I Dream of Muscle

Old post I found online.

Jeannie, Barbarella and the other Heroines of my Youth

Dateline: 01/09/00

I remember running home from kindergarten when I was six years old, throwing my books down on the floor, running to the kitchen, pouring myself a big glass of cold milk and grabbing a bag full of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies and switching on my favorite TV shows. I had even my own genie bottle and thought that I was Jeannie! I would sit mesmerized by the beautiful and powerful Jeannie, who had every man she met wrapped around her little finger. I admired her cute seductiveness and subtle strength. Jeannie always knew what was best and how to have fun along the way to getting Major Nelson in or out of deep trouble.
That's what I did when I was six years old, watch I Dream of Jeannie and The Munsters; Lily Munster also being one of my favorite TV role models. I thought she was so sexy and mature yet very caring, loving and intelligent. Like Jeannie, Lily had the men in her life under her thumb. Unlike most TV moms of the period, Lily in her flowing green negligee could be aggressive and domineering. She was definitely in charge, just like Jeannie.


Along with my very independent and sexy mother, I grew up with these women as my role models. I thought that all women should be assertive, aggressive, independent, self-confident, intelligent, feminine, sexy and very strong. The bodybuilder in me was already being formed in my innocent preschooler's subconscious. This is my tribute to the women that were my childhood heroes and idols.

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[Arthur Nukey]

I've been addicted to heroines all my life.