Who Does She Think She Is?

Teaworthy

Litigator, Mediator, Writer, Photographer

Originally from Kentucky, Tiffany discovered Skirt! while studying English literature at the College of Charleston and continued following Skirt! while in law school in Georgia. Now practicing law in Lexington, she is thrilled to be part of the Skirt! community where she blogs about being mom to a ...

Monday, September, 1, 2008

“Everyone expects women to choose...

family

career

painting

partner

raising children

self-fulfillment

caregiving

changing the world

community

finding your voice

responsibility

...but what if you didn’t choose?”

The upcoming film Who Does She Think She Is? opens with this question. I love this question. Why choose one to the exclusion of another. I choose them all.

As WH Auden has said, I have to write to know what I think. I take photographs to breathe and work as an attorney to feed my inner advocate. I hope that I am only better at being all of those things because of my experiences as a mother.

I’m so excited about this film and that this question is buzzing in many circles. It is something being written about in books and blogs now (see ** below) and the discussion is not exclusive to just women. Essentially, everything I’ve read on the subject explains that we define ourselves out of opportunities and away from things that make us excited about living. “I can’t do X, because I am a Y.”

But you can.

How exciting.

**I regularly read Marci Alboher’s Shifting Careers blog for the NYTimes and have read her book One Person Multiple Careers about the slash effect (lawyer/writer/ etc). There’s also a nice book by Michael Melcher, The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction that was published by the American Bar Association Press. He also writes The Creative Lawyer blog.

See the trailer for Who Does She Think She Is? here.