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Posted On: May 17th 2026, 05:00 pm
Stereotype-Busting since I was a tyke, being as independent as any 6yo NYC latchkey kid could be 🔑 The Creative, I wanted to make the things, the art, the books, the theatre & since my folks & their friends were doing just that, through example, it was obvious that I could as well 🎨 then being raised by the GPs, they told me I could do ALL of the sports, climb trees, build, bike, skate, fish 🐟 Tho GMa wanted me to learn to type so one day I could “be a secretary & maybe marry the boss” (I was still a tween!) she laughed when I asked, ‘What if I want to be the boss?’ 📚 7-14yo, playing classical piano & flute, which only began as physical therapy after my hand was run over by a VW bug; the Ps music was 60s 70s rock, folk, B’way shows. My twin uncles played Sabbath, Hendrix, Zeppelin. GPa lived & loved the big bands. My brother’s dad turned me onto The Clash, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits 🦖 While doing my lil jr high, born-too-late-to-be-a-beatnik thing, beatin’ the boys at pinball, my flute was stolen, so I quit classical & the DC performing arts school 📚 17yo, back in TX, while my peers were donning poodle hair & bubblegum pink lipgloss, I gave myself a crew cut, bleached it near white & tattooed my hand w the biology science symbol for ‘dead female’. I already knew I was not then, nor would ever be the typical gal 👽 at 40, I had an 80yo yoga instructor, long white hair, down to her bum. Something I hadn’t yet seen. At my gym now, maybe I’m becoming that gal. Looks like there will always be norms to challenge, stereotypes to break 💜🗝
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