in order to get where she wants to be. Is there that much difference between say, a male politician or businessman wearing a hairpiece and someone having a little nip/tuck to appear younger? Image may not be everything, but it sure is something.
Everyone knows on some level that it is the body that ages, while the soul/spirit (me) is timeless and ageless. But what others see is the body, and they take that to be ME. Heck, most times that’s what I take to be me. As a 60-something female, I know what it’s like to feel that others see me as middle-aged and over the hill, often invisible, while inside feeling more awake, vibrant and filled with wonder and potential than ever. I know what it’s like to be not taken seriously, to not be heard over the voices of the younger ones ...
Seeing that dynamic playing out in my little world, I imagine that in the jungle in which Carol is moving it’s magnified a thousand fold - if you don’t have the image to capture anyone’s attention, how will they ever get to know your substance?
Could I be tempted to do something I think I don’t believe in? Well, David, that’s a good question. All I can say is that at 12:10 am on October 12, 2009, this is what I think: if I were Carol, if I wanted that job bad enough, if that were what I had worked all my life for, then a little plastic surgery would not be a huge moral decision. Put another way, if presented with the opportunity to realize my heart’s desire, if a belief that I held seemed to be in the way, then I would have to seriously wonder why I was holding on to that belief. ~~~~
and clenching your fists for the ones like us who are oppressed by the figures of beauty you fixed yourself; you said well, never mind we are ugly, but we have the music - Leonard Cohen, to Janis Joplin ~~~~
2 comments:
Well, David, I think this may just be your most provocative post ever ... can't resist a dare - watch this space tomorrow....
Hi again David.
Well, just on the face of it, either one of these gals looks like someone who might be interesting to get to know. It’s in the eyes. Obviously I have never met Carol Bartz and knew nothing of her before this post, but what the heck, this is all in fun and hopefully won’t cause her any harm
Just guessing - if Carol was in line for being declared CEO of Yahoo, she wasn’t looking for a job to help her pay the bills. Let’s face it, secretaries don’t get short-listed for the position of CEO of Yahoo - in other words, she was probably already making a shit-ton of money. She had put in the work and the time. So I would say there were other reasons for her wanting that gig - personal fulfilment, professional growth, whatever you call it that makes people want to go higher, further along their chosen path. She’s doing what she wants to do. And she has had to be smart and competitive to get to where she was poised to become CEO of Yahoo.
I’m guessing she’s totally hip to the fact that in terms of who might be selected for a prime job in a modern, expanding industry, youth would win hands down. How many male CEO’s do you see with bald heads, or even grey hair? Plastic surgery these days is just like puttin’ on nice clothes and makeup: she is doing what she needs to do, playing the game in order to get where she wants to be. Is there that much difference between say, a male politician or businessman wearing a hairpiece and someone having a little nip/tuck to appear younger? Image may not be everything, but it sure is something.
Everyone knows on some level that it is the body that ages, while the soul/spirit (me) is timeless and ageless. But what others see is the body, and they take that to be ME. Heck, most times that’s what I take to be me. As a 60-something female, I know what it’s like to feel that others see me as middle-aged and over the hill, often invisible, while inside feeling more awake, vibrant and filled with wonder and potential than ever. I know what it’s like to be not taken seriously, to not be heard over the voices of the younger ones ...
Seeing that dynamic playing out in my little world, I imagine that in the jungle in which Carol is moving it’s magnified a thousand fold - if you don’t have the image to capture anyone’s attention, how will they ever get to know your substance?
Could I be tempted to do something I think I don’t believe in? Well, David, that’s a good question. All I can say is that at 12:10 am on October 12, 2009, this is what I think: if I were Carol, if I wanted that job bad enough, if that were what I had worked all my life for, then a little plastic surgery would not be a huge moral decision. Put another way, if presented with the opportunity to realize my heart’s desire, if a belief that I held seemed to be in the way, then I would have to seriously wonder why I was holding on to that belief.
~~~~
and clenching your fists for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
you fixed yourself; you said well, never mind
we are ugly, but we have the music
- Leonard Cohen, to Janis Joplin
~~~~
Post a Comment