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Mary & Marie

1/3/2015

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Mary and Marie who? 

Mary and Marie are, to me, representative. 

Mary is a Biblical name… and there were a few of them.  Mary, mother of Jesus.  Mary Magdalene. Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus.  To me, the Mary in my title is a bit of each of these.  The first two Marys are archetypes, of a sort. I wanted to invoke both of these images-- of light and darkness; pure, outcast (and redeemed, just the same) all at once.  Perhaps most accurately, though, the Mary in my title is the last Mary, the Mary who sat at Jesus’ feet.  I wanted to solidly put forth the image of this blog as the musings of a Christian woman. And, more often than not, musings about Christianity and musings about women.  And about women who happen to be Christians. 

And Marie?  Curie, of course.  Because, as xkcd so aptly points out, she is the posterchild for women in science.  She is, certainly, the first female scientist I was introduced to, in a flimsy little illustrated book somewhere around the third grade, I believe, when I first decided I wanted to be a scientist.  And she is also one of the most impressive women in science and one of the most impressive people in science, more generally, if I might make that claim.  Specifically, she is the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, and the only person to receive two Nobel Prizes in two separate scientific fields.  I wanted to make it clear that this blog will often be about science and academia.  

Specifically, this blog will focus, quite often, on the intersection of these areas.  The-- often fraught-- beauty and complementary nature of these areas.  Of science, femininity/feminism, and Christianity.  Other topics may include more general commentaries on one of these topics-- or related topics like social justice issues or work-life balance, art, personhood or grief (which all kind of fall under the main headings of these topics as well…).  Sometimes, I will allow someone else’s words to do the talking.  Or artistic expression instead of words at all.  But mostly, this blog is about Mary and Marie.  



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angela
1/3/2015 04:31:17 am

I love this, keep moving in the path God is directing. Women, more specifically Christian women, need to be reminded that God leads us all in specific directions, the same directions in which He gifted us, and we should never apologize if we are lead down an unconventional road. We need to follow where He leads and embrace our passions. Keep listening Nicole, He has plans for you<3

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Mary&Marie
1/11/2015 04:54:37 am

I'm working on the "never apologizing for being led down an unconventional road" part... But this blog is part of that :)

Thank you for the encouragement!

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Ellen Calma
1/3/2015 07:49:13 am

Nicole,
This was excellent example of how a Christian Woman can still be a Feminist in today's society yet not give up her Christian beliefs, still be a Proverbs 31 Woman, yet still be an individual and have her own identity.
When I became a nurse at 18, married at 19 and giving birth at 20, women still were not really welcomed in the working field especially in medicine. My place was to be at home raising my children, not working. Yet after I became a Christian, and learnt about a Proverbs 31 Woman, I also realized that my life didn't have to end, I could still have my home life, Wife, Mother, Teacher(homeschooling), yet still be a Nurse which I Love.
Unfortunately in today's world many women feel that to be a Feminist is giving up all of themselves as a women, I love that my husband opens doors for me or carries packages or loves to take care of me, and both of our sons are like that with they're wives, I love being a Woman and dressing g up for my husband when we go out, yet still at the same time I'm dressing up for me. I am a feminist/Christian Woman. Having my own identity yet being know as Carl's wife, my boys mother and a grandmother.
Out here in Israel I have been called Beautiful by other Woman, and I can honestly feel that way, I don't need a man to tell me, yet love to hear it from him. I think k that the definition of feminist and faminity has to change.

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Mary&Marie
1/11/2015 06:14:35 am

Thank you so much for the encouragement and for sharing your experience! I love how you describe Proverbs 31 as giving you hope-- I've read a lot about this passage in relation to feminism, etc (it's also something I'll be tackling a bit in a later post).

And exactly! Feminism can look different on different people. It's like we can all wear the same dress, but accessorize it differently! Feminism is simply the freedom to exercise that choice, whether you choose to work or stay home with your kids, whether you wear a bikini or a burqa... It's about how we all have a right to make our own decisions, regardless of gender. (Of course, that's not to say that there should never be constraints on our choices, or that they are without consequence, but just simply that a lot of fighting between women on feminism seems to forget that it's a choice we're fighting for, not a new mandated lifestyle).

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