tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post6131443263704779862..comments2024-01-29T01:52:28.701-05:00Comments on The New Elegant Black Woman: Watching Films with Classical Elegant WomenElegancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086459974594918860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-68949631973696276662012-03-21T17:56:07.637-04:002012-03-21T17:56:07.637-04:00Hello Elegance,
Just letting you know that I rece...Hello Elegance,<br /><br />Just letting you know that I received your email. However when I responded it bounced back. Hmmmm....<br /><br /><br />Anyway, what I replied to you was that you should be in no hurry about the article. As a fellow student, I understand how stressful and time-consuming academic work can be. I just wanted to put the offer out there for you to look at at your own convenience. :)<br /><br />And I would absolutely love to write a guest post for you! You were mentioning something related to becoming a ladylike or getting started.... I was thinking perhaps an article entitled something like: "Getting Started in Elegance" or "First Steps In Elegance"? :)Nina Pundarik-Dossinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138869928657336594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-72437350385496924902012-03-18T23:56:00.879-04:002012-03-18T23:56:00.879-04:00Hello Elegance,
This is Nina from The Proper Lady...Hello Elegance,<br /><br />This is Nina from The Proper Lady! I just want to mention that the landed gentry, at least the ones portrayed in Jane Austen's novels, usually did not own slaves. They had hired help.<br /><br />Whether or not the upper class owned slaves is not mentioned.<br /><br />In her other work, "Mansfield Park", the main character (Fanny Price) lives with her Aunt and Uncle who do own slaves in the Americas (at least in the film... I saw the film more recently and I read the book awhile ago so I remember mostly the film). However, Fanny Price expresses her disgust with slavery very clearly throughout the film. <br /><br />And you are right that there wouldn't be much diversity in the film of "Pride and Prejudice"... I guess that's because in that time period, people didn't immigrate and emigrate that often. Today, in Asian films you still see no one else but Asian people simply because not many people immigrate to Asia. <br /><br />Although I am Asian, the lack of diversity in "Pride and Prejudice" didn't irritate me (mostly because there weren't any racial slurs that I can recall) but I just want to warn you about it just in case it may irritate you. :) <br /><br />Best Wishes,<br />Nina<br /><br />P.S. I actually came here to ask if you would be interested in writing a guest post? I have many black readers but I don't have any posts about what it means to be try to be an elegant black woman... and since I have ones about Japanese women, French culture, and Russian culture, I really want to have a piece for them as well. :) I am trying to gain more diversity in my posts by writing about women of all races (I'm working on writing an article on Condoleeza Rice to further represent elegant black women and I'm also working on pieces to finally represent Middle Eastern women) and I was wondering if you'd be interested in writing a piece that celebrates elegant black women? Just something for my black readers? :)<br /><br />I write inspiration articles about specific black women but I've never undertaken an article specifically about being elegant as a black woman because I'm not familiar with the culture or what it means. :) <br /><br />And of course, I'll link to you!Nina Pundarik-Dossinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138869928657336594noreply@blogger.com