Girls who are into horses as preteens/early teens and then get out of horses are into horses because they can be symbols and metaphors.
Girls who are into horses and either stay in horses for life or get out for a while and then come back? Those girls get the metaphor(s), yeah, but primarily we're into horses because they're horses.
I have a lot of sympathy for that want-my-cake-and-eat-it-too position, Leah, and I totally share that utter lack of desire to choose. And possibly I'm too close to the subject matter--I can see that reading of it, but I can't unknow what I know about the horse world. Which includes the above, and also includes the knowledge that there's nothing in that world that precludes having the cakes and dresses, too. That is, the causality only runs in one direction. Giving up horses is very, very often directly related to the other stuff, but giving up the other stuff rarely-if-ever (I honestly can't think of a single clear case) has anything to do with the horse.
And honestly, I think the video itself resists the reading. I think the video is, actually, arguing for exactly the same thing that you are. At the end, after all, she hasn't had to choose between the things she loves and wants. She's still wearing that dress and standing in that house as she gives the horse a hug.
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Date: 2010-07-08 11:44 am (UTC)Girls who are into horses and either stay in horses for life or get out for a while and then come back? Those girls get the metaphor(s), yeah, but primarily we're into horses because they're horses.
I have a lot of sympathy for that want-my-cake-and-eat-it-too position, Leah, and I totally share that utter lack of desire to choose. And possibly I'm too close to the subject matter--I can see that reading of it, but I can't unknow what I know about the horse world. Which includes the above, and also includes the knowledge that there's nothing in that world that precludes having the cakes and dresses, too. That is, the causality only runs in one direction. Giving up horses is very, very often directly related to the other stuff, but giving up the other stuff rarely-if-ever (I honestly can't think of a single clear case) has anything to do with the horse.
And honestly, I think the video itself resists the reading. I think the video is, actually, arguing for exactly the same thing that you are. At the end, after all, she hasn't had to choose between the things she loves and wants. She's still wearing that dress and standing in that house as she gives the horse a hug.