Each year at the Bistro our female staffers all come together before dinner service and do each other’s hair up into “power horns”. I am not sure of the exact origin of power horns, they are potentially just a joke about one of our server’s choice of hair-do. It is also a possibility that server Michelle shared her wisdom of this power horn hairstyle and everyone else needed to replicate it!
The best attribute of power horns is that they all take on their own unique personality, each never failing to make you laugh. This year I observed the power horns being molded, hair sprayed, and things being shoved in them such as straws and flowers. If you can imagine a restaurant full of people who look a little bit like mini mouse you could begin to imagine the hilarity and awesomeness of power horns.
Power Horns. Power Horns! You can’t even say it without feeling a sense of strength and confidence. There is something special about this idea. I once read that the true power of women is that we have within us the power to change the world. For years and years Women determined the course of events in history and the shape of human culture, however through various vehicles our sheroes were edited out history and culture. Our societies have crippled from the omission of this information and the harm of sexism was greatly compounded by these silences.
Women have often times been relegated to the footnotes of history, one needs a global and introspective perspective in order to reconstruct the female dimensions of human experience and achievement. There is far more to the history of women than Queen Elizabeth, Susan B Anthony and Sacajawea. From culture to culture the role of women takes on a special and powerful role which often does not rely on institutionalize power but on recognized personal power.
In my lifetime I have been blessed enough to realize all of the powerful and giving sheroes that I am constantly surrounded by. In my speculations I have come to the revelation that the power of the female comes from love, a deep seeded love and ability to give herself to those she devotes her life to. Each of the women at the Bistro have been Sheroes to me, molding my life according to their wisdom. Each have channeled an incredible unique strength through their power horns; whether it be the forever giving motherly strength of Karleen, or the creative strength of Karen and Kim, or the kind and gentle strength of Karen and Tara, the understanding strength of Ashely or even the sassy and wise strength of Michelle. Each of these phenomenal women have shared many stories and qualities with me that I hope one day you may have the privilege to experience as well.
Whether we gain our strength from our power horns or our mothers, our power is apparent. I hope that I too can be a shero for generations of young women just as the women at the Bistro by the Sea have done for me.
A few good Quotes about women:
From a Strong Women who shares one my strengths:
"I'm a witch woman- high on tobacco and holy water. I'm a woman delighted with her disasters. They give me something to do. A profession of sorts...I have the magic of words. The power to charm and kill at will." -Sandra Cisneros
Shakespeare said, “Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.”
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. ~Marie de Vichy-Chamrond
“Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.” –Toni Morrison
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